This series of CDs collects these very interesting works, exploring their relsationships to one another, in excellent performances on appropriate instruments and with good singers. |
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| Saint-Saëns: Organ Works & Motets, Vol. 1SAINT-SAËNS: Veni Creator (for men’s voices); Theme, Variations, & Chorale on Dies Irae; Prélude & Fugue in d; Ave, Maria; Laudate; Troisième Fantaisie LISZT: Salve Regina; La prédication aux oiseaux (trans. Saint-Saëns) This disc explores the substantial influence Franz Liszt had on Camille Saint-Saëns. From his Veni Creator (dedicated to “monsieur l’Abbé Liszt”) to an extended work on Dies irae and the motets, Saint-Saëns suggests a musical sensibility not unlike Liszt’s. The organs are the Walcker of Riga Cathedral and the Cavaillé-Coll of Saint-Sulpice, Paris. Vincent Genvrin is the organist; the motets are sung by the Sacrum Choir, under the direction of Andris Veismanis. |
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 Saint-Saëns: Organ Works & Motets “Samson et Dalila à l’église” Vol. 2 This volume explores Saint-Saëns’ wide-ranging and eclectic inspiration and form in composition for the church. Vincent Genvrin plays the Cavaillé-Coll at Toulouse; singers of La Lyre Séraphique.Works: 3 Rhapsodies sur des cantiques bretons, Op. 7 Elévation ou Communion, Op. 13 Offertoire-Sarabande Interlude fugué Praeludium en ut mineur Vocal settings: Ave Maria; Ave verum; Inviolata; O salutaris; Tantum ergo; Sub tuum; Deus Abraham. |
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| Saint-Saëns: Organ Works & Motets “Un mariage, un Enterrement et un Salut au Saint-Sacrement” Vol. 3 Music for the church is played at la Madeleine in Paris (where Saint-Saëns was organist) and on the Puget organ at Notre-Dame-du-Taur in Toulouse by Vincent Genvrin with the Choeur de Chambre Les Eléments directed by Joël Suhubiette. Works: Bénédiction nuptiale, op. 9 Marche religieuse, op. 107 Improvisation VI, op. 150 Pro Defunctis Improvisation VII 3 Préludes et fugues, op. 99 Vocal settings of: Ave, verum; Deus Abraham; Pie Jesu; Quam dilecta |
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| Saint-Saëns: Organ Works, Vol. 4Vincent Genvrin plays the Cavaillé-Coll organs in the Basilica at Azkoitia and at The Madeleine in Paris, and The E. F. Walcker at Riga, in the all-organ program on this fourth volume in the series entitled Le patriarche de la Belle Époque. Deuxième Fantaisie, Op. 101 Le Cygne (transcribed by Guilmant) Prélude du Déluge, op. 45 (trans. Guilmant) Prélude et fugue en ut majeur, Op. 109, No. 3 Improvisation I, Op. 150 Cyprès, Op. 156, No. 1 Improvisation II Feria Pentecostes, Op. 150 Prélude et fugue en sol majeur, Op. 109, No. 2 Première Fantaisie |
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