|
Composer: LANGLAIS, Jean ((1907-1991)) |
| His/her music: Jean Langlais wrote and published over 300 compositions for sacred music and organ. Since there are so many: I'll share those which are most prominent for organists and classical music lovers:
Organ: Three Gregorian Paraphrases, Folkloric Suite, Five Meditations on the Apocalypse, Hommage a Jean Philippe Rameau, Hommage to Frescolbaldi, Organ Book, Nine Pieces, Suite Baroque, Suite Française and Suite Medieval and Cinq Soleils.
Sacred Music: Missa Salve Regina, Messe Solennelle, Missa "In Simplicitate".
The American Suite, Incantation Pour Un Jour Saint, Three Voluntaries, Twenty-Four Pieces, Offrande A Marie, Eight Modal Pieces, and Trois Poemes Evangeliques.
His/her life: Langlais was one of the most prolific and sacred music/organ composers in the 20th Century. He was a student of Paul Dukas and Marcel Dupré at the Paris Conservatory. He attended the National School for the Young Blind and studied organ with Andre Marchal.
His published organ compositions number more than 300 pieces, many of which are based on Gregorian Chant Themes.
Jean Langlais was organist at the Basilica of Saint Clothilde from 1945-1988; he was a direct inheritor and interpreter of César Franck and Charles Tournemire.
(contribution by Crescenzo G. Fonzo <Foxtrot76
aol.com>)
|
|
ID: DCD34047 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Collection: Christmas Music In the vast, echoing space of their Mediaeval home the boys and men of Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum celebrate the awe and mystery of Christmas, ushering in the birth of the Christchild with a sequence of carols from the last two centuries that combines familiar names with offerings from some of today's foremost composers.
Track listing
1. The Magi *
Gabriel Jackson (b. 1962)
2. Lux Aurumque
Eric Whitacre (b. 1970)
3. Lullay, dear Jesus
Arnold Bax (1883-1953)
4. The Word Made Flesh
Philip Wilby (b. 1949)
5. The Kings
Peter Cornelius (1869-1953)
6. The Virgin’s Slumber Song
Max Reger (1873-1916)
7. Welcome, Yule!
C. Hubert H. Parry (1848-1918)
8. There is no rose of such virtue
John Joubert (b. 1927)
9. Quem pastores laudavere
James Bassi (b. 1961)
10. La Nativité
Jean Langlais (1907-1991)
11. O, my deir hert (Cradle Song)
Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
12. I wonder as I wander
Carl Rütti (b. 1949)
13. Thou whose birth *
Gabriel Jackson
14. When Christ was born of Mary free *
C. Hubert H. Parry
15. The Three Kings
Jonathan Dove (b. 1959)
16. God is with us (A Christmas Proclamation)
John Tavener (b. 1944)
17. Vom Himmel Hoch (Toccata-Prelude IV)
Garth Edmondson (1900-1971)
Total playing time: [66:02]
* world premiere recordings |
15.00 eur Temporarily out of stock |
|
ID: DCD34077 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Collection: Christmas Music Subcollection: Organ Thomas Laing-Reilly (the organ of St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh) St Cuthbert's Change-Ringers
Situated in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle, St Cuthbert’s Church was the first parish church in Scotland to hold candlelit services on Christmas Eve. The two-thousand-strong congregation was regularly joined by people standing in the aisles! Today, the organ continues to combine its role of supporting the singing with solo performance of varied repertoire. Director of Music Thomas Laing-Reilly has at his hands an instrument seemingly able to speak any language. Its vast palette is demonstrated with striking clarity on his debut recording, in a range of repertory which crosses national borders with disarming ease.
Track listing
1 William T. Best (1826-97)
A Christmas Fantasy on Old English Carols
2 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Chorale: Vom Himmel hoch, da komm’ ich her
3 Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
Vom Himmel hoch, da komm’ ich her
4 Johann Pachelbel
Vom Himmel hoch, da komm’ ich her (Fughetta)
5 Johann Bernhard Bach (1676-1749)
Vom Himmel hoch, da komm’ ich her
6 Johann Sebastian Bach
Vom Himmel hoch, da komm’ ich her, BWV738
7 Max Reger (1873-1916)
Weihnachten, Op. 145 No. 3
8 Jean-François Dandrieu (1682-1738)
Noël cette Journée
9 Jean-François Dandrieu
Il n’est rien de plus tendre
10 Louis-Claude d’Aquin (1694-1772)
Noël X
11 Pierre Cochereau (1924-84), transcr. J. Filsell
Variations on ‘Adeste Fideles’
12 Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
Noël Ecossais
13 Jeanne Demessieux (1921-68)
Adeste Fideles (Musette)
14 Jean Langlais (1907-91)
Noël Breton (Huit Chants de Bretagne)
15 John Ireland (1879-1962)
The Holy Boy (A Carol of the Nativity)
16 Sir Arthur Somervell (1863-1937)
Shepherd’s Cradle Song
17 Alfred Hollins (1865-1942)
Christmas Cradle Song
18 Garth Edmundson (1900-71)
Vom Himmel hoch (Toccata-Prelude IV)
19 The Bells of St Cuthbert’s Church
St Cuthbert’s Change-Ringers
Total playing time [77.50] |
15.00 eur Buy |
|
ID: DCD34089 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Collection: Organ Collection Subcollection: Organ 1 William T. Best (1826-97)
A Christmas Fantasy on Old English Carols
2 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Chorale: Vom Himmel hoch, da komm’ ich her
3 Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
Vom Himmel hoch, da komm’ ich her
4 Johann Pachelbel
Vom Himmel hoch, da komm’ ich her (Fughetta)
5 Johann Bernhard Bach (1676-1749)
Vom Himmel hoch, da komm’ ich her
6 Johann Sebastian Bach
Vom Himmel hoch, da komm’ ich her, BWV738
7 Max Reger (1873-1916)
Weihnachten, Op. 145 No. 3
8 Jean-François Dandrieu (1682-1738)
Noël cette Journée
9 Jean-François Dandrieu
Il n’est rien de plus tendre
10 Louis-Claude d’Aquin (1694-1772)
Noël X
11 Pierre Cochereau (1924-84), transcr. J. Filsell
Variations on ‘Adeste Fideles’
12 Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
Noël Ecossais
13 Jeanne Demessieux (1921-68)
Adeste Fideles (Musette)
14 Jean Langlais (1907-91)
Noël Breton (Huit Chants de Bretagne)
15 John Ireland (1879-1962)
The Holy Boy (A Carol of the Nativity)
16 Sir Arthur Somervell (1863-1937)
Shepherd’s Cradle Song
17 Alfred Hollins (1865-1942)
Christmas Cradle Song
18 Garth Edmundson (1900-71)
Vom Himmel hoch (Toccata-Prelude IV)
19 The Bells of St Cuthbert’s Church
St Cuthbert’s Change-Ringers
Total playing time [77.50]
Carleton Etherington (organ)
Few ecclesiastical buildings in the United Kingdom can boast possessing two pipe organs; of those that can, fewer still can rival the quality of the ‘Grove’ and ‘Milton’ organs in Tewkesbury’s magnificent Norman abbey. It must have been something of a coup for the organ builders Michell & Thynne to hear the legendary organist William Thomas Best proclaim their latest instrument (on show at the Liverpool Exhibition of 1886) to be “the finest organ of its kind that I have ever played upon”. Their ‘model organ’ was designed to be as flexible as possible within the confines of the smallest number of stops, and the result was an immediate success: its first appearance at the 1885 Inventions Exhibition in London caused something of a sensation amongst the organ cognoscenti. The blind organist Alfred Hollins, not long out of college, was one of a number of players who gave regular recitals on the instrument both at the London exhibition, and subsequently the following year in Liverpool.
Tewkesbury Abbey’s other organ known as the ‘Milton’ is a happy example of enlargement and rebuilding over the decades, resulting in its current incarnation as a flexible and thoroughly contemporary instrument capable of interpreting a wide spectrum of the repertoire This recording demonstrates the unique qualities of each instrument in a programme of concert organ works by some of the finest organists and composers of the past two centuries. |
15.00 eur Buy |
|
ID: DCD34100 CDs: 4 Type: |
Collection: Organ Collection Subcollection: Organ Various Artists
Edinburgh's churches and concert halls are home to a rich variety of pipe organs. Open this lavishly-scaled book (30cm x 27cm) and step into a world of glorious architecture and fascinating history. In amongst these 100 pages twenty-two of the city's most notable instruments and their venues are surveyed in full colour. Meanwhile 12 illustrious players - all with deep-rooted Edinburgh connections - demonstrate the full range and versatility of these instruments on the four accompanying CDs. The full gamut of the repertoire is here, and Edinburgh's organs have the voices to match. Isn't it time to lift the veil from some of the closest-guarded treasures of one of the world's great cities? Only 2,000 numbered copies will ever be made available; demand for these is very high, so please place your order early to avoid dissapointment.
Track Listing:
CD1
Usher Hall - John Kitchen
1 Percy Whitlock (1903-1946) Sonata in C minor - i. Grave
2 Alfred Hollins (1865-1942), Evening Rest
St Cuthbert’s Parish Church - Thomas Laing-Reilly
3 Eugène Gigout (1844-1925) Grand Choeur dialogué (no 6 from Six Pièces)
4 Jean Langlais (1907-1991) Méditation (no 4 from Suite Médiévale, Op
5 Louis Vierne (1870-1937) Carillon de Westminster (no 6 from Pièces de Fantaisie, Op 54)
Palmerston Place Church - Andrew Caskie
6 Dieterich Buxtehude (c.1637-1707) toccata in F, BuxWV157
7 George Baker (b. 1951) Berceuse Paraphrase
8 William Mathias (1934-1992) Fanfare
St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral - Duncan Ferguson
9 Herbert Howells (1892-1983) Master Tallis’s Testament (no 3 from Six Pieces)
10 Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988) Fantasy 5 ‘Veni Emmanuel’ (from Six Fantasies on Hymn Tunes, Op 72)
11 Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986) Choral varié (from Prélude, adagio et choral varié sur le thème de ‘Veni Creator’, Op 4)
Freemasons’ Hall - Timothy Byram-Wigfield
12 Judith Bingham (b. 1952) St Bride, assisted by angels
Total playing time [78:42]
CD2
Freemasons’ Hall - Timothy Byram-Wigfield
1 W. Battison Haynes (1859-1900) introduction and Variations on a Ground Bass
St Andrew’s and St George’s West Parish Church, George Street - Michael Harris
2 Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713-1780) Fantasia sopra ‘Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend’
3 Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck (1770-1846), Six Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op 56
Broughton St Mary’s Parish Church - John Kitchen
4 C. Hubert H. Parry (1848-1918) Elegy for April 7, 1913
5 Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Prelude and Fugue in d minor, Op 37 no 3
St Thomas’ Junction Road Parish Church, Leith - Peter Backhouse
6 Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) Prelude in F (no 1 from Six Short Preludes and Postludes, Set 1, Op 101)
7 Edward Bairstow (1874-1946) Evening Song
8 Charles Villiers Stanford Postlude in G minor (no 2 from Six Short Preludes and Postludes, Set 1, Op 101)
Pilrig St Paul’s Church - Andrew Caskie
9 Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901) Organ Sonata no 7 in F minor, Op 127 - i. Allegro non troppo
10 George Thalben-Ball (1896-1987) Elegy in F (no 11 from A Little Organ Book in memory of Hubert Parry)
St Mary’s Metropolitan Cathedral - Simon Nieminski
11 Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937) Organ Symphony no 6 in G minor, Op 42 - i. Allegro
12 Giles Swayne (b. 1946) Mr Bach’s Bottle Bank
Total playing time [74:19]
CD3
Canongate Kirk - Nicholas Wearne
1 Niels Christian Rasmussen (b. 1950) Variationer og modspil
2 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV649
St Giles’ Cathedral - Michael Harris
3 César Franck (1822-1890) Pièce Héroïque (No 3 from Trois Pièces)
4 J.S. Bach, Meine Seele erhebt den Herrn, BWV648
5 Kenneth Leighton, Paean Royal Order of Scotland - Nicholas Wearne
6 John Stanley (1712-1786) Voluntary No 3 in D minor (from Ten Voluntaries, Op 7)
7 Eddie McGuire (b. 1948), Ae Fond Kist recorded premiere, commissioned by Paul Baxter with support from the Scottish Arts Council
Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh - Nicholas Wearne
8 Dieterich Buxtehude Te Deum laudamus, BuxWV218
McEwan Hall, University of Edinburgh - Michael Bonaventure
9 Judith Weir (b. 1954) Wild Mossy Mountains
10 Avril Anderson (b. 1953) Repetitive Strain
Enharmonic Chamber Organ, Laigh Room, St Cecilia’s Hall - John Kitchen
11 Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656) Voluntary
12 attrib. Benjamin Cosyn (c.1570-1653) [Voluntary]
13 James Nares (1715-1783) Introduction and Fugue in A minor/major
Total playing time [76:20]
CD4
Home of John Kitchen - John Kitchen 1 Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621) Variations on ‘Est-ce mars?’
Morningside Parish Church - Morley Whitehead
2 Herbert Murrill (1909-1952) Postlude on a Ground
3 Michael Christian Festing (1705-1752), transcr. G. Thalben-Ball Largo, Allegro, Aria and Two Variations
4 César Franck, Andantino in G minor
Reid Memorial Church -- Roger Fisher
5 Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921), arr. W. Creser, ed. Fisher Overture to Hänsel und Gretel
6 Peter Warlock (1894-1930), transcr. R. Fisher Pieds en l’air (from Capriol Suite)
7 Alfred Hollins, Maytime Gavotte
St Michael’s Parish Church, Inveresk - Peter Backhouse
8 Henry Smart (1813-1879) Postlude in D
9 Francis Jackson (b. 1917) Prelude on ‘East Acklam’ (No 4 from Five Preludes on English Hymn Tunes, Op 60)
Loretto School - Michael Bonaventure
10 John McCabe (b. 1939) Dies Resurrectionis
11 Graham Fitkin (b. 1963), Organ
St Mary’s Episcopal Church, Dalkeith - John Kitchen
12 Samuel Wesley (1766-1837) Air (No 8 of Twelve Short Pieces)
13 Samuel Wesley Gavotte (No 9 of Twelve Short Pieces)
14 Felix Mendelssohn Theme and Variations in D
15 Samuel Wesley Full Organ with the Trumpet (No 13 [sic] of Twelve Short Pieces)
Total playing time [74:19] |
45.00 eur Buy |
|
ID: GMCD7278 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Collection: Organ Collection Subcollection: Organ Recorded at Lincoln Cathedral 1 - 4 September 2003 |
15.00 eur Buy |
|
ID: IFO00036 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Collection: Sacred Music Anonymus: 3 Versets du "Te Deum"
Caurroy: Fantaisie sur "Une jeune fillette"
Boyvin: Grand Prelude a 5 partis et a 2 choeurs; Dessus de
Cornet separe; Tierce en Taille; Dialogue de Recits et de Trios; Basse de Cromorne; Grand Dialogue a 4 choeurs
Balbastre; Joseph et bien marie
Marchand: Fond d'orgue; Quatuor
Piroye: La Beatitude
Boely: Larghetto op. 43 Nr. 8
Lefebure Wely: Choeur de voix humaines (Andante) aus "10
Meditations religieuses" op. 122
Langlais: Prelude modal; Nazard; Dominica in Palmis
Guilmant: Josephe ets bien marie; Elevation; Allegro appassionato aus der Orgelsonate Nr. 5
Marc Baumann / Orgel des Straßburger Münsters |
21.00 eur Buy |
|
ID: IFO00056 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Collection: Organ Collection Subcollection: Organ Jean Langlais: Ière SymphonieZoltán Kodaly: EpigramsPeter Racine Fricker: PastoraleWilliam Mathias: Partita, op.19 Sylvie Poirier & Philip CrozierKlais-Orgel des Altenberger Doms |
21.00 eur Buy |
|
ID: IFO00718 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Collection: Organ Collection Subcollection: Organ Dietmar Mettlach, organ / Orgel St. Jakobus Schifferstadt |
21.00 eur Buy |
|
ID: KON32257 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
|
21.00 eur Buy |
|
ID: ORG72252 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Collection: Organ Collection Subcollection: Organ Cathedrale de Beauvais - Jean Langlais |
21.00 eur Buy |
|
|