The Triton label from France features recordings of interesting organs in appropriate repertoire, with fine players. |
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| With album notes by no less a figure than Marie-Claire Alain, this interesting and very enjoyable release from the superb French organist Bruno Morin, a stellar student of Ms. Alain, reestablishes a tradition of playing these works on the organ alone, transcribing and filling out parts that an orchestra otherwise would have played, and especially taking advantage of the Pedal clavier which did not exist on British organs Handel’s his day. Morin plays five concertos on a very good sounding organ (3-59) rebuilt in 1992 by Michel Gaillard in the fine acoustics of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Boulogne sur Mer. Click the headline for titles and to order. | |
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| Containing 24 works on 3-CDs, this set must be the most complete of all claiming completeness in Mendelssohn’s organ works (a close contender is John Scott’s fine 2-CD set containing 16 works). Based on the complete works published by Bärenreiter in 1993-‘94 (also available from OHS), it includes recently discovered works. The multi-talented French virtuoso Jean-Baptiste Robin plays three Gottfried Silbermann organs in Rötha and Freiberg and the Johann Andreas Engelhardt organ (1845) in Herzberg-am-Harz. The excellent booklet includes notes on each work, an essay on the organs, their relevance to Mendelssohn, and their stoplists. Click the headline for titles and to order. | |
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| The superb and large 1888 E. F. Walcker organ in the State Church at Winterthur, Switzerland, entirely restored with original mechanism in the splendid building as seen on the cover of The Tracker Vol. 44, No. 4 (occupying an 18th-C case), is played by Bruno Morin (winner of the Grand Prix d'Interprétation at Chartres in '94) in this new CD with ideal works for the organ's German Romantic style: the Reubke Sonata on the 94th Psalm and Brahms' 11 Chorale Preludes, op. 122, as well as the Prelude and Fugue in g. Click the headline to order | |
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| Odile Jutten plays organ works of Benoist on the Cavaillé-Coll organ in the Cathédrale St.-Louis de Versailles. Most of the works are from liturgical suites. Click picture for repertoire | |
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| On the 1797 Henri Clicquot organ at the cathedral in Poitiers, France, Jean-Baptiste Robin (b. 1976, Paris) plays spectacularly. He was appointed titulaire at Poitiers at age 23, having studied with Louis Robillard, Odile Bailleux, Marie-Claire Alain, Michel Bouvard, and Olivier Latry. Click on the headline for more information and to order. | |
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| André Isoir plays the Lorris organ in Gâtinais to celebrate its 500th anniversary in a program of early and Renaissance works. This legendary organist plays this repertoire with great joy and style. Click picture for repertoire | |
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| An new organ in France, built in Spanish style, at the Church of St-Pierre & St-Paul in Cherbourg-Octeville was completed by organbuilder Bernard Cogez in 1999. Here, a wide selection of rarely heard Spanish music is played by Damien Colcomb. Click picture for repertoire | |
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| Bruno Morin plays the Cavaillé-Coll at St-Sulpice, Paris, in all of the works for pedal piano and the six fugues on B-A-C-H. Imported by OHS. Click picture for more information | |
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| Organist Stéphane Béchy plays the 1739 Parizot organ at the Church of St-Rémy of Dieppe, exploring unpublished music composed by Michel Corrette at the end of the 18th century and still entrenched in the traditions of the “Grand Siècle.” | |
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| Organist Bruno Morin plays the mostly Cavaillé-Coll organ of Notre Dame d’Auteuil in Paris. VIERNE: Symphony 2, op. 20; WIDOR: Toccata (Sym. 5) | |
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| Bruno Morin plays the famous Clicquot organ in the Cathedral at Poitiers to present this music of pageantry. Boyvin Suites on the 2nd, 3rd, and 7th tones; the Lully pieces are transcribed for organ: Cacone de Galatée and Passacaille d'Armide. | |
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| Marie-Claire Alain plays the Couperin Mass for the Parishes before a live audience in 2002 on the organ built in 1748 by Dom Bedos and restored in 1997 at the Abbey in Sainte-Croix de Bordeaux. A schola sings the versets. | |
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| Fleury, Langlais, Tournemire were friends and maintained a mutual respect, and their prominence in 20th-century French organ culture is the basis of this program. Tournemire dedicated the Laetare office to Fleury, his assistant. Two organs are played wonderfully by François Lemanissier and they are located in Saint-Lô in northwestern France (Normandy). At Notre-Dame, the Kern firm revoiced the large 1968 Beuchet-Debierre 3m organ in 1987, and Fleury and André Isoir shared the dedication concert. At Sainte-Croix, the 1893 Louis Debierre 2-21 has been restored to its original specification. Click picture for repertoire | |
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| Michael Radulescu organ works are played by Pascale Rouet on the Kern organ in Notre-Dame des Blancs Manteaux, Paris. Romanian organist and composer Radulescu was born in 1943 and is widely known as a teacher and performer. Click headline for repertoire | |
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