Dorian Recordings
xCD-90267
French Spectaculars On
The Great Ocean Grove Auditorium Organ
GORDON TURK
Confronted by four keyboards, pedals and nine thousand pipes, one is aware that the organ is an instrument capable of communicating a powerful musical expression. In the nineteenth century the French school of organ playing emerged as a style distinctive for its ability to evoke a stirring emotional response. The elements of massive sonority, specific tonal colors and facile technique unite with passionate virtuosity drawing listener into a compelling musical experience. Widor, the great organ symphonist described the experience in these words, "Organ playing is the manifestation of a will filled with vision of eternity." - Gordon Turk
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Suite Gothique - Leon Boëllman (1870-1897) [ 1] Introduction - Chorale [ 2] Menuet [ 3] Prière à Notre-Dame [ 4] Toccata [ 5] Carillon de Westminster - Louis Vierne (1870-1937) [ 6] Cantilene - Théodore Salomé (1834-1896) [ 7] Final alla Schumann (Noël Languedocien) - Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911) [ 8] Reverie (Träumerei) - Robert Schumann (1810-1856) / Guilmant [ 9] Toccata from Symphony No. 5 - Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937) [10] Sortie in B-flat - Louis-James-Alfred Lefébure-Wély (1817-1869) [11] Pastoral in G - Lefébure-Wély [12] Sortie in E-flat - Lefébure-Wély [13] Noël - Henri Mulet (1878-1967) [14] Toccata on "Tu es Petra . . ." ("Thou Art the Rock") - Mulet [15] Berceuse from 24 Pièces en style libre - Vierne [16] Final from Symphony No. 1 - Vierne |
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