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Special offer. French Organ Music
The Great Organ of Saint-Etienne-du-Mont, Paris
Petur Sakari (organ)
What gives distinction to this disc of 20th century French organ music by the usual suspects is the recording location - the church of St-Etienne-du-Mont in Paris where, from 1930 until his...
Special offer. French Organ Music
The Great Organ of Saint-Etienne-du-Mont, Paris
Petur Sakari (organ)
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What gives distinction to this disc of 20th century French organ music by the usual suspects is the recording location - the church of St-Etienne-du-Mont in Paris where, from 1930 until his...
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The young organist Pétur Sakari (aged just 21) has gathered five giants of the organ repertoire for his debut disc on BIS, performing on the famous organ of Saint-Étienne-du-Mont in Paris.
The five composers are all interconnected – Charles Tournemire and Louis Vierne studied together (under Franck), Maurice Duruflé studied under Tournemire and was Vierne’s assistant at Notre Dame, and Marcel Dupré counted Vierne (and Widor) among his teachers and himself taught Olivier Messiaen.
Contents and tracklist
Tournemire:
Choral-Improvisation sur le Victimae paschali Laudes
Work length10:09
- Petur Sakari
Vierne, L:
Pièces de fantaisie, Op. 53
Work length13:21
- Petur Sakari
V. Clair de Lune
Track length9:04
VI. Toccata
Track length4:17
Vierne, L:
Pièces de fantaisie, Op. 54
Work length10:23
- Petur Sakari
II. Impromptu
Track length3:29
VI. Carillon de Westminster
Track length6:54
Work length7:47
- Petur Sakari
Work length7:01
- Petur Sakari
Prelude and Fugue in B Major
Track length7:01
Work length25:16
- Petur Sakari
I. Prélude
Track length9:46
II. Sicilienne
Track length6:27
III. Toccata
Track length9:03
Awards and reviews
May 2014
What gives distinction to this disc of 20th century French organ music by the usual suspects is the recording location - the church of St-Etienne-du-Mont in Paris where, from 1930 until his death in 1986, Maurice Duruflé held sway.
