Improvisation à l’orgue

Schmitts Sammelband 'L'art de préluder sur l'Orgue', den er um 1861 veröffentlicht und dem Orgelbauer Aristide Cavaillé-Coll gewidmet hat, beinhaltet einhundert zumeist kürzere Stücke, die sowohl der...

Instruments: Organ, ManualsNow here's a new idea: instead of asking our composers to work their improvisatory magic on hymn tunes we allocated the main theme of some of the world's favourite classical...

There are numerous contemporary accounts attesting to the fact that Bruckner often drew on themes from his symphonies in his magnificent organ improvisations, and these improvisations are said to have...

There are numerous contemporary accounts attesting to the fact that Bruckner often drew on themes from his symphonies in his magnificent organ improvisations, and these improvisations are said to have...

Die 8. Symphonie ist Bruckners letztes vollständig überliefertes und umfangreichstes sinfonisches Werk. Die erste Fassung beendete Bruckner im September 1887. Die 2. Fassung, die der vorliegenden Tran...

Die Reihe 'Synagogalmusik' präsentiert ein wichtiges und bislang vernachlässigtes Kapitel der Musikgeschichte: Kompositionen, in denen sich die Traditionen der abendländischen Kunstmusik und der jüdis...

Improvisation on Norske Folketone. In the quodlibet in particular, in which all three chorales are to be heard simultaneously, it is necessary to produce greater transparency by means of careful regis...

This organ piece contains the contrapuntal combination of two songs: an old Tuscan folk song (Dormi mia bella) and the madrigal 'Matona, mia cara', which had been used before by Orlando di Lasso for a...

The Homage to Handel for Organ was composed 'as an expression of thanks for having been elected as an honorary member of the Royal College of Organists in 1914. Karg-Elert responded to the honour with...

Vol. 4: Ascension, Pentecost

Vol. 5: Reformation Day, Day of Repentance, Holy Communion, Memorial Day

Bednall's creation, rooted in the tradition of French organ improvisation, tenderly evokes the mysterious beauty of Wells Cathedral's remarkable 'Jesse Window'. The radiant music ebbs and flows calmly...

La compositrice, organiste, pédagogue et pianiste Rolande Falcinelli (1920-2006) étudia la composition chez Henri Büsser entre autres, l'orgue chez Gaston Litaize et Marcel Dupré. En 1941 elle reçut l...

Cosmogonie a été écrite après une performance du compositeur lors du concours d'improvisation sur orgue de Haarlem à Rotterdam en 1981. Le thème donné était une illustration de l'artiste Enrique Raxac...

Jean Guillou is one of the most eminent organists of our time. His compositions make use of the full range of colours which the organ is capable of producing and handle the instrument with virtuoso sk...

C'est le nom donné aux anciens récits et légendes scandinaves rédigés pour la plupart en Islande. Le terme lui-même est d'origine germanique, du prédicat sagen qui signifie dire, conter; le titre part...

Le premier roman de Julien Gracq intitulé Au Château d'Argolo comporte un chapitre dans lequle le héros, Herminien, découvre une chapelle ensevelie au fond d'une forêt. Bientôt ..., au travers des bra...

The composer's craftsmanship is evident in this sarabande-like arrangement of Crimond, the tune the Anglican church often uses for 'The Lord's My Shepherd'. Eric H. Thiman was a 20th centurycomposer,...

Für Orgel, herausgegeben von Andreas Rockstroh. Der gebürtige Schweizer Komponist war in Magdeburg als Domkantor Nachfolger von A. Ritter. Forchhammer galt als 'Orgelspieler und Improvisator von hohem...

Revised by Maurice Duruflé.

Improvisation pour orgue inédite de Louis Vierne transcrite par Jean-Michel Louchard.

Born in 1965, Thierry Escaich studied in Paris where he obtained eight first prizes for Organ and Composition. His performances and works during his professional career have also received variousdisti...