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French organ builder (1811–1899)
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2023-02-13 09:23:14
The great Cavaillé-Coll organ of the Saint-Sulpice church... The post The most coveted organ in Paris is awarded to a Pole appeared first on Slippedisc.
2021-05-08 09:34:37
Messe da Pacem: conductor Rupert Gough and the choir of Royal Holloway rediscover a mass by Pierre Villette, unperformed since the 1970s
Rupert Gough and the Choir of Royal Holloway in the chapel at Royal Holloway (Photo Christopher Willoughby) Rupert Gough and the Choir of Royal Holloway's latest album, on Buckfast Abbey's Ad Fontes label, focuses on French sacred music with works by Pierre Villette from the 20th century, and more recent music by Yves Castagnet alongside the remarkable reinvention of a familiar piece by Maurice Ravel. Whilst the music of Pierre Villette is becoming better known, particularly in the UK, the centrepiece of the album is his Messe da Pacem which has not been performed since the 1970s and is here performed for the first time in Rupert Gough's new version for choir and organ. The album was recorded on the recently restored Cavaillé-Coll organ at the church of Notre-Dame d'Auteuil in Paris. I recently met up with Rupert via Zoom to chat more about Villette, Castagnet and making the […]
2021-02-09 09:41:58
A Celtic Prayer: an imaginative survey of late 20th century and contemporary Scottish sacred choral music from George McPhee and the choir of Paisley Abbey
A Celtic Prayer - George McPhee, Martin Dalby, James MacMillan, Thomas Wilson, Stuart MacRae, Cedric Thorpe Davie, Edward McGuire, Owen Swindale; Choir of Paisley Abbey, George McPhee; Priory Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 9 February 2021 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) An imaginative survey of 20th century and contemporary sacred choral music from Scottish composersThis disc from George McPhee and the choir of Paisley Abbey celebrates contemporary Scottish church music with a programme of choral and organ pieces by Scottish composers, many with links to the abbey, interleaved with works from the Scottish pre-Reformation period. For A Celtic Prayer on Priory Records, George McPhee conducts the choir of Paisley Abbey with organist David Gerrard and bass flute player Ewan Robertson in music by George McPhee, Martin Dalby, James MacMillan, Thomas Wilson, Stuart MacRae, Cedric Thorpe Davie, Edward McGuire, and Owen Swindale. It is difficult not to apply the […]
2021-01-14 04:12:33
Although Louis Vierne composed his six organ symphonies with the sound of the Romantic Cavaillé-Coll church organs and large cathedrals in mind, one can argue that smaller spaces better absorb the music’s rhythmic variety, harmonic richness, and many moments of dense chromatic counterpoint without compromising the composer’s colorful registration specifications. A case in point is […]
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