19th-century Paris was an incubator for brilliant musicians. Léon Boëllmann and his teacher Eugène Gigout should certainly be numbered in that august group, so today we’re going to hear music by Boëllmann and Gigout and some of their Parisian contemporaries.
Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein
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Title: Suite Gothique
Composer: Léon Boëllmann
Organist: Gordon Turk
Album: French Spectaculars on the Ocean Grove Auditorium Organ – Dorian xCD90267
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Organ: 1908 V/165 Hope-Jones, Ocean Grove Auditorium, Ocean Grove, New Jersey USA
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Title: Douze Pièces – Minuetto
Composer: Eugéne Gigout
Organist: Suzanne Chaisemartin
Album: Tribune libre – Aeolus AE 10461
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Organ: 1899 III/73 Cavaillé-Coll-Mutin/Dargassies, St. Augustin, Paris, France
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Title: No. 8, Scherzo from Dix Pièces
Composer: Eugéne Gigout
Organist: Eric Plutz
Album: Denver Jubilee – Pro Organo CD7254
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Organ: 1938 IV/96 Kimball, St. John’s Cathedral, Denver, Colorado USA
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Title: Communion, op. 29, no. 4
Composer: Léon Boëllmann
Organist: Charles Callahan
Album: Reverie – Pro Organo CD 7137
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Organ: 1996 V/76 Turner, Church of the Holy Family, New York City, New York USA
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Title: Intermezzo aus der Sonate VII op. 90
Composer: Felix-Alexandre Guilmant
Organist: Andrew Senn
Album: Faszination Skinner-Orgel –
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Organ: 1930 IV/51 EM Skinner, Evangelische Saalkirche, Ingelheim am Rheim, Germany
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Title: Suite Gothique, op. 25 – III. Prière à Notre Dame
Composer: Leon Boëllmann
Organist: Thomas Heywood
Album: The Living Tradition – Pro Organo CD 7257
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Organ: 1929 V/111 Hill, Norman and Beard, Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, Australia
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Title: Grand choeur dialogué
Composer: Eugène Gigout
Organist: Ian Tracey
Album: Fantaisie Triomphale – Chandos CHSA 5048
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Organ: 1923 V/181 Willis, Liverpool Cathedral, Liverpool, England
Title: Heures Mystiques – Allegretto and Allegro vivace
Composer: Léon Boëllmann
Organist: Randolph Waller
Album: Historic Organs of Baltimore – OHS OHS-91
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Organ: 1887 II/10 Hook and Hastings, Strawbridge United Methodist Church, Baltimore, Maryland USA
Title: Improvisation no. 4 in A major from Seven Improvisations op. 150
Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns
Organist: Christopher Dearnley
Album: EMI Great Cathedral Organ Series, Vol 2 – Amphion PHI CD 161
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Organ: 1977 V/132 Willis/Mander, St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, England
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Title: Nocturne from Shylock, op. 57
Composer: Gabriel Fauré
Organist: David Briggs
Album: David Briggs Organ Spectacular – Delos DE 3241
Organ: 1969 IV/346 EM Skinner/Schlicker, First Congregational Church, Los Angeles, California USA
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Title: Suite Gothique
Composer: Léon Böellmann
Organist: Sophie-Veronique Cauchefer-Choplin
Album: Sophie-Veronique Choplin au Grand-Orgue de Saint-Sulpice – Studio SM 12 21.14
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Organ: 1862 V/128 Cavaillé-Coll, Church of St. Sulpice, Paris, France
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Title: Prelude, Chorale and Allegro
Composer: Eugéne Gigout
Organist: Peter Sykes
Album: Historic Organs of Southeastern Massachusetts – Raven OHS-2005
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Organ: 1859 II/30 E and GG Hook/CB Fisk, Centre-Trinity United Methodist Church, New Bedford, Massachusetts USA