FRENCH SYMPHONIES From the Nineteenth Century To The Present

A Discography of CDs and LPs Prepared by Michael Herman

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)

Born in . Taught the piano by his great-aunt Charlotte Masson, he began his composing career at the age of 7. He studied at the Paris Conservatory where his teachers included François Benoist for organ and Jacques Fromental Halévy for composition. During a long life he produced an enormous amount of works in practically all genres from grand to works for solo instruments. His vast orchestral output includes, in addition to the Symphonies, 5 Piano , 3 Violin Concertos, 2 Cello Concertos, Suites, Symphonic Poems, Concert Overtures and a number of additional works for soloists and orchestra. He was often quoted as saying that he produced music as an apple tree produced apples.

Symphony in A major (c. 1850)

Thierry Fischer/ ( + Symphony No. 1 and Carnival of the Animals) HYPERION CDA68223 (2019)

Jean-Jacques Kantorow/Tapiola ( + Cello Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 and Romance, Op. 36) BIS CD-956 (1998)

Jean Martinon/Orchestre National de l'ORTF ( + Symphoies in F, Nos. 1, 2 and 3) EMI MASTERS (2 CDs) (2011) (original LP release: HMV ASD 3138/ANGEL S-37089) (1975)

Marc Soustrot/Malmö Symphony Orchestra\ ( + Symphony No. 3 and Le Rouet d’Omphale) NAXOS 8573139 (2015)

Symphony No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 2 (1853)

Ivan Anguélov/Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Bizet: Roma) ARTE NOVA 74321 80795-2 (2001)

Catherine Comet/Grand Rapids Symphony ( + Symphony No. 2) KOSS KC-2217 (1997)

Augustin Dumay/Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Cello no.1 and La Muse et le Poète) ONYX 4091 (2012)

Thierry Fischer/Utah Symphony

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( + Symphony in A major and Carnival of the Animals) HYPERION CDA68223 (2019)

Louis de Froment/Luxembourg RTV Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3, Le Rouet d'Omphale, Marche Heröique; La Jeunesse d'Hercule, Danse Macabre and Phaéton) VOX BOX QSVBX-5144) (3 LPs) (1977) (also released separately as TURNABOUT TVS 37117)

Sachio Fujioka/Kansei Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Cello Concerto No. 1 and La Muse et le Poète) ONYX ONYX4091 (2012)

Eliahu Inbal/ Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 2) PENTATONE PTC 5186157 (2005) (original LP release: PHILIPS 9500 0790 (1976)

Yoel Levi/Orchestre National d`Ile de ( + Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3, Le Rouet d'Omphale, Phaéton, Danse Macabre and Marche Héroique) CASCAVELLE VEL3136 (2 CDs) (2010)

Jean Martinon/Orchestre National de l'ORTF ( + Symphoies in A, F, Nos. 2 and 3) EMI MASTERS (2 CDs) (2011) (original LP release: HMV ASD 2946/ANGEL S-36995) (1971)

Georges Prêtre/Vienna Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 2, No. 4, La Jeunesse d'Hercule and Le Rouet d'Omphale) WARNER ULTIMA 24236 (2 CDs) (1998) (original CD release: ERATO 2292-45695-2) (1991)

Marc Soustrot/Malmö Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No.2 and Phaéton) NAXOS 8.573138 (2015)

Symphony in F major "Urbs Roma" (1856)

Thierry Fischer/Utah Symphony ( + Symphony No. 2 and Danse Macabre) HYPERION CDA68212 (2019)

Jean-Jacques Kantorow/Tapiola Sinfonietta ( + Symphony No. 2 and Africa) BIS CD-790 (1997)

Jean Martinon/Orchestre National de l'ORTF ( + Symphoies in A, Nos. 1, 2 and 3) EMI MASTERS (2 CDs) (2011) (original LP release: HMV ASD 3138/ANGEL S-37089) (1975)

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Marc Soustrot/Malmö Symphony Orchestra ( + La Jeunesse d'Hercule and Danse Macabre) NAXOS 8.573140 (2015)

Symphony No. 2 in A minor, Op. 55 (1859)

Yondani Butt/ Symphony Orchestra ( + Phaéton and Suite Algérienne) ASV CDDCA 599 (1987)

Nicolas Chalvin/Orchestre de Bretagne ( + Cello Concerto No. 2 and Suite, Op. 49) TIMPANI 1C1116 (2006)

Catherine Comet/Grand Rapids Symphony ( + Symphony No. 2) KOSS KC-2217 (1997)

Thierry Fischer/Utah Symphony ( + Symphony in F and Danse Macabre) HYPERION CDA68212 (2019)

John Foster/Beckenham Orchestra ( + 4 Poems for Flute and Strings) RARE RECORDED EDITIONS SRRE 131 (LP) (1975)

Louis de Froment/Luxembourg RTV Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 3 and Henry VIII: Ballet Music) VOX ALLEGRETTO ACD 8171 (1994) (original release: VOX BOX QSVBX-5144) {3 LPs}) (1977)

Eliahu Inbal/ Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 2) PENTATONE 5186157 (original LP release: PHILIPS 9500 0790 (1976)

Marek Janowski/Orchestre de la Suisse Romande ( + D'Indy: Symphonie sur un Chant Montagnard Français and Chausson: Soir de Fête) PENTATONE SACD PTC5186357 (2011)

Jean-Jacques Kantorow/Tapiola Sinfonietta ( + Symphony in F and Africa) BIS CD-790 (1997)

Rolf Kleinert/Berlin Symphony Orchestra ( + Cello Concerto No. 1) URANIA URLP 7143 (LP) (1955)

Yoel Levi/Orchestre National d`Ile de France ( + Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3, Le Rouet d'Omphale, Phaéton, Danse Macabre and Marche Héroique) CASCAVELLE VEL3136 (2 CDs) (2010)

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Jean Martinon/Orchestre National de l'ORTF ( + Symphoies in A, F, Nos. 1 and 3) EMI MASTERS (2 CDs) (2011) (original LP release: HMV ASD 2946/ANGEL S-36995) (1971)

Georges Prêtre/Vienna Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 3) WARNER MAESTRO 2564-696599 (2008) (original CD release: ERATO 2292-45695-2) (1991)

Marc Soustrot/Malmö Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No.1 and Phaéton) NAXOS 8.573138 (2015)

Yan Pascal Tortelier/ ( + Symphony No. 3) CHANDOS CHAN 8822 (1990)

Hans-Jürgen Walther/ Philharmonia ( + Carnival of the Animals) ROYALE 1631 (LP) (c. 1955)

Ronald Zollman/Basel Symphony Orchestra ( + Ouverture de Fête, Phaéton and La Foi: Tableaux Symphoniques) PAN CLASSICS 510078 (1995)

Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 "Organ" (1886)

Maurice Abravanel/Alexander Schreiner (organ)/Utah Symphony Orchestra WESTMINSTER WST-14004 (LP) (1959)

Antonio de Almeida/Moscow Symphony Orchestra ( + Franck: Symphony in D minor) AMADIS 7141 (1997)

Marin Alsop/David Goode (organ)/BBC Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Piano Concerto No. 2) BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE MM90 (1999)

Ernest Ansermet/Pierre Segond (organ)/Orchestre de la Suisse Romande ( + Le Rouet d’Omphale, Danse Macabre, Chabrier: Marche Joyeuse and España) DECCA ELOQUENCE 480 008-2 (2009) (original LP release: DECCA SXL 6027/LONDON CS 6331 ) (1963)

Christian Badea/Michael Murray (organ)/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Phaéton) TELARC CD 80274 (1991)

Daniel Barenboim/Gaston Litaize (organ)/ Symphony Orchestra ( + Danse Macabre, Samson et Dalila:Bacchanale and Le Déluge: Prelude) 474612-2 (2003) (original LP release: DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2530 619) (1976)

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Enrique Bátiz/Noel Rawsthorne (organ)/London Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Carnival of the Animals, Danse Macabre and Wedding Cake) ASV CDDCA 665 (1991) (original LP release: ASV DCA 524) (1984)

Serge Baudo/Jane Parker-Smith (organ)/London Philharmonic Orchestra ( + soloi organ works by Grison, Widor and Jongen) CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE CFP 573512-2 (1999) (original LP release: EMI EMINENCE EMX 412012-1) (1983)

Sir /Denis Vaughan (organ)/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1954) ( + Berlioz: Corsair Overture, Grieg: Old Norwegian Romance with Variations and D'Indy: The Enchanted Forest) SOMM-BEECHAM COLLECTION 32 (2012)

Roberto Benzi/Feike Asma (organ)/Hague Philharmonic Orchestra PHILIPS 6570 149/VOX STPL-512970 (LP) (1973

Leonard Bernstein/Leonard Raver (organ)/ ( + Piano Concerto No. 4 and Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso) SONY ESSENTIAL CLASSICS SMK 47608 (1993) (original LP release: COLUMBIA M-34573) (1978)

Ernest Bour/Maurice Duruflé (organ)/Orchestre des Champs-Elysées DUCRÉTET-THOMSON 93072 (LP) (1955)

Myung-Whun Chung/Michael Matthes (organ)/Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille ( + Messiaen: L'Ascension) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 435854-2 (1993)

Myung-Whun Chung/Dong-ill Shin (organ)/ Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Beethoven Leonore Overture No.3) UNIVERSAL (korea) DG40173 (2019)

André Cluytens/Henriette Puig-Roget (organ)/Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris ( + Fauré: ) TESTAMENT SBT 1240 (2002) (original LP release: COLUMBIA CX 1413) (1957)

André Cluytens/ Orchestra (rec. 1958) (lnclude in collection: “André Cluytens”) MEMORIES MR2579 (4 CDs) (2017)

Sergiu Comissiona/Frederick Minger(organ)/ Symphony Orchestra ( + Franck: Symphony in D minor) SILVERLINE 284207 (2005) (original LP release: VANGUARD VA 25008) (1981)

Marzio Conti/Angel Ivarez (organ)/Oviedo Philharmonia ( + Violin Concerto No. 3, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso and Jota Aragonesa) WARNER CLASSICS 2564628144 (2014)

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Piero Coppola/Alex Cellier (organ)Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire (rec. 1930) ( + Ravel: Vales Nobles et Sentimentales, Ravel: Boleéro and Honegger: Pacifi 231) KOCH INTERNATIONAL 3-7702-H1 (1992)

Edo de Waart/Daniel Chorzempa (organ)/Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Danse Macabre, Phaéton, Le Rouet d'Omphale, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso and Marche Militaire Française) UNIVERSAL 000173602-2 (2004) (original LP release: PHILIPS 9500 306) (1977)

Edo De Waart/Jean Guillou (organ)/ Orchestra ( + Bizet: Symphony in C and Jeux d'Enfants) PHILIPS ELOQUENCE 476741-2 (2007) (original CD release: PHILIPS 412 619-2) (1985)

James DePreist/Hans Fagius (organ)/Royal Stockholm Symphony Orchestra ( + Danse Macabre, Samson et Dalila: Bacchanale and Rapsodie Bretonne) BIS CD-555 (1994)

Pierre Dervaux/André Isoir (organ)/NHK Synphony Orchestra (rec. 1978) ( + Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24, Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice and Ravel: ) KING INTERNATIONAL KKC2013 (2 CDs) (2012)

Charles Dutoit/Peter Solomon (organ)/Tonhalle Orchestra (rec. 2014) (included in collection: “Celebrating 150 Years - Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich”) SONY CLASSICAL 8898547184 (14 CDs) (2018)

Charles Dutoit/ (organ)/ Symphony Orchestra ( + Poulenc ) DECCA THE ORIGINALS 4757728 (2006) (original LP release DECCA SXDL 75909/LONDON LDR 71090) (1982)

Christoph Eschenbach/Edgar Krapp (organ)/ Bamberger Symphoniker ( + Franck: 3 Chorales) EURODISC CD 610509 (1988)

Christoph Eschenbach/Olivier Latry (organ)/Philadelphia Orchestra ( + Poulenc Organ Concerto and Barber: Toccata Festiva) ONDINE ODE 1094-5 (2007)

Thierry Fischer/Utah Symphony ( + La Foi-Trois Tableaux Symphoniques and Samson et Dalila-Bacchanale) HYPERION CDA68206 (2018)

Claus Peter Flor/Joachim Dalitz (organ)/Berlin Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonic Variations, Bizet: Symphony in C and Saint-Saëns: Symphony no 3) BERLIN CLASSICS 149362 (2 CDs) (2008)

Jean Fournet/Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra ( + Berlioz: and Franck: Symphony in D minor) DENON CO 17009/10 (2 CDs) (1998)

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Louis Frémaux/Christopher Robinson (organ)/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ( + Danse Macabre, Carnival of the Animals, in G minor, Samson et Dalila: Bacchanale and Allegro Appassionato) CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE 82233-2 (2007) (original LP release: COLUMBIA STUDIO 2 TWO 404/KLAVIER KS 526) (1973)

Louis de Froment/Luxembourg RTV Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 2 and Henry VIII: Ballet Music) VOX ALLEGRETTO ACD 8171 (1994) (original LP release: TURNABOUT QTV-S 34600) (1975)

Stephen Gunzenhauser/Imrich Szabo (organ)/Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Le Rouet d'Omphales and Samson et Dalila: Bacchanale) NAXOS 8.550138 (1993)

Yazaki Hikotarou/Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Roussel: Bachus et Ariane) EXTON OVCL-00318 (2008)

IIlarion Ilarion Ionescu-Galaţi/Hans Eckart Schlandt (organ)/Brasov Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra ELECTRECORD STM-ECE 01758 (LP) (1981)

Marek Janowski/Jean-Louis Gil (organ)/Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France ( + La Jeunesse d'Hercule) HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 905197 (1988)

Mariss Jansons/Iveta Apkalina (organ)/ Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks ( + Poulenc: Organ Concerto) BR KLASSIK 900178 (2020)

Mariss Jansons/Wayne Marshall (organ)/Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Violin Concerto No. 3) EMI CLASSICS CDC 55184-2 (1994)

Paavo Järvi/Orchestre de Paris ( + Roma and Jeux d'Enfants) VIRGIN CLASSICS 6286130 (2010)

Herbert von Karajan/Pierre Cochereau (organ)/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Ravel: Boléro, Pavane pour une Infante Défunte, Rapsodie Espagnole, Daphnis et Chloe - Suite No. 2, Debussy: Prelude a l'Après-midi d'unFaune and ) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON KARAJAN EDITION 474278-2 (2 CDs) (2003) (original LP release: DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2532 045) (1982)

Kenichiro Kobayashi/Aleš Bárta (organ)/ Orchestra ( + Danse Macabre) CANYON CLASSICS PCCL - 00363 (2004)

Emanuel Krivine/Michael Matthes (organ)/Orchestre National de ( + Danse Macabre, Phaéton and Le Rouet d'Omphale) DENON CO 75024 (1993)

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Yoel Levi/Orchestre National d`Ile de France ( + Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Le Rouet d'Omphale, Phaéton, Danse Macabre and Marche Héroique) CASCAVELLE VEL3136 (2 CDs) (2010)

James Levine/Simon Preston (organ)/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Berlioz: Corsair Overture and Benvenuto Cellini Overture) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON CHOICE 4779969 (2012) (original CD release: DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4196172) (1990)

Andrew Litton/Ian Tracey (organ)/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture, Chabrier: España, Marche Joyeuse and Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole) CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE 587025-2 (2005) (original CD release: EMI EMINENCE CD-EMX9511) (1988)

Peter Maag/Daniel Chorzempa (organ)/Berne Symphony Orchestra IMP IMP 2010/MCA CLASSICS MCAD-5933 (1986)

Lorin Maazel/Anthony Newman (organ)/Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra ( + Danse Macabre, Phaéton and Samson et Dalila: Bacchanale) SONY CLASSICAL SK 53979 (1996)

Fuat Mansurov/Rubin Abdullin (organ)/Tartarstan State Symphony Orchestra ( + Carnival of the Animals, Overture, Henry VIII: Danse de la Gitane and Samson et Dalila: Bacchanale) VISTA VERA VVCD-96009 (2007)

Jean Martinon/Bernard Gavoty (organ)/Orchestre National de l'ORTF ( + Symphoies in A, F, Nos. 1 and 2) EMI MASTERS (2 CDs) (2011) (original LP release: HMV ASD 3674/ANGEL S-37122) (1976 )

Jean Martinon/Marie-Claire Alain (organ)/Orchestre Philharmonique de l'ORTF ( + Danse Macabre and Le Rouet d'Omphale) ERATO ORIGINALS 504665564-2 (2009) (original LP release: ERATO STU 70631) (1966)

Eduardo Mata/Jean Guillou (organ)/Dallas Symphony Orchestra ( + Jongen: Symphonie Concertante) DORIAN RECORDINGS DOR-90200 (1994)

Zubin Mehta/Daniel Chorzempa (organ)/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Franck: Symphony in D minor) TELDEC 4509-98416-2 (1997)

Zubin Mehta/Alexander Gorin (organ)/ Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 2007) ( + Brahms: Symphony No. 4) HELICON HEL029646 (2011)

Zubin Mehta/Anita Priest (organ)/ Orchestra ( + Piano Concerto No. 2, Violin Concerto No. 3, Samson et Dalila: Mon Coeur s'ouvre a ta Voix and Bacchanale, Danse Macabre, Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso, Carnaval of the Animals and

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Havanaise) DECCA DOUBLE DECCA 444552-2 (2 CDs) (1995) (original LP release: DECCA SXL 6482/LONDON CS 6680) (1971)

Jorge Mester/Hector Olivera (organ)/Pasadena Symphony Orchestra ( + R. Strauss:Also sprach Zarathustra) NEWPORT CLASSIC NCD 10010 (1999)

Rudolf Moralt/Kurt. Rapf (organ)/Salzburg Radio Symphony Orchestra SUMMIT SUM 5051 (LP) (1978)

Ludovic Morlot/Joseph Adam (organ)/Seattle Symphony ( + Ravel: , Pavane pour une Infante Défunte and Rapsodie Espagnole) SEATTLE SYMPHONY MEDIA SSM 1002 (2014)

Charles Munch/E. Power Biggs (organ)/Boston Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1954) (included in collection: "Charles Munch in Boston. The Early Years") WEST HILL RADIO ARCHIVES WHRA 6015 (7 CDs) (2008)

Charles Munch/Berj Zamkochian (organ)/Boston Symphony Orchestra ( + Ibert: Escales and Debussy: La Mer) RCA VICTOR LIVING STEREO 09026-61500-2 (1993) (original LP release: RCA VICTOR LSC-2341) (1960)

Charles Munch/Édouard Nies-Berger (organ)/Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York (rec. 1947) ( + d’Indy: Symphony on a French Mountain Air, Liszt: Piano Concerto No.2, Mozart: Symphony No. 35. Piano Concerto No. 211and Chabrier: Bourrée Fantasque) PRISTINE AUDIO PASC448 (2 CDs) (2016) (original LP release: COLUMBIA MASTERWORKS ML-4120 (1950)/COLUMBIA 33CX 1116 (1953)

Yannick Nézet-Séguin/Philippe Bélanger (organ)/Grand Montreal Metropolitan Orchestra ( + solo organ works by Guilmant, Vierne and Widor) ATMA CLASSIQUE SACD2 2331 (2006)

Kent Nagano/Oliver Latry (organ)/Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal ( + Moussa: A Globe Itself Infolding and Saariaho: Maan varjot) ANGELOK AN28779 (2015)

Yannick Nézet-Séguin/James O’Donnell (organ)/London Philharmonic Orchestra, ( + Poulnc: Organ Concerto) LPO LPO0081 (2014)

Eugene Ormandy/E. Power Biggs (organ)/Philadelphia Orchestra COLUMBIA ML-5212 (LP) (1957)

Eugene Ormandy/E. Power Biggs (organ)/Philadelphia Orchestra ( + Carnival of the Animals, Samson et Dalila: Bacchanale, Marche Militaire Française and Danse Macabre) SONY ESSENTIAL CLASSICS SBK 47655 (1991) (original LP release: COLUMBIA MS-6469/CBS 72132 (1963)

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Eugene Ormandy/Virgil Fox (organ)/Philadelphia Orchestra ( + Samson et Dalila - Bacchanale, Danse Macabre and Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice) RCA VICTOR 62562 (1994) (original LP release: RCA RED SEAL ARL1-0484) (1974)

Eugene Ormandy/Michael Murray (organ)/Philadelphia Orchestra TELARC CD 80051 (1990) (original LP release: TELARC 10051 (1980)

Naoto Otomo/Mari Ohki (organ)/Tokyo Symphony Orchestra ( + Ravel Piano Concerto in G and Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune) EXTON OVCL00726 (2020)

Willem van Otterloo/Feike Asma (organ)/ (Hague Philharmonic) ( + Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3) FORGOTTEN RECORDS FR258 (2009) (original LP release: PHILIPS A 00715 R/EPIC LC-3077) (1953)

Seiji Ozawa/Philippe Lefebvre (organ)/Orchestre National de l'ORTF ( + Phaéton and Le Rouet d'Omphale) SERAPHIM 73430-2 (1999) (original CD release: EMI CDC 7 47477-2) (1987)I

Antonio Pappano/Daniele Rossi (organ)/Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia ( + Carnival of the Animals) WARNER CLASSICS 9029575555 (2017)

Paul Paray/Marcel Dupré (organ)/Detroit Symphony Orchestra ( + Paray: Messe de Jeanne d'Arc) MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE 432 719-2 (1991) (original LP release: MERCURY SR 90012) (1958)

Jean-Paul Penin/ André Isoir (organ)/Hungarian Symphony Orchestra ( + Liszt: Faust Symphony) L'EMPREINTE DIGITALE ED 13103/4 (2 CDs) (1999)

Michel Plasson/Matthias Eisenberg (organ)/Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse ( + Cyprès et Lauriers) EMI CLASSICS 5 56362-2 (1997)

Georges Prêtre/Marie-Claire Alain (organ)/Vienna Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 2) WARNER MAESTRO 2564-696599 (2008) (original CD release: ERATO 2292-45695-2) (1991)

Georges Prêtre/Maurice Duruflé (organ)/Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris ( + Carnival of the Animals and Poulenc: The Model Animals) EMI ENCORE 5 74753-2 (2002) CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE CFP 40053/ ANGEL S-35924 (1964)

Bystrik Režucha/Ivan Sokol (organ)/Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra PRO ARTE 83257 (1990)

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Pascal Rophé/Olivier Latry (organ)/Liège Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Jongen: Symphonie Concertante) CYPRÈS CYP7610 (2007)

Marcello Rota/Ateš Bárta (organ)/Czech National Symphony Orchestra ( + Franck: Symphony in D minor) VICTOR (Japan) VICC 60680 (2008)

François-Xavier Roth/Daniel Roth (organ)/Les Sieècles ( + Piano Concerto No. 4) ACTES SUD ASM04 (2010)

Rico Saccani/Hordur Askelsson (organ)/Iceland Symphony Orchestra ( + Violin Concerto No. 3) ARSIS AC 90065 (2000)

Ino Savini/Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1972) ( + Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade) ARKADIA GI 771.1 (1995)

Daniel Schweizer/Ulrich Meldau (organ)/Zürich Symphony Orchestra ( + Prelude and Fugue, Guilmant: Fantaisie, Marche fantaisie and Finale alla Schumann sur un Noël Languedocien) MOTETTE CD 40231(1998)

Geoffrey Simon/James O'Donnell (organ)/London Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Requiem and La Princesse Jaune Overture) CALA CACD 1032 (2002) (original CD release:CALA CACD 10160 (1993)

Leonard Slatkin/Vincent Warnier (organ)/Orchestre National de Lyon ( + Danse Macabre and Cyprès et Lauriers) NAXOS 8.573331 (2014)

Marc Soustrot/François-Henri Houbart (organ)/Orchestre Philharmonique des Pays de Loire FORLANE UCD 16520 (1990)

Marc Soustrot/Malmö Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony in A major and Le Rouet d’Omphale) NAXOS 8573139 (2015)

Michael Stern/Jan Kraybill (organ)/Kansas City Symphony ( + Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso and La Muse et le Poète) REFERENCE RECORDINGS RR136 (2015)

Yevgeny Svetlanov/USSR State Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1982) ( + Franck: Symphony in D minor) SCRIBENDUM SC 035 (2004)

Yevgeny Svetlanov/Vincent Warnier (organ)/Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1998) ( + Rosenberg: Orpheus in Town-Suite) WEITBLICK SSS0132-2 (2012)

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Hans Swarovsky/Franz Eibner (organ)/ Orchestra (Vienna Philharmusica Symphony) ( + Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5) DISQUE DOM FOR16587 (2012) (original LP release: SAGA XID 5283/URANIA US 51) (1958)

Loris Tjeknavorian/Noel Rawsthorne (organ)/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Carnival of the Animals and. Danse Macabre) REGIS RRC 1262 (2007) (original LP release: CHALFONT SDG 312) (1980)

Yan Pascal Tortelier/Ulster Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 2) CHANDOS CHAN 8822 (1990)

Arturo Toscanini/George Crook (organ)/NBC Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1952) ( + Franck:: Symphony in D minor) RCA VICTOR GOLD SEAL 60320-2 (1992) (original LP release: HMV ALP 1296/RCA VICTOR LM-1874) (1955)

Vladimir Válek/Jan Hora (organ)/Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Suite Algérienne) SUPRAPHON 11 0971-2 (1986)

Karen Valter/Ulrich Meldau (organ)/Capriccio Baroque Orchestra (arr. by G. Bovet as a Concerto for Organ and Orchestra ( + Tarantelle AND Romance in D flat) AEOLUS AE1009 (2019)

Johannes Wildner/Christian Schmitt (organ)/Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Barber: Toccata Festiva and R. Strauss: Festival Prelude) AUDITE 92506 (2003)

Djong Victorin Yu/ Nicolas Kynaston (organ) / ( + Carnival of the Animals and Cyprès et Lauriers) IMP MASTERS 30366 00012 CD (1998)

Arvo Volmer/Thomas Trotter (organ)/Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra ( + Poulenc: Organ Concerto) ATOLL ACD116 (2012)

Kazuki Yamada/Christopher Jacobson (organ)/ Orchestre de la Suisse Romande ( + Poulenc: Organ Concerto and Widor: Widor: Organ Symphony No. 5 - Toccata) PENTATONE PTC5186638 (2019)

Robert Zeller/ (organ)/Florida Philharmonic SUNCOAST RECORDS SC 802 (LP) (1980)

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