Widor: Solo Organ Works
$35.00
Out of Stock2-4 weeks add to cart
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR
Widor: Solo Organ Works
Joseph Nolan (Cavaille-Coll Organ of St Francois de Sales, Lyon, Cavaillé-Coll Organ of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse)
[ Signum / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 7 July 2017
This item is currently out of stock. We expect to be able to supply it to you within 2 - 4 weeks from when you place your order.
Joseph Nolan follows his five internationally acclaimed volumes of the Complete Organ Symphonies of Charles-Marie Widor with a collection of the composer's other works for solo organ. The disc includes his Trois Nouvelles Pieces, March Amèricaine and Marche Nuptiale and Memento - a collection of transcriptions of works by J.S. Bach.
This release completes a collection of 6 CDs that span Widor's complete solo organ works, performed by Nolan on period Cavaillé-Coll organs from the French churches of St Sernin, Toulouse, St. François-de Sales, Lyon and La Madeleine, Paris.
In April 2016, Joseph Nolan was made a Chevalier (Knight) in the Order of French Arts and Letters for his services to French Music.
"The playing of Joseph Nolan, as with all the volumes of the symphonies that I have, is excellent, he has an ability to bring this music to life, especially on these wonderful old organs. The recorded sound is excellent as are the booklet notes. This recording is a must for all organ devotees and especially Widor fans." MusicWeb
"Nolan plays these late works in accomplished performances on two sweetly voiced Cavaillé-Coll instruments in Toulouse and Lyons. The solemnly unhurried Suite Latine might test some, but the Trois Nouvelles Pièces include intriguing approaches to harmony." Sunday Times
"a gloriously upbeat conclusion to this superb Widor series" Gramophone
Tracks:
CD1
Suite Latine †
1 Praeludium
2 Beatus vir
3 Lamento
4 Ave Maris Stella
5 Adagio
6 Lauda Sion
Trois Nouvelles Pièces †
7 Classique d'hier
8 Mystique
9 Classique d'audjourd'hui
CD2
Bach's Memento †
1 Pastorale
2 Miserere mei domine
3 Aria
4 Marche du Veilleur de Nuit
5 Sicilienne
6 Mattheus - Final
7 Marche Americaine *
Transcribed by Marcel Dupré,
no. 11 from 12 Feuillets d'Album Op. 31
8 Conte d'Avril: No.6. Marche Nuptiale *
CAVAILLÉ-COLL ORGAN OF SAINT-SERNIN, TOULOUSE †
CAVILLÉ-COLLE ORGAN OF ST FRANCOIS DE SALES, LYON*
