This month we’re taking a trip to Paris to visit the landmark churches and organs in that city. We start at the mother church, Notre-Dame Cathedral. We hear the organ of the church, as well as music composed by organists who played there, and Johan Vexo tells us about being there the day the fire broke out.
Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein
Playlist
Title: 24 Pièces de Fantasie, op. 53 – VI. Toccata
Composer: Louis Vierne
Organist: Johann Vexo
Album: Johann Vexo aux Grandes Orgues de Notre-Dame de Paris – JAV JAV 188
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Organ: 1864 V/153 Cavaille-Coll, Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris, France
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Title: Romance
Composer: Claude-Bénigne Balbastre
Organist: Olivier Latry
Album: Musique Pour Orgue Mecanique – BNL 112792
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Organ: 1745 III/60 Stumm/Oberlinger, St. Peter and Paul’s Church, Kirchheimbolanden, Rhineland-Palatinate Germany
Title: Noëls sur les flûtes en ré majeur
Composer: Louis-Claude Daquin
Organist: Pierre Cochereau
Album: Pierre Cochereau aux grandes orgues de Notre-Dame de Paris – 1966 – Via Classique 642301
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Organ: 1864 V/153 Cavaille-Coll, Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris, France
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Title: Scherzo Symphonique
Composer: Pierre Cochereau
Organist: Daryl Robinson
Album: Sempre Organo – Pro Organo CD 7261
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Organ: 1997 III/83 Fisk-Rosales, Rice University, Bates Concert Hall, Houston, Texas USA
Title: Pièces de Fantaisie, Suite no. 1, op. 51 – II. Andantino
Title: Trois Improvisations – III. Cortége
Composer: Louis Vierne
Organist: Louis Vierne
Album: Organ Composers in Person – EMI Classics 7243 5 55037 2 5
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Organ: 1864 V/153 Cavaille-Coll, Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris, France
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Title: Gargoyles and Chimeras
Composer: Louis Vierne
Organist: David Britton
Album: Gargoyles and Chimeras: Exotic Works for Organ – Delos D/CD3077
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Organ: 1987 III/85 Rosales, Trinity Cathedral, Portland, Oregon USA
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Title: Improvisation – Sortie on Salve Regina
Composer: Olivier Latry
Organist: Olivier Latry
Album: Resurrectio – JAV
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Organ: 1864 V/153 Cavaille-Coll, Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris, France
Title: Cinquième Symphonie – V. Toccata
Composer: Charles-Marie Widor
Organist: Olivier Latry
Album: Charles-Marie Widor 6eme et 5eme Symphonies pour Orgue – BNL 112617
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Organ: 1864 V/153 Cavaille-Coll, Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris, France
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