This week we’re exploring French Organ Music from the 17th century to the 20th!
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Title: Fantaisie sur anchor che col partire
Composer: Nicholas de la Grotte
Organist: Juliette Grellety-Bosviel
Album: Hortus Voluptatis – Hortus HORTUS029
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Organ: 1862 II/17 Damiens/Mounier, Eglise Saint-Martin, Francheville, Haute-Normandie France
Title: Branle de basque
Composer: Louis Couperin
Organist: Francis Chapelet
Album: Orgues de Provence – Harmonia Mundi HMA 195760
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Organ: 1690 I/29 Jullien, Collegiate church of Saint Jean-Baptiste and Saint Jean l’Evangéliste, Roquemaure, France
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Title: La Messe à l’usage des couvents – Chromorne sur la taille – Gloria 5ème couplet
Composer: François Couperin
Organist: Michel Chapuis
Album: L’Orgue de la Chapelle royale de Versailles – Plenum Vox PV004
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Organ: 1711 IV/58 Clicquot/Cattiaux, Chapelle Royale, Versailles, France
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Title: Piece d’Orgue, Quatrieme Livre – Duo (2)
Composer: Louis Marchand
Organist: Gillian Weir
Album: King of Instruments – The Art of Gillian Weir Vol 4 – Eloquence/Universal 460 1892
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Organ: 1969 III/72 Kern, St Maximin, Thionville, France
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Title: Caprice sur les Grands Jeux (from Suite du 2e Ton)
Composer: Louis-Nicolas Clérambault
Organist: Marie-Madeleine Duruflé
Album: Grandes Toccatas Pour Orgue – EMI 7243 5 75356 2 5
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Organ: 1674 III/36 Ingoult, L’eglise Saint Sauveur, Petit Andely, France
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Title: Musette et Rondead (Les Indes Galanted)
Composer: Jean-Phillippe Rameau
Organist: Peter Eilander
Album: Peter Eilander speelt Alexandre Guilmant Vol 2 – Clairon CL 2055
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Organ: 1846 IV/82 Cavaillé-Coll, Eglise de la Madeleine, Paris, France
Title: Marche Grand Choeur pour les Rentrées de Processions
Composer: Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier
Organist: Michel Chapuis
Album: A L’Orgue de la Cathedrale de St Pons de Thomieres – XCP Montpelier XCP 5018
Organ: 1771 III/46 Micot, Cathedral of Saint-Pons de Thomières, Saint-Pons de Thomières, France
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Title: Andante, choeur de voix humaines
Composer: Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wely
Organist: Vincent Genvrin
Album: Motet a la Sainte-Vierge – Hortus HORTUS004
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Organ: 1846 IV/82 Cavaillé-Coll, Eglise de la Madeleine, Paris, France
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Title: Extraits de l’Organiste – Sortie en fa majeur
Composer: César Franck
Organist: Nicole Morelle
Album: Le grand Cavaillé-Coll de la cathédrale d’Angers – Quantum dQM 7004
Organ: 1873 III/92 Cavaille-Coll/Beuchet-Debierre, Cathedral Saint-Maurice, Angers, Maine-et-Loir France
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Title: Sonata Pontificale – IV. Fugue Fanfare
Composer: Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens
Organist: Jesse E Eschbach
Album: Music from the Second Empire and Beyond – Raven OAR 660
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Organ: 1857 IV/91 Cavaillé-Coll, Cathedral St. Jean Baptiste, Perpignan, France
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Title: Toccata for organ in G major
Composer: Théodore Dubois
Organist: Marie-Claire Alain
Album: Great Toccatas – Erato 4509-94812-2
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Organ: 1862 V/128 Cavaillé-Coll, Church of St. Sulpice, Paris, France
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Title: Cantabile
Composer: César Franck
Organist: Keith S Toth
Album: Paris on Park Avenue – Ethereal ER-103
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Organ: 1994 II/26 Guilbault-Thérien, Brick Presbyterian Church (Chapel Organ), New York City, New York USA
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Title: Intermezzo
Composer: Marcel Lanquetuit
Organist: Marie-Andrée Morisset-Balier
Album: Cinquantenaire du Comité Normand du récital d’Orgue –
Organ: 1890 IV/64 Cavaille-Coll, L’abbatiale Saint-Ouen, Rouen, France
Title: Litanies (JA 119)
Composer: Jehan Alain
Organist: Marie-Claire Alain
Album: Jehan Alain – Complete works for organ – Erato 8573-80214-2
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Organ: 1899 III/42 Ghys/Cicchero, Basilica of Saint-Ferjeux, Besancon, France
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