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Bo�ly: Grands Offertoires, Fantaisies, Cantiques & Pi�ces LibresNEW! Daniel Roth plays the two Cavaill�-Coll organs in Bayeux Cathedral (Grand Orgue 1862, 3-43; Orgue du Choeur 1861, 2-12) Click the headline for titles and to order.
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Alain at St. OuenNEW! to OHS Catalog Now so enthusiastically sought as to approach �cult� status, this wonderful but very hard-to-find recording of Jehan Alain works are played by Christophe Mantoux on the most beautiful Cavaill�-Coll at St. Ouen in Rouen, France. Winner of the 1984 Chartres competition, Mantoux became organist at Chartres Cathedral and now holds the post at St-Severin in Paris. His only CD to date has received several awards for interpretation and for the stupendous quality of the recorded sound of the beloved organ. Trois Danses; Petite Piece; Choral Phrygien, Deuxieme Fantaisie, Climat, Choral Dorien, Lamento; Intermezzo Click the headline to order.
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Alain & Widor in LimburgNEW! Marcus Eichenlaub plays to great effect the 4-88 Klais in the resonant acoustical environment for Limburg Cathedral in Germany. The powerful and versatile organ and these musical hands make a superb combination. Click Picture for Details
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Demessieux PlaysNEW! The great Parisian organist, disciple of Dupr�, has a reputation for musicality and virtuosity made immortal in writings of her contemporaries and via her recordings. Released for the first time on CDs are these concerts recorded in Hamburg, Germany, on the organs of three historic churches: St. Sophienkirche; St. Michaeliskirche; Christianskirche. Click Picture for Details
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Organ and Piano NEW! Jean-Pierre Ferey, piano; Frederic Ledroit, organist at the large organ of the Cathedral in d�Angouleme, play Dupr�: Variations sur deux themes, op. 35; Sinfonia, op. 42 Flor Peeters: Concerto for piano and organ, op. 74 Langlais: Diptyque pour piano et orgue, op. 179 Frederic Ledroit: Recifs h�tifs, op. 30
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Langlais ImprovisesNEW! Luckily, many improvisations of those who mastered the skill have been captured in recordings. Through digital mastering the sounds are brought to new life. Two of the improvisations here are played by Langlais at Ste-Clotilde, Paris, one on a small Christensen organ in Germany, and on the Rieger organ (1970) in the Cistercian abbey church in Marienstatt.Luckily, many improvisations of those who mastered the skill have been captured in recordings. Through digital mastering the sounds are brought to new life. Two of the improvisations here are played by Langlais at Ste-Clotilde, Paris, one on a small Christensen organ in Germany, and on the Rieger organ (1970) in the Cistercian abbey church in Marienstatt. Click Picture for Details
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Landale's FranckNEW! Susan Landale plays major works of Franck on three Cavaill�-Coll masterpieces (Saint-�tienne in Caen, Basilique Santa Maria del Coro in San Sebastian, and Saint-Sulpice in Paris). Excellent notes on the organs, stoplists, music, interpretation, and the recording project in English. Click Picture for Details
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Leguay Plays Franck at Notre DameNEW! Jean-Pierre Leguay plays Franck at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, where he is one of the three titulaires. Click Picture for Details
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Frank Speller's FranckNEW! Frank Speller, who teaches at the University of Texas, Austin, plays Franck on the large mechanical-action Visser-Rowland organ there. Click Picture for Details
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Widor Double ExposureNEW! Volker Ellenberger plays the magnificent Cavaill�-Coll organ at St. Ouen, Rouen, for the Symphonie �Romane� and Trois Nouvelles Pi�ces. Then we move to the Schlosskirche Mannheim and the 1956 Steinmeyer organ for a performance of the Widor Mass with the Akademischer Chor der Goethe- Universit�t, Frankfurt/Main and the Collegium Vocale Blieskastel. Click Picture for Details
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Hommage � Durufl�NEW! Hommage � Durufl� at Saint-�tienne-du-Mont where Durufl� was titulaire and is now succeeded by Thierry Escaich, and using the organ that Durufl� played, this program in honor of Durufl� includes the master�s most beloved organ works and choral works as well as five improvisations by Escaich. The singing by the Cambridge Voices directed by Ian de Massini harkens to Frenchman Escaich�s years of education at Cambridge in England, where he sometimes sang as well. Click Picture for Details
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Elegie: In Memoriam Marcel Dupr�NEW! Organist Carolyn Shuster Fournier teams up with acclaimed cellist Julius Berger to record this lovely program in memory of Marcel Dupr�. Cavaill�-Coll organs in St. Bernhard, Mainz, and the Reformed Church of Saint-Esprit, Paris. Click Picture for Details
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Samuel Rousseau Organ WorksNEW! Samuel Rousseau was the choir director at St-Clotilde in Paris, collaborating with Franck during the latter 15 years of Franck�s tenure as titulaire organist there. Rousseau adopted some characteristics of Franck�s organ composing in his own compositions for organ. Kurt Lueders provides a fine essay on the composer and Esteban Elizondo writes on the firm that built the organ Lueders plays brilliantly, Stoltz Fr�res of Paris. The rare 3-46 Stoltz organ of 1889 is comparable to Cavaill�-Coll. Click the headline for more information, repertoire, and to order.
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Saint-Sernin, ToulouseNEW! Aristide Cavaill�-Coll Anthology Vol. 1: Maurice Clerc recorded the 1889 Cavaill�-Coll in Saint-Sernin�s Basilica, Toulouse, just before the restoration in 1996, documenting the last sounds made by the penultimate large masterpiece of Cavaill�-Coll before the extensive restoration that disappoints some who knew the organ before. Vierne Symphony 2 and Franck Trois Chorals.
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F�lix Moreau Organ WorksNEW! The son and grandson of organists and student of d�Indy and Vierne, he is the organist of the cathedral of Saint-Pierre in Nantes where his his former student, Marie-Th�r�se Jehan, plays for this CD.
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Marchal at HomeNEW! Marchal Plays Bach. This unique CD reissues the 1956 stereo recordings made by Andr� Marchal on his 3-28 house organ built by Gonzales. The fidelity of the recording is unusually fine, capturing Marchal�s way with 12 of the Bach Orgelb�chlein BWV 603-612, 614-615 and Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C BWV 564. There are no revelations here for most of us, and the organ is located in an anechoic environment. The CD is a must for Marchal fans, who will revel in his spoken description and demonstration of the organ.
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Marchal�s Early Recordings - At St. Eustache & Go�in Home, 1936 & 1948NEW! The works by Buxtehude, Bach, Blow, Purcell, Sweelinck and Vierne were recorded by Andr� Marchal (1894-1980) in April, 1948, on the organ at St. Eustache in Paris, then a Merklin which had been rebuilt by Victor Gonzalez in 1927-32. In 1936, the Path� firm released a 12-disc set entitled Three Centuries of Organ Music from which Marchal�s performances of Cabezon, Santa Maria, Landino, and Palestrina are taken. These first recordings of these early works are performed on an organ designed especially for early music and completed in 1934 by Victor Gonzalez at the home of Henry Go�in in Paris. Marchal also demonstrates the organ stop-by-stop, and narrates his demonstration.
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Fagius Plays Durufl�, CompleteNEW! Hans Fagius plays the 1928 Frobenius organ of 117 ranks at �arhus Cathedral in Denmark. �New� Work* Included!
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Alfred Desenclos: Sacred Choral MusicNEW! The sacred music of Alfred Desenclos (1912-1971) belongs to the tradition begun by Saint-Sa�ns and continued by Faur�. Performed here by the choral group Les El�ments, the Requiem and motets demonstrate eloquent simplicity. Jo�l Suhubiette conducts and Fr�d�ric Desenclos plays the Puget (1800) organ at Notre-Dame-du-Taur, Toulouse.
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Gigout Organ Works, 2 VolumesNEW! Volume 2 Now Available! Gerard Brooks plays the Cavaill�-Coll at St. Ouen, Rouen Eug�ne Gigout (1844-1925) was organist at St. Augustine Church in Paris for 60 years and a teacher at the Paris Conservatoire. He favored pieces of moderate length and none of his own works exceed about 10 minutes. Many are based on plainchant and modal harmony which he felt to be the true language of church music.
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1857 Cavaill�-Coll - Eschbach Plays in Perpignan, FranceNEW! Jesse E. Eschbach plays 19th-century organ music composed in France during and after the Second Empire on the glorious and rarely recorded 1857 Cavaill�-Coll, now 4-85 at the Cathedral in Perpignan, France. Click on headline for repertoire.
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Cavaill�-Coll Survey on Six CDsCelebrating the 25th anniversary of the founding of the distinguished label, Motette, the firm produces a brand new set of six CDs which survey the organs of Aristide Cavaill�-Coll of Paris. The set includes a book of more than 200 pages describing the organs. Click on headline for a list of organs and organists heard on this set.
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L'Organiste Moderne at the Second EmpireThis anthology of French music for liturgical use from the mid-19th century is played on the historic Georges Wenner organ (1870) at the Cathedral of Notre-Dame of Lescar by Georges Lartigau, with works by Guilmant, Benoist, Franck, Lemmens, Alkan, Niedermeyer, Saint-Saens, Chauvet, Loret, Batiste, and Lefebure-Wely. Click the headline for titles and to order.
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At La Madeleine, Paris: Andr� JolivetBritish organist Charles Matthews, winner of the 1999 Liszt Organ Competition in Budapest, plays the complete organ works of Andr� Jolivet (save an earlier version of Hymne � l�Univers) and fills the CD with works of Jolivet�s 20th-century contemporaries including many interesting and seldom heard pieces.
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Olivier Latry Plays MessiaenOlivier Latry plays the complete works for organ by Olivier Messiaen on the Cavaill�-Coll organ at Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris. Rave reviews appear in the European organ press for this superlative 6-CD set on the Deutsch Grammophon label.
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Gillian Weir Plays Messiaen, CompleteVol. 4 Now Available! Famous recordings of the complete Messiaen played by Gillian Weir at �rhus Cathedral, Denmark, widely lauded in the organ press, are now issued by Priory as individual volumes (just $12.98 per volume to OHS members). Volume 1 includes Apparition de l'Eglise Eternelle, La Nativit�, and Le Banquet Celeste. Volume 2 contains M�ditations sur le myst�re de la Sainte Trinit�, Volume 3 presents Les Corps glorieux and Messe de la Pentecote, NEW! Volume 4 has two works L'Ascension and Livre d'Orgue.
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Messiaen: Livre du Saint SacrementThe live performance is by Elisabeth Zawadke at the new Goll organ (2000) at the Kulture- and Kongresszentrum of Lucerne. Click the picture for information on the work and to order.
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Cathedral Copies Cavaill�-CollCopied after the choir organ by Cavaill�-Coll at Saint-Sulpice, Paris, the Oberlinger organ in the Cathedral at Worms sounds wonderful in works by Guilmant, Franck, Widor, Vierne, and Boellmann played by Odile Pierre, titulaire at The Madeleine in Paris. Click the picture for titles and to order.
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Guilmant & Widor in RouenOn perhaps the most glorious creations of Cavaill�-Coll, at St. Ouen, Rouen, Klaas Jan Mulder plays two of the great organ symphonies, both numbered 5.
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Organ Music of Alexandre Guilmant: A New Series on Period OrgansLaunching a brand-new series of CDs exploring the works of Guilmant and the organs associated with his music, organists Kurt Lueders, Joris Verdin, and Georges Lartigau play the 1883 Puget organ at the Church of Saint-Amans in Rodez, an instrument, which, standing exactly at midpoint in Guilmant�s 50-year career as an organ composer, met with his hearty approval. Some of his best music in larger forms are drawn from his earliest and latest periods of composition: Morceau de Concert, op. 24; Marche fun�bre et Chant s�raphique, op. 17; Sonate 7, op. 89 Click the picture for titles and to order.
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Gaston Litaize: 24 Pr�ludes LiturgiquesFormer students of 20th-century French virtuoso Gaston Litaize (1909-1991), Marie-Ange Leurent and Eric Lebrun, play the 24 miniatures that make up the set. Intended to be played in the course of religious celebrations, they cast a significant light on the mastery of Litaize�s musical writing. Recorded on the Callinet organ in Issenheim. Click the picture for works and to order.
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Grandes Toccatas et Carillons Symphoniques sur La MadeleineOn the Cavaill�-Coll at La Madeleine in Paris, Volker Ellenberger plays thrilling works in the sumptuous acoustics. MULET: Carillon-Sortie; Tu Es Petra NIBELLE: Carillon Orl�onais MESSIAEN: Dieu Parmi Nous WIDOR: Toccata Sym. 5 DUPR�: Toccata in C-sharp (Finale, Sym. 2); Les Cloches de Perros-Guirec (Suite Bretonne) DURUFL�: Toccata (Suite, op. 5); Fugue on the theme of the carillon at Soissons Cathedral Click picture for information
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French Symphonic Masterpieces, Hans Davidsson Playson the organ newly-built in French symphonic style by the Verscheuren firm at G�teborg University in Sweden. Davidsson, who organized the great organ research and performance institute at G�teborg and also serves as visiting professor at the Eastman School, plays Guilmant, Franck, Widor, Alain, and Durufl�. Click the picture for titles and to order.
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Guillou Toccata & Dupr�, Messiaen, too!Martha Schuster plays pieces of Dupr� and his students on the 1992 Rieger organ at the Collegiate Church of St. Mary�s Assumption in Kleve. Dupre: Deux Esquisses & Symphonie-Passion; Guillou: Toccata; Messiaen: L'Ascension Click the picture for more information and to order.
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Milhaud Organ WorksGeorge Baker plays the seldom heard organ works of Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) on the 1971 Danion-Gonzalez organ in Chartres Cathedral. Honored with a double Grand Prix du Disque in 1974 when the recording was first released, it is here digitally remastered. Click the picture for titles and to order.
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Dynam-Victor Fumet Organ WorksDynam-Victor Fumet (1867-1949) was a disciple of Franck, a great improviser and well-known as an organist in France, and less known as a composer. His works are both mystical and highly original, and largely differ from the prevailing structural, rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic influences of his contemporaries Vierne, Tournemire, and Dupr�. Fr�d�ric Denis plays the 1899 Henri Didier organ of 3m and 62 ranks, restored in 1987 and tonally intact. Click picture for repertoire
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Franck Major Works on 2 CDs,1899 Didier Organ, Torsten Laux PlaysThe amazing Torsten Laux plays the major works of Franck on two CDs, available separately, on the fascinating and large organ of 1899 by Henri Didier at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Laon, now entirely restored with all of its original pipes, console, and mechanism, including six Barker levers! One CD contains the Six Pi�ces and the other the Trois Chorales & Trois Pi�ces. Click the headline for titles and to order.
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The Organists of St-Sulpice: Daniel Roth PlaysThe titulaire organist of St-Sulpice, where Cavaill�-Coll�s masterpiece (incorporating the 5m Clicquot that preceded it) is intact and restored, plays works composed by his predecessors Grunewald, Widor, Lef�bure-W�ly, S�jan, Schmitt, and Nivers.
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Michael Murray at St. SulpiceThis is either the first or second CD played by an American on this monumental and historic organ. Michael Murray enjoys Telarc�s famed technical prowess that thrills on the fully-registered Dupr� works. Repertoire also includes Widor and Franck. Click picture for repertoire
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Andr� Fleury Organ Works in Two VolumesLinked inseparably to the grand French tradition of the early 20th century by his friendship with the major figures of that era, Fleury composed in a style that combines the musical philosophies of his age but remains largely romantic and symphonic, and distinctive. Two new CDs survey his very accessible and important works, as yet so little known. Organists Fr�d�ric Blanc and Denis Comtet play two very interesting Paris organs in sumptuous acoustics. Click on picture for listings of each CD
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Durufl�'s Organ at St-�tienne-du-Mont; Vincent Warnier PlaysAt St-�tienne-du-Mont, Maurice Durufl�, as titulaire organist, presided over the rebuilding of the organ in 1956, combining neoclassical stops and colors with the Romantic foundations of the earlier organ. Highly regarded for its musical qualities and for its association with the beloved music of Durufl�, the organ is recorded by the present titulaire, the remarkably talented Vincent Warnier, to show these qualities. Click picture for repertoire
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Durufl� at St-EustacheBernhard Leonardy plays the complete organ works of Durufl� on the 1989 Van den Heuvel 5m organ of 147 ranks at Saint Eustache in Paris.
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Durufl� More Than CompleteUnpublished Work Included! In this new CD imported by OHS, all of the works listed on the CD above are included as well as the previously unreleased Chant donn� en Hommage � Jean Gallon.
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Organ & Gregorian Chant in the Black ForestThe fine acoustics in the monumental space of St. Blaise�s, the former church of one of the most important Benedictine abbeys located deep in Germany�s Black Forest, is perfect for the singing of the Schola Gregoriana and the Gregoian themes heard on the 1912 Schwarz 3-74 organ, restored. Bernhard Marx is the organist and the Schola Gregoriana is directed by Bernhard Schmid. Gregorian-based settings by DeGrigny, Tournemire, Langlais, Alain, and chants/chorales Te Deum, Victimae Paschali, Te lucis ante terminum. Click picture for details
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Roth's Son Plays Flute">Daniel Roth Plays Cavaill�-Coll's Shop Organ Roth's Son Plays FluteAn organ built by Cavaill�-Coll in 1877 was used in his shop as a "show" instrument and for experimentation. It is now located in Mainz, Germany, where it was moved and restored in 1999 as the only Cavaill�-Coll in Germany. Daniel Roth plays seven works for solo organ, Bach to Vierne, and an improvisation that wonderfully demonstrate this beautiful organ of only 18 ranks in its splendid acoustical environment. Fran�ois-Xaver Roth joins his father in three works for flute and organ. Click picture for repertoire
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Vierne Symphony 2Organist Bruno Morin plays the mostly Cavaill�-Coll organ of Notre Dame d�Auteuil in Paris. VIERNE: Symphony 2, op. 20; WIDOR: Toccata (Sym. 5)
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Vierne Symphony No. 4 and other worksThomas Dahl plays a new 2-44 organ built by the Winterhalter firm at the Parish Church of Our Lady in Achern, Germany, largely in the ca. 1870 style of Cavaill�-Coll but also incorporating characteristics of the south German romantic organ of the period. The fine sound emanates from a handsome, free-standing case in the West gallery with unusual placement of the Grand Orgue in a very large and handsome case on the gallery rail of this medium-sized church with very fine acoustics. Symphony 4; Aria (Sym. 6); Pastorale, Berceuse (24 Pi�ces style libre); Pr�lude, Andantino, Caprice, Marche nuptiale (24 Pi�ces de Fantaisie)
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Tournemire: L'Orgue Mystique Selections, M-B Dufourcet PlaysParisian organist Marie-Bernadette Dufourcet plays selections from the monumental L�Orgue Mystique on two legendary French organs at La Trinit� and Sacr�-Coeur. Click picture for selections
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Pascale Rouet Plays & Leguay Improvises">Jean-Pierre Leguay Organ Works, Pascale Rouet Plays & Leguay ImprovisesJean-Pierre Leguay is a titular organist at Notre-Dame, Paris, and professor at the Dijon conservatory. His written music, like his improvisations, incorporates daring components of the contemporary with classic forms and harmonies. Pascale Rouet performs in the presence of the composer, who improvised at the end of the recording session on the 1995 Kuhn 5-101 in the church of Saint-Fran�ois in Lausanne. Sonata I; Madrigals II, III, V, VII, IX; Improvisation
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Hakim at La Trinit�Naji Hakim plays at La Trinit� in Paris on the famous organ that is largely Cavaill�-Coll and enlarged, preserving many details added at the behest of Messiaen during his tenure as organist. Works by Franck, Langlais, Vierne, Messiaen, Hakim Click picture for repertoire SPECIAL PRICE
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Alain & Widor on the 86-Rank Klais in Limburg CathedralIn the cathedral at Limburg, Germany, Markus Eichenlaub plays the 1977 Klais 4-86. Widor Symphony 6 and Alain Trois Danses
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Naji Hakim Composes for Organ, for Organ & Orchestra, and for Chorus Five works for various performing forces are included on this one CD. Te Deum for organ is played by Hakim at La Trinit�, Paris. Other works: Hymne de l�Univers for orchestra, Missa redemptionis for mixed choir a cappella Children for mixed choir a cappella, Les Noces de l�Agneau for orchestra
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Women Organists of ParisStellar performances by great names among the organists of 20th-Century Paris are gathered on this new CD of excellent technical quality. Jeanne Demessieux plays at La Madeleine, Marie-Madeleine Durufl� plays at St-Etienne-du-Mont, Marie-Claire Alain at St-Croix in Orl�ans, Rolande Falcinelli at St-Pierre in Angoul�me, Marie-Louise Girod-Parrot at Oratoire du Louvre, and Odile Bayeux on the Jordi Bosch organ in Santanyi. Click ikon for repertoire
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French Connection: Harold Chaney Plays Widor, Messiaen, Vierne, Durufl�Harold Chaney plays the large 3m Petty-Madden organ in the grand acoustical space of Trinity Cathedral in Trenton, New Jersey. Click picture for list of works
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Rolande Falcinelli Plays Dupr�: Stations of the CrossRolande Falcinelli (b. 1920), the great and fabled teacher at the Paris Conservatoire, played the Stations of the Cross by Marcel Dupr� in June, 1981, at Notre-Dame Cathedral to mark the tenth anniversary of the composer's death. This well-recorded, magnificent recorded archive is now on CD.
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Langlais' Last Improvisations at Ste-ClotildeThe last improvisations, all on Gregorian themes, of Jean Langlais (1907-1991) were recorded in 1986 and 1987 on the organ at Sainte-Clotilde in Paris where he succeeded Tournemire as titulaire. Though Langlais lived several years after these recordings were made, he ended his career as a performer in 1987. Click headline for details
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Langlais SuitesOn an amazing new 3m organ of 44 stops built in French style by the firm of Karl G�ckel (of M�hlhausen-Rettingheim near Heidelberg in Germany) at the Holy Ghost Church in Mannheim, Pierre Cogan plays all three of the colorful suites for organ composed by Langalis.
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Cavaill�-Coll in Germany at Osnabr�ckThis CD is a real winner! The 1898 Cavaill�-Coll at the cathedral in Osnabr�ck was the first by his firm to be installed in Germany, and it magnificently fills the resonant building with only 18 ranks. Cathedral organist Dominique Sauer plays extremely well to the wonderfully captured acoustical ambiance. Click ikon for repertoire
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Lionel Rogg at Victoria Hall, GenevaLionel Rogg served on the organ committee for Victoria Hall in his native Geneva following the devastating fire of 1984 and decisively influenced the specification of the new van den Heuvel instrument. He demonstrates it in the Finale of Vierne's First Symphony, the Scherzo from Widor's Fourth, Franck's Choral in b, Bizet's Jeux d'enfants, and Liszt's Fun�railles
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1891 Electropneumatic Merklin 4m Restored!">Symphonic Organ in the Basilica, Valenciennes 1891 Electropneumatic Merklin 4m Restored!The 1891 Joseph Merklin 4-74 electropneumatic organ in the Basilica of Notre Dame du Saint Cordon in Valenciennes, France, was restored over a period of five years by Bruno Strangis, founder of l�Association de l�orgue de la Basilique Notre-Dame de Valenciennes. A fine organist, Strangis plays works by Widor, Boellmann, Messiaen, Giroud, and Frescobaldi on it. Click for further description.
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Franck & Friends: Gerard Brooks at the Lyon Cavaill�-CollGerard Brooks plays music contemporary with and influenced by C�sar Franck on �the most beautiful and perfect instrument that has come out of my factory to date,� said Aristide Cavaill�-Coll. The organ was inaugurated by Widor in 1880 at the Church of St. Fran�ois de Sales, Lyon, where Widor�s father had been organist. Unchanged, it preserves the colorful sounds of the 19th century symphonic organ. The contemporaries of Franck included on this CD are Chauvet, Salom�, Bernard, Widor, Rosseau, Libert, and Callaerts. Click picture for the very interesting list of works.
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Bouquet de France, at. St.-SulpiceOn the Cavaill�-Coll at St-Sulpice, Paris, Bernhard Leonardy plays late Romantic and Impressionistic rarities for organ of the Belle Epoque, including all 10 pieces of the Reuchsel Bouquet de France and other composers such as Commette, Mulet, de la Tombelle, Letocart, d'Ollone, Florent Schmitt, and Busser. A most engaging program! Click ikon for repertoire
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Chaisemartin Plays Dupr� at Saint-Sulpice "Rendez-vous � Saint-Sulpice"Rendez-vous � Saint-Sulpice, a program of music of Marcel Dupr�, is played on the famous organ where he was titular organist. Suzanne Chaisemartin, one of his famous students, plays. Recorded in commemmoration of the 30th anniversary of Dupr�s death in 1971. Click for repertoire.
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The French Symphonic Organ, 1885 Cavaill�-Coll at St.-�tienne, CaenAlain Bouvet plays music of composers who influenced and were influenced by the invention of the symphonic organ in France by Aristide Cavaill�-Coll. The exquisite 3m of 50 stops and built in 1885 at Saint �tienne in Caen stands as one of the master�s finest organs. Works by Lef�bure-W�ly, Bo�llmann, Widor, Vierne, Dupr�, and Franck. Click ikon for repertoire
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Bo�llmann for OrganPhillippe Delacour plays most, if not all, of the organ works by Leon Bo�llmann on the 4-77 built in 2001 by Michel Gaillard (Manufacture Aubertin, Courtefontaine, France) in French Romantic style for the church at Thann in Alsace.
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Cochereau Improvs Transcribed & Played by FilsellHaving transcribed for publication several of Cochereau�s thrilling and imaginative improvisations as realized at Notre Dame in Paris and Symphony Hall in Boston, Jeremy Filsell plays them in the grand acoustics of Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral on the blazing sounds of the 1967 J. W. Walker & Sons 4-90. Click for a list of the pieces.
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Ben Van Oosten Plays 1894 Cavaill�-Coll">Vierne: 24 Pi�ces en style libre + Messe Basse + more Ben Van Oosten Plays 1894 Cavaill�-Coll3 CDs for the Price of 1 In addition to the 24 Pieces in Free Style, this great new CD set offers several other rarely recorded works by Vierne, all played on the 47-stop Cavaill�-Coll at the Church of Saint-Antoine des Quinze-Vingts in Paris, restored in 1993. Click to see full repertoire
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Organ Works of D�odat de S�veracThe Organ Works of D�odat de S�verac (1872-1921), almost entirely forgotten, are resurrected here by Michelle Leclerc and played on the 1885 Cavaill�-Coll organ at Notre-Dame d�Auteuil, Paris. Pieces by Chausson, D�Indy, and Mulet � all contemporaries of S�verac � are included. Click headline for works.
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Cavaill�-Coll, Cathedral of BayeuxFran�ois-Henri Houbart plays the fascinating 1862 3m Cavaill�-Coll 3-53 at Bayeux Cathedral, intact as built and including a few parts dating to 1597. Click for repertoire by Bo�ly, Schumann, and Schubert.
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Played by Ben van Oosten">Jacques Lemmens Organ Works Played by Ben van OostenAll three of Lemmens� organ sonatas and other works are played by master organist Ben van Oosten on the large organ built 1871-74 by the Belgian, Pierre Schyven, for the largest neo-gothic church in Belgium. Lemmens, the teacher of Guilmant and Widor, composed grand and exciting works that united the classically-based Germanic style with Romantic expressiveness. Click for repertoire and further description
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Girard Brooks Plays">Cavaill�-Coll 4-m Transplanted to Northern France Girard Brooks PlaysDiscover a little-known Cavaill�-Coll 4m of 78 ranks! built for a Russian conservatory and now located at the magnificent St. Peter's Church at the monastery in Douai in the north of France where it has been recently restored. Girard Brooks plays works mostly by Bo�ly (including a great thunderstorm piece), also Guilmant, Philip, and Nibelle.
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Tournemire: L�Orgue Mystique, CompleteCharles Tournemire (1870-1939), Franck�s successor as organist at Ste. Clotilde in Paris, composed suites of five organ works for each of the 51 Sunday and Feast-Day Masses in the liturgical year and named the resulting 255 works L�Orgue Mystique. In a series of CDs played on a variety of organs, Sandro R. M�ller records the entire L�Orgue Mystique on a series of interesting organs. The series is now up to Volume 8.
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L�once de Saint-MartinL�once de Saint-Martin (1886-1954) succeeded Louis Vierne in 1937 as organist at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris (having been designated the official substitute organist in 1932), and Pierre Cochereau succeeded Saint-Martin in 1954.
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Marie-Madeleine Durufl� MemorialRecorded live at St. Eustache, Paris, in 1993, this CD is issued as a memorial to Marie-Madeleine Durufl� (8 May 1921 - 5 October 1999). Click for repertoire.
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Pierre Pincemaille Plays All Ten Widor Symphonies on Ten Cavaill�-Coll OrgansA unique recording event! Pierre Pincemaille, titulaire of St. Denis Basilica in Paris, records all ten of the organ symphonies of Widor on ten magnificent Cavaill�-Coll organs.
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Widor Organ Symphonies played by Herman Van Vliet, 3 Volumes�. . . this set of Widor symphonies is the clear first choice. . . .Four notable Cavaill�-Coll organs . . . the sound is spectacular.� Anthony Baglivi, The American Organist, Nov.�98. Order the special sampler for $9.98
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Widor Organ Symphonies Played by Ben Van Oostenon four great Cavaill�-Coll organs in seven volumes
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Latry Plays WidorSymphonies 5 & 6 are played with breathtaking virtuosity at Notre Dame, Paris, by Olivier Latry.
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Widor Organ & PianoThis premier recording introduces duos for piano and organ.
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Vierne Complete: Christine Kamp, OrganistVolume 2 now available in the new Vierne cycle from Festivo, the fine Dutch CD label, as played by organist Christine Kamp. On Volume 2, a 2-CD release at a special price, she plays at St. Ouen in Rouen Symphonies 3 and 6, Messe Basse, March for the Napoleon Centenary, Prelude in F-sharp minor, Verset Fuuge sur In Exitu Israel, 3 Improvs, and more. In the first, 2-CD release, she plays with insightful virtuosity Symphonies 4 and 5; Messe basse, and Triptyque on the 1888 Cavaill�-Coll in Toulouse. Click the picture for titles and to order.
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Jacques Ibert CompletePhilippe Delacour plays the restored organs in St. Maurice Church in Freyning-Merlebach, Moselle, France, where he is organist, in the only CD devoted to the organ works of Jacques Ibert.
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Roth Plays Dupr� Daniel Roth at St.-Sulpice, Paris This CD offers a cross-section of Dupr�s substantial canon of organ works: Preludes & Fugues in B, a, g, A-flat; two Chorales; two Inventions; Variations on a No�l; Le Monde dans l�attente du Sauveur from Symphonie-Passion, and several more. Click to see entire list.
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The Poet and VirtuosoLouis Robilliard, one of the world�s great organists, who plays two large Cavaill�-Coll organs on this CD in works of Liszt, Mendelssohn, Bach, and Brahms. Super sound!
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Saint-Sa�ns: Organ Works & MotetsThis series of CDs from Hortus collects interesting works in excellent performances in these volumes: Influence of Liszt; Samson & Dalila at Church; and A Wedding, A Funeral, and a Salute to the Holy Sacrament.
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John Scott Plays Dupr� at St. Paul's, London, Vol. 2John Scott the famous 105-stop Mander organ of St. Paul�s Cathedral, London. Symphonie-Passion; Cort�ge et Litanie; 2nd Symphonie; Pr�lude et Fugue in f; Allegro deciso (from �vocation)
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John Scott Plays Dupr� at St. Paul's, London, Vol. 1John Scott plays well-known and representative works by the French master on the famous 105-stop Mander organ of St. Paul�s Cathedral, London. Prelude & Fugue in B; Esquisse in C; Esquisse No. 1 in e; Esquisse No.2 in b-flat; Prelude & Fugue in g; Placare Christe Servulis; Choral & Fugue; Te Lucis Ante Terminum; Variations sur un Vieux N�el
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Dupr� Organ Works, Complete; Ben Van Oosten PlaysThe supremely gifted organist Ben Van Oosten, who already has recorded all of the organ works of Vierne and Widor in acclaimed CD releases on the MDG label, now records the works of Dupr� on appropriate, magnificent, organs.
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John Scott Plays Liszt & Others $16.98 |
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Dupr�: Stations of the Cross Fran�oise Renet, OrganistStations of the Cross (no narration); Choral & Fugue. Cavaill�-Coll in St-Sernin, Toulouse, France
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Dupr� LegacyJohn Scott Whiteley plays the Cavaill�-Coll at St. Ouen, Rouen. MARCEL PAPONAUD: Toccata DUPR�: Prelude & Fugue in C; Variations on Adeste Fideles COCHEREAU: Symphony VIERNE: Meditation IBERT: Choral sur Justorum animae in manu Dei sunt
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Dupr� Improvises in Cologne $14.98 |
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Dupr� Vespers, Op. 18Susan Chaisemartin, disciple of Dupr� and organist of St. Augustin in Paris, plays the Cavaill�-Coll at Rouen in the beloved 15 pieces founded on antiphons as well as Sept Pi�ces, op. 27.
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Dupr�s Vespers at Notre-Dame de Paris Chant Meets Organ at Notre-Dame in Paris with Marcel Dupr�s Fifteen Antiphons (Les V�pres de la Vierge, Op. 18) played by titulaire Philippe Lefebvre on the Grand-Orgue
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Langlais Documentary $15.98 |
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Labounsky Plays Langlais Organ Works in 12 VolumesNow in 9 Volumes! Ann Labounsky�s devoted aspiration to record the complete organ works of Jean Langlais has met with universal praise for the results. Volume 9 of an anticipated 12 volumes contains Th�me Libre, Trumpet Tune, Cinq M�ditations sur l�Apocalypse, Four Postludes, Trois Offertoires, Mosa�que Vol. 2, Suite in Simplicitate Click for more information and all CDs in the series
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Langlais Plays Langlais at St. Clotilde $14.98 |
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Langlais Plays Langlais, Vol. 2 $14.98 |
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Chaisemartin: Hommage to Jean Langlais $15.98 |
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Chaisemartin at American Cathedral in Paris $14.98 |
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Alexandre Guilmant Organ Works in 8 Volumes
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Alain Series in 3 Volumes JEHAN ALAIN (1911-1940) composed brilliantly for the organ during his brief life, cut short by war. This series features the organ with which he grew up in his home, played by Marie-Claire Alain, Guy Bovet, and Yves Rechsteiner.
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More Cochereau Improvs ReconstructedFran�ois Lombard has painstakingly transcribed three of Pierre Cocherau's famous improvisations for this recording: 15 Versets on Ave maris stella; Introduction, Choral & Variations on O Filli et Filiae; Sortie sur Adeste Fidelis. Lombard plays the 1870 Cavaill�-Coll at the Church of St. Peter in Calais, France. Sheet music of these transcriptions is listed under Cochereau in the Sheet Music department on this website.
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12 More Unreleased Cochereau ImprovsThese improvisations on diverse themes were �hatched� on an almost daily basis during Cochereau�s tour of beach resorts and spas during the summer of 1969. Mounted on rollers, his 11-stop positif organ allowed its happy owner to appear in churches that lacked instruments, as well as in the most diverse venues (including theatres, village halls, youth hostels) and to popularize an instrument overly associated with worship services.
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Cochereau's Earliest Recordings Boston's Symphony Hall & Notre Dame, ParisCochereau�s earliest recordings at Notre Dame in Paris and his 4-mvt Symphony improvised at Symphony Hall, Boston, for the Aeolian-Skinner King of Instruments series are combined in a 2-CD set. The Notre Dame sessions from 1955, preserve the sound of the Cavaill�-Coll unaltered since Vierne left it 18 years earlier.
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Cochereau: A Musical TestamentThis 2-CD set documents 25 improvisations on the Gospel according to St. Matthew as realized by Cochereau at Notre-Dame in Paris on five consecutive Sundays ending March 4, 1984, the day before Cochereau�s death.
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Cochereau: The Art of ImprovisationThe famous improvisations realized by Cochereau at recordings sessions in 1977 at Notre Dame (and which have been transcribed to sheet music) are now available on CD!
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Cochereau: Two Grand ImprovisationsTwo Grand Improvisations: a Suite of Dances and a Prelude, Adagio, and Chorale Variations, were recorded at live recitals in 1970 and 1974. Spectacular!
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Cochereau RetrospectiveCochereau was the great organist of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris 1955-1984. The recordings on this 3-CD set are taken mostly from live concerts and masses, mostly at Notre Dame.
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Cochereau Plays Dupr� $14.98 |
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Cochereau at CologneThis live performance of Cochereau at his best was recorded in excellent stereo sound at a concert in the magnificent cathedral at Cologne, Germany, on May 30, 1972, by the West German Radio. DUPR�: Prelude & Fugue in F-minor MESSIAEN: Apparation de l��glise �ternelle COCHEREAU: Improvised Symphony on Veni Creator
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Cochereau�s Composed WorksFran�ois Lombard plays the Symphonie and Pierre Pincemaille plays the other works.
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Cochereau Christmas Improvisations $14.98 |
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Cochereau Improvs Transcribed $12.98 |
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20th Centurians at Rouen $12.98 |
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Liszt Complete $64.95 |
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Liszt at St-Sulpice $14.98 |
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Vierne Organ Symphonies $35.98 |
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Vierne 24 Pieces de fantaisie Ben van Oosten plays 24 Pieces de fantaisie complete on the fabulous Cavaille-Coll organ at St. Ouen in Rouen.
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Baker Plays Vierne: 24 Pi�ces de fantaisieGeorge Baker recorded the complete 24 pieces on the largest unalterd Cavaill�-Coll, the fabulous organ at St. Ouen in Rouen, in 1994.
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Baker Plays Vierne: 24 Pi�ces en style libre24 Pi�ces en style libre are played by Dr. George Baker on the Cavaill�-Coll at St. Ouen in Rouen. The set also includes Pr�lude fun�bre, op. 4; Messe basse, op. 30; Messe basse pour les d�funts. op. 62
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Latry Plays Vierne: 24 Pieces de fantaisie $17.98 |
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Vierne: Symphonies 2 & 3 $17.98 |
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Olivier Latry Plays Durufl� $17.98 |
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Messiaen Complete Organ Works in Six VolumesHans-Ola Ericsson plays the beautiful Lulea Cathedral organ in Sweden.
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Michelle Leclerc Plays DemessieuxR�pons pour le Temps de P�ques; Andante; Te Deum; 12 Chorale Preludes and DUPR�: 3 Preludes & Fugues in B-flat, f, g, Op. 7, on the rebuilt Cavaill�-Coll organ at La Madeleine, Paris, where the composer was organist 1962-68.
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Louis Robilliard Plays Franck CompleteHaving played the unaltered 3m Cavaill�-Coll at St-Fran�ois-de-Sales in Lyon since 1974, Louis Robilliard records this Franck cycle on that organ at on the restored Cavaill�-Coll at St-Sernin in Toulouse.
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Demessieux Plays Franck $26.98 |
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Langlais Plays Franck $24.95 |
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Franck L�Organiste $14.98 |
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The French Harmonium $14.98 |
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Karg-Elert for Harmonium $14.98 |
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Bo�ly at Saint-Maximin $15.98 |
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Adolphe MartyAdolphe Marty (1865-1942), a blind student of Franck, became organist of the important Saint-Fran�ois-Xavier in Paris. Marie-Th�r�se Jehan plays the restored 1896 Cavaill�-Coll in Saint-Sever.
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Alexis Chauvet, Vol. 1 $15.98 |
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Alexis Chauvet, Vol. 2 $15.98 |
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More Alexis Chauvet $13.98 |
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Augustin Bari�Blind like Vierne and Marchal, preceding Marchal at St.-Germaine-des-Pr�s, Augustin Bari� was dead by age 32. Marie-Th�r�se Jehan was coached for this recording by Marchal just before his death. Vierne said that in Bari� ��burned an ardent flame.�� Recorded at Nantes Cathedral after the 1971 rebuild by Beuchet-Debierre with 100 ranks, but before the 1988 work. Symphony Op. 5, Elegie, 3 Pieces Op. 7
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Ren� Vierne $15.98 |
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St. Roch, Paris $17.98 |
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Impressionism and the OrganTitular organist at La Madeleine for over a decade and professor organ in Rouen and Paris, Odile Pierre develops an interesting theme on the 1857 Cavaill�-Coll in the cathedral at Perpignan, France. Tonally but not mechanically restored, the organ retains the 15th-century case and early facade pipes (the larger 24� basses are of rounded wood covered in tin foil). This CD was produced by great admirers of this organ who dealt with its unrestored condition for the recording. Click ikon for repertoire
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Marie-Louise Langlais PlaysOn Pierre Cochereau's residence organ, now in the church at Roquevaire and comprising 72 stops as combined with the church's original organ of 1826. FRANCK: Choral III in a PIERN�: Pr�lude; Cantil�ne from Trois Pi�ces TOURNEMIRE: Choral-Poeme on Eli, Eli, lamma sabacthani LANGLAIS: Te Deum; Poeme Evangelique (La Nativit�); 3rd Symphony
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Vierne at St. Denis $14.98 |
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Joseph Bonnet $16.98 |
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A Restored CallinetReplacing an organ destroyed during the French Revolution, Joseph and Claude-Ignace Callinet built a new organ in 1837 for Notre-Dame Church in St. Etienne in the Loire Valley. Now completely restored, it is the ideal vehicle for music which bridges the gap between classical and romantic styles, played with great style by Jean-Luc Perrot. Click picture for repertoire by composers Baille, Beauvarlet-Charpentier, Fessy, and Daussoigne-Mehul.
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Alexandre Bo�ly $14.98 |
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Sacre Coeur, ParisVIERNE: Messe Solennelle for 4-part mixed choir and two organs
MULET: Tu Es Petra; TOURNEMIRE: Prelude et Fresque
HAKIM: The Embrace of Fire
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Sacre Coeur Live $15.98 |
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The Heroic Organ 1888 Cavaill�-Coll Restored $14.98 |
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Klaas Jan Mulder at St. Sernin, Toulouseplays the recently restored 54-stop 1888 Cavaill�-Coll in the magnificent church. Works by Saint-Sa�ns, Franck, Guilmant, Prokofiev, Alain, Dupr�, Andriessen.
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Cavaill�-Coll at Rouen $14.98 |
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A Great French Organ in England $12.98 |
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Wilson & Lefebvre Play Tournemire $14.98 |
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Bombarde!Ian Tracey plays the famous 145-stop Willis of 1926 in the huge acoustic of Liverpool Cathedral.
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Roth plays Widor Symphonies 5 and 10 $14.98 |
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Olivier Latry Plays Gaston LitaizeBack In Print! Latry plays the organ works of his famous teacher.
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Franck on 3 Cavaill�-Colls: 3 VolumesDaniel Roth plays organ works of Franck on the Cavaill�-Coll organs of Saint-Sulpice, Paris (1862); Santa Maria del Coro in San Sebasti�n, Spain (1863); and Saint-Etienne Cathedral in Saint-Brieuc, Bretagne, France (1848).
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Saint-Sa�ns Organ Works Hans Fagius convincingly plays these delightful works on the beautiful 1976 Marcussen at St. Jacob�s Church, Stockholm.
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Langlais at the Madeleine
Langlais at La Madeleine Fran�ois-Henri Houbart, titular organist of La Madeleine in Paris, plays the 1845 Cavaill�-Coll / 1957 R�thinger-Boisseau / 1971 Danion-Gonzales / 1988 Dargassies 4-82.
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Andr� Fleury The rebuilt 1743 Riepp of Dijon Cathedral where Fleury was organist for 23 years is played by his successor, Maurice Clerc.
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Organists of the Madeleine, Paris Organists of the Madeleine in Paris number ten since 1845 when Cavaill�-Coll installed a large organ. Fran�ois-Henri Houbart plays works of his famous predecessors.
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L�Orgue Gr�gorien 20th-century French works based on Gregorian chants, wondrously performed by Adrian Gunning on a successful 1963 Walker 3-53 in the resonant acoustics of St. John the Evangelist, Islington.
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Hakim Rhapsody Naji Hakim at Sacre-Coeur, Paris, on the Cavaill�-Coll, playing his own works.
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Liszt at Notre-Dame, Paris Titulaire organist Jean-Pierre Leguay plays the 1867 Cavaill�-Coll in Notre-Dame, Paris.
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Gigout at Notre Dame Jean-Pierre Leguay, one of the three titular organists of Notre Dame, Paris, plays Gigout and Vierne on the recently restored/rebuilt organ in this OHS import.
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The First CD from St. Denis!Pierre Pincemaille, organist of St. Denis since 1988, plays works by Franck, Boely, Saint-Saens, Alkan, and Chauvet on the 1841 Cavaille-Coll.
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Rubaiyat Naji Hakim plays the Cavaille-Coll organ at Sacre-Coeur, Paris.
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