Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts organ works by Poulenc & Saint-Saëns

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Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts organ works by Poulenc & Saint-Saëns

Recorded live at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, London, on 26 March 2014.

James O’Donnell (organ)

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

these live performances showcase different aspects of this remarkable instrument's capabilities in tandem with orchestra. The Poulenc is generally a hard-edged performance, James O'Donnell dispatching... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2015, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 3rd Nov 2014
Catalogue No: LPO0081
Label: LPO
Length: 57 minutes

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Poulenc: Concerto in G minor for Organ, Strings & Timpani

Work length22:35

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Yannick Nézet-Séguin, London Philharmonic Orchestra, James O’Donnell
Recording Venue: Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom

I. Andante

Track length3:13

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II. Allegro giocoso

Track length2:05

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III. Andante moderato

Track length7:20

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IV. Tempo Allegro, molto agitato

Track length2:35

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V. Très calme. Lent

Track length2:27

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VI. Tempo de l'Allegro initial

Track length1:55

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VII. Tempo d'introduction. Largo

Track length3:00

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Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 'Organ Symphony'

Work length35:22

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Yannick Nézet-Séguin, London Philharmonic Orchestra, James O’Donnell
Recording Venue: Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom

I. Adagio-Allegro moderato

Track length9:41

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II. Poco adagio

Track length10:30

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III. Allegro moderato - Presto

Track length7:02

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IV. Maestoso. Allegro

Track length8:09

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This is the first recording released on the newly refurbished Royal Festival Hall organ. This sell out concert in March 2014 was part of the Pull Out All The Stops festival launching the refurbished Harrison and Harrison organ, complete for the first time since 2005. The sense of occasion in this live recording is palpable.

From the first earth-shattering chord of the Poulenc, it is clear that this is an instrument of hugely impressive proportions. The thrilling finale of the Saint-Saëns in particular showcases the organ’s resonant bass; the packed Royal Festival Hall vibrating to its core.

In the adept hand of conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Saint-Saëns Symphony demonstrates how well this huge instrument integrates with the Orchestra – always a challenge in live recordings. There is an amazing transparency of sound between organ and orchestra, and a sense of space that allows the music to breathe naturally.

Soloist James O’Donnell, Organist and Master of Music at Westminster Abbey, has received numerous awards and honours for his recordings, including the Gramophone Award for ‘Record of the Year’ in 1998 for his recording of Masses by Martin and Pizzetti for Hyperion.

Booklet includes full organ specification and an article on the history and refurbishment of the organ by its curator, Dr William McVicker.

Reviews

January 2015

these live performances showcase different aspects of this remarkable instrument's capabilities in tandem with orchestra. The Poulenc is generally a hard-edged performance, James O'Donnell dispatching its dramatic opening with a brisk imperious strut tather than a grandiose swagger.

James O’Donnell finds plenty of warmth and colour in the instrument which, combined with some rich string playing, benefits from the improved acoustics of the hall...plenty of verve and passion in equal measure and the performance is rightly rewarded by a rapturous response from the audience at the end.

15th November 2014

conducted with élan by Yannick Nézet-Séguin and expertly played by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. The Poulenc, in particular, gets a blistering performance. The Saint-Saëns plays a long game and rises to a suitably magniloquent ending. James O’Donnell, organist of Westminster Abbey, is master of the king of instruments.

December 2014

All in all, it is the faster music that seems to come off best, with a good rhythmic pulse in the Poulenc together with organ-playing of sensitivity and spark from O'Donnell, and with plenty of nervous energy, impetus and instrumental detail in the outer parts of the Saint-Saens.

17th November 2014

Nézet-Séguin brings out all the contrasts in this bipolar score with a confidence and flair that one normally associates with conductors of far greater experience. His grip is tight but never throttling and he’s fortunate to have at his fingertips a band that responds with alacrity to his every demand.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts organ works by Poulenc & Saint-Saëns

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