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08/11-(5)

Festival of French Organ Music Works by Widor, Pierné, Guilmant, Saint-Saëns, Bonnet, Dubois and Boëllmann

Ben van Oosten, Stahlhuth/Jann Organ St. Martin Dudelange (Luxemburg)

1 CD

Order No.: MDG 316 1705-2

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Organ Orgy numbers among today’s best-known “American March” by Dupré and the famous swan from organ virtuosos. His complete recordings of the organ Saint-Saëns’ The Carnival of the Animals by Guilmant. works of Marcel Dupré, , and Charles- And of course the Toccata by Dubois and the Marche Marie Widor are nothing short of legendary. It is thus final by Boëllmann don proper festive attire on what is not surprising that his invitation for a portrait of the also a technically outstanding recording. grand Stahlhuth/Jann organ in Luxembourg’s Dude- lange resulted in a “Festival of French Organ Music.” Marcel Dupré: Organ Works This full CD program extending over almost eighty Vol. 1: MDG 316 0951-2 minutes captures a fascinating performance on a his- Vol. 2: MDG 316 0952-2 torical instrument of supreme tonal beauty. Vol. 3: MDG 316 0953-2 Vol. 4: MDG 316 0954-2 European Union Vol. 5: MDG 316 0955-2 The organ in St. Martin’s Church in Dudelange is a Vol. 6: MDG 316 1288-2 genuine European. Built more than a hundred years Vol. 7: MDG 316 1289-2 ago by Georg and Eduard Stahlhut and restored by Vol. 8: MDG 316 1290-2 Thomas Jann, this instrument currently enables the Vol. 9: MDG 316 1291-2 Vol.10: MDG 316 1292-2 stylistically correct performance of the German, Vol.11: MDG 316 1293-2 French, and English literature of the romantic sym- Vol.12: MDG 316 1294-2 phonic epoch. would have been happy: this famous theologian, organist, and jungle Louis Vierne: doctor had once set forth his “European organ-building - Complete Organ Symphonies MDG 316 0732-2(4 CDs) ideas” in the prospect for this organ. This CD thus - 24 Pièces de Fantaisie MDG 316 0847-2 (2 CDs) might have also been termed an “Homage to Albert - 24 Pièces en style libre; Messe basse op. 30 & 62, Schweitzer.” Trois Improvisations etc. MDG 316 1011-2 (3 CDs)

Originals and More The fascinating program includes not only original works by Léon Boëllmann, Joseph Bonnet, Théodore Dubois, Eugène Gigout, , and Ga- briel Pierné but also arrangements of Widor’s

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