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Vincent Genvrin (organ Cavaillé-Coll, Église du Gesu) La Lyre Séraphique This CD is full of surprises and features relatively unknown works by Saint-Saëns. La Lyre Séraphique perform motets and works for solo voice composed for the Madeleine Church. Also included are solo organ works, performed by organ professor Vincent Genvrin. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Saint-Saëns: Organ Music Volume 3
Andrew-John Smith (Organ of La Madeleine, Paris) This third volume completes Andrew-John Smith’s series of Saint-Saëns’ Organ Music, which has been praised for the compelling brilliance of the performances, the inspired choice of instrument and the remarkable quality of the music itself. The recital ends with the formidable Fantaisie pour orgue-Aeolian, a work which makes extraordinary technical demands on the organist—in fact the composer himself wrote that it was ‘unplayable by the fingers and feet’. This led to the work being condemned to obscurity and it was as recently as 1988 that it was reconstructed and published for the first time. Andrew-John Smith’s performance defies this edict, and the translation of the original registration to the organ of La Madeleine is a feat of ingenuity. “The mighty Fantasie pour orgue-Aeolian, complete with tubular bells, written for the new American Aeolian organ in 1906, sounds epic on this vast, brooding instrument, so splendidly tamed by the dextrous Smith.” The Observer, 15th July 2012 “Smith convincingly suggests that Saint-Saens intended this allegedly unplayable piece [Fantaisie pour orgue-Aeolian] for the self-playing instrument in the Grosvenor Gallery in London' New Bond Street. He does, however, dramatically prove that the work, at the hands of a true master, is far from unplayable. A fitting climax to a wonderful recorded series.” Gramophone Magazine, September 2012 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Quam DilectaFrench Romantic Choral Music
Fauré: | Tantum ergo, Op. 65 No. 2 Tantum ergo, Op. 55 O Salutaris, Op. 47 No. 1 Sopranos Ave Maria, Op. 67 No. 2 Salve Regina, Op. 67 No. 1 Maria Mater gratiae Op. 47 No. 2 Ecce fidelis servus, Op. 54 Ave verum corpus, Op. 65 No. 1 Sopranos & Altos | Indy: | Ave Regina coelorum O Domina mea Sancta Maria, succurre miseris, Op. 49 Deus Israel conjungat vos, Op. 41 | Saint-Saëns: | Quam Dilecta, Op. 148 Ave Maria Ave verum corpus 4:57 Sarabande in D major 'Offertoire' Ave verum corpus 5:52 | Severac: | O sacrum convivium Ave verum corpus Tantum ergo Salve Regina |
Roxy Summerfield (organ) The Choir of Christ’s College, Cambridge, David Rowland The latest recording from the critically-acclaimed choir of Christ’s College, Cambridge, directed by David Rowland. A comprehensive selection of beautiful small-scale sacred works written by four late nineteenth- and early twentieth- century French Romantic composers, with works new to the catalogue from Saint-Saens, Fauré, de Severac and d’Indy. Includes several first recordings. “the women's bright timbre gives the group its signature sound - a sound, with its almost nasal characterisatics, that I associate with French singers. These are university undergraduates, I gather, and the youhtfulness of their voices produces a purity that suits this music well...The several solo contributions (entirely from the women) are beautiful, and sung with humility.” International Record Review, February 2013 | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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