Research Catalog

Title

Works for organ [sound recording] / Widor, Vierne, Dupré, Messiaen.

Publication

[France] : EMI Classics, p1994.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Widor, Charles Marie, 1844-1937.
• Vierne, Louis, 1870-1937.
• Dupré, Marcel, 1886-1971.
• Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992.

Description

1 sound disc (76 min., 38 sec.) : digital, mono.; 4 3/4 in.

Series Statement

Composers in person

Subjects

• Organ music > France
• Symphonies (Organ) > Excerpts

Note

• EMI Classics: 7243 5 55037 2 5 (highlighted: 5 55037 2); on container: CDC 5 55037 2.
• Four French organist/composers performing their own compositions.
• The 1st-7th works transferred from the original 78 rpm discs, the 8th-9th works edited from the original tapes; all works digitally remastered by Andrew Walter at Abbey Road Studios from the original EMI recordings.
• Compact disc.
• Program notes by Felix Aprahamian in English with French and German translations (27 p. : ill., ports.) inserted in container.

Event (note)

• Recorded April 28-29, 1932 (1st-2nd works), Dec. 1928 (3rd-5th works), June 18, 1929 (6th work), June 25 & Oct. 27, 1926 (7th work), July 26, 1956 (8th work), and June 13-25, 1956 (9th work).

Contents

Symphonie V, op. 42, no. 1 (1880). V, Toccata ; Symphonie gothique : op. 70 (1895). Moderato ; Andante sostenuto ; Mocerato-Variations / Charles-Marie Widor -- Trois improvisations (1928). I, Marche épiscopale ; Pièces de fantaisie. Suite No. 1, op. 51 (1926). II, Andantino ; Trois improvisations (1928). III, Cortège / Louis Vierne -- Suite bretonne : op. 21 (1923). I, Berceuse ; Trois préludes et fugues, op. 7 (1912). No. 3 / Marcel Dupré -- Le banquet céleste (1926, rev. 1932) ; L'Ascension (1934) / Olivier Messiaen.

Call Number

*LDC 9606 (F)

OCLC

31993062

Title

Works for organ [sound recording] / Widor, Vierne, Dupré, Messiaen.

Imprint

[France] : EMI Classics, p1994.

Playing Time

011638

Series

Composers in person

Performer

Charles-Marie Widor, playing the organ at Saint-Sulpice, Paris (1st-2nd works) ; Louis Vierne, playing the organ at the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Paris (3rd-5th works) ; Marcel Dupré, playing the organ in Queen's Hall, London (6th-7th works) ; Olivier Messiaen, playing the organ at l'Église de la Trinité, Paris (8th-9th works).

Event

Recorded April 28-29, 1932 (1st-2nd works), Dec. 1928 (3rd-5th works), June 18, 1929 (6th work), June 25 & Oct. 27, 1926 (7th work), July 26, 1956 (8th work), and June 13-25, 1956 (9th work).

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Added Author

Widor, Charles Marie, 1844-1937. Symphonies, organ, no. 5, op. 42, no. 1, F minor. Toccata.

Widor, Charles Marie, 1844-1937. Symphonies, organ, no. 9, op. 70, C minor. Selections.

Vierne, Louis, 1870-1937. Pièces de fantaisie. Suite 1. Andantino.

Vierne, Louis, 1870-1937. Improvisations, organ. Marche épiscopale.

Vierne, Louis, 1870-1937. Improvisations, organ. Cortège.

Dupré, Marcel, 1886-1971. Suite bretonne. Berceuse.

Dupré, Marcel, 1886-1971. Préludes et fugues, organ, op. 7. No 3.

Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992. Banquet céleste.

Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992. Ascension, organ.

Widor, Charles Marie, 1844-1937. Performer

Vierne, Louis, 1870-1937. Performer

Dupré, Marcel, 1886-1971. Performer

Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992. Performer

Publisher No.

5 55037 2 EMI Classics

CDC 5 55037 2 EMI Classics

7243 5 5 55037 2 5 EMI Classics

Research Call Number

*LDC 9606 (F) Program notes on file.