Par VIERNE LOUIS. / Niveau : Elémentaire / classique / Date parution : 1926-01-30/ Répertoire / Violon et Piano

Par VIERNE LOUIS. / classique / Date parution : 1931-06-01/ Répertoire / Voix et Orgue

Par WIDOR CHARLES-MARIE. Charles-Marie Widor 's Symphonies for Organ, Op. 42 No. 2. Charles-Marie Widor (b. Lyons 1844, d. Paris 1937) first began his studies in his hometown, but later pursued them in Brussels, taking lessons with Nicolas-Jacques Lemmens on the Organ, and composition lessons with François-Joseph Fetis. In 1868, he inaugurated the Organ at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. He also deputized for Saint-Saë ns at the Organ of La Madeleine, and then in 1870 he was provisionally nominated organist at Saint-Sulpice. It was not until 1933 that he relinquished this post in favour of his pupil Marcel Dupre. Followingthe death of Cesar Franck in 1890, it was Widor who was requested to direct Organ studies at the Paris Conservatoire, and he followed this by taking charge of the composition class in 1896. Among his very many students were figures such as Louis Vierne and Charles Tournemire. Widor was a founder member of the Casa Velasquez in Madrid and the American Conservatoire in Fontainbleu. He was an exceptional virtuoso who could be heard in concerts in France and throughout the whole world. He left numerous works, but it is above all his Organ music that is most performed today./ Répertoire / Orgue

From Quatre Motets Sur Des Themes Gregoriens-Duruflé grew up in Louviers in the northern French region of Haute-Normandie (Upper Normandy) where as a boy he was a chorister and studied piano. At the age of 17 he moved to Paris to study organ with Charles Tournemire. A year later Duruflé wasadmitted to the Paris Conservatoire where he studied organ piano and composition and was awarded five first prizes in various subjects. Upon graduation Duruflé became musical assistant to Louis Vierne at Notre Dame but soon after this wasappointed organist at Saint Étienne-du-Mont in Paris where he would remain for the rest of his life. In 1943 he was appointed professor of harmony at the Conservatoire a position he maintained for 27 years. From 1926 until 1977 Duruflé published 14compositions including the Requiem Op. 9 (1947). Duruflé traveled extensively as a concert organist and was active as a recording artist. Later in life he and his second wife often performed as an organ duo. The composer suffered severe injuriesin an automobile accident in 1975 which left him nearly bed-ridden for the final decade of his life.Composed in 1960 Quatre Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens Op. 10 (Four Motets on Gregorian Themes) were dedicated to Auguste le Guennant director of the Gregorian Institute in Paris. Each of the four motets begins with an incipit of Gregorianchant which serves as melodic inspiration for the composition that follows. The four motets are (in order): ?Ubi caritas ? ?Tota pulchra es ? ?Tu es Petrus ? and ?Tantum ergo.? ?Ubi caritas? is an early Christian antiphon traditionally used in the Maundy Thursday service during the washing of the feet an act of Jesus from the Last Supper. The antiphon has become closely associated with the Eucharist and is sometimes alsoused at weddings. Duruflé sets only the first of the four stanzas of the text.

Charles-Marie Widor’s Symphonies for Organ Op.42 No.2. Charles-Marie Widor (b. Lyons 1844 d. Paris 1937) first began his studies in his hometown but later pursued them in Brussels taking lessons with Nicolas-Jacques Lemmens on the Organ and composition lessons with François-Joseph Fétis. In 1868 he inaugurated the Organ at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. He also deputized for Saint-Saëns at the Organ of La Madeleine and then in 1870 he was provisionally nominated organist at Saint-Sulpice. It was not until 1933 that he relinquished this post in favour of his pupil Marcel Dupré. Followingthe death of César Franck in 1890 it was Widor who was requested to direct Organ studies at the Paris Conservatoire and he followed this by taking charge of the composition class in 1896. Among his very many students were figures such as Louis Vierne and Charles Tournemire. Widor was a founder member of the Casa Velasquez in Madrid and the American Conservatoire in Fontainbleu. He was an exceptional virtuoso who could be heard in concerts in France and throughout the whole world. He left numerous works but it is above all his Organ music that is most performed today.

Description The most important religious songs of the past 250 years appear in this collection, a treasury of sacred songs known and loved by singers and listeners at home, in church, and in concert. This compilation includes settings of Ave Maria, Ave Verum Corpus and Panis Angelicus. Songlist Agnus Dei [Bizet, Georges] And God Shall Wipe Away All Tears (The Light Of The World) [Sullivan, Arthur] Ave Maria [Bach, Johann Sebastian] [Gounod, Charles] Ave Maria [Franck, Cesar] Ave Maria Op.52 No.6 [Schubert, Franz] Ave Verum Corpus [Chausson, Ernest] Ave Verum Corpus K.618 [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus] Cantique De Jean Racine [Faure, Gabriel] Contentment [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus] En Priere [Faure, Gabriel] Hosanna [Granier, Jules] Jerusalem [Parry, Hubert] Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring (Cantata BWV 147) Kol Nidre La Procession [Franck, Cesar] Le Crucifix [Faure, Jean-Baptiste] Le Sommeil De L'enfant Jesus [Busser, Henri] Litany For All Souls' Day [Schubert, Franz] My Heart Ever Faithful [Bach, Johann Sebastian] Nazareth [Gounod, Charles] No Candle Was There And No Fire [Lehman, Liza] Noel [Holmes, Augusta] O Divine Redeemer [Gounod, Charles] O For The Wings Of A Dove [Mendelssohn, Felix] O Holy Night (Cantique de Noel) [Adam, Adolphe] Panis Angelicus [Charpentier, Marc Antoine] Panis Angelicus [Franck, Cesar] Pie Jesu (Requiem) [Faure, Gabriel] Pieta, Signore [Stradella, Alessandro] Preghiera [Rossini, Gioacchino] Ring Out, Wild Bells [Gounod, Charles] Sleeping Christ Child [Wolf, Hugo] Tantum Ergo [Franck, Cesar] Tantum Ergo [Vierne, Louis] The Heavens Declare [Beethoven, Ludwig Van] The Holy City [Adams, Stephen] The Lost Chord [Sullivan, Arthur] The Palms [Faure, Jean-baptiste] The Virgin's Slumber-song [Reger, Max] There Is A Green Hill Far Away [Gounod, Charles] To Thee, My God [Beethoven, Ludwig Van]