[ Priory / CD ]
Release Date: Monday 10 April 2006
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"Gerard Brooks performances cannot be praised too highly; his choice of tempi and the organs's colours are always appropriate and he has a natural affinity with Gigout's polished, refined musical style." (Gramophone Magazine)
"Gerard Brooks performances cannot be praised too highly; his choice of tempi and the organs's colours are always appropriate and he has a natural affinity with Gigout's polished, refined musical style. Priory's excellent recording captures the authentic Gallic tones plus some mechanical noises of the two mid-19th-century Cavaillé-Coll instruments. The choir organ behind the altar (heard in the pieces for harmonium) may only have 14 stops but it's every bit as fine as its bigger brother at the cathedral's west end with its 57 stops and a glorious, sonorous tutti."
(Gramophone Magazine)
Recorded and Produced by Neil Collier
Digital Editing by Paul Crichton
Recorded in Perpignan Cathedral on 19 and 20 October 2004
Transcriptions:
1. Fantaisie Dialoguée op.35 (Boellmann) [8:45]
2. Marche Religieuse (Balorre) [8:59]
Deux Transcriptions:
3. Air Celebre de la Pentecôte (J.S.Bach) [3:00]
4. Tollite Hostias (Saint-Saëns) [3:45]
Pieces for Organ or Harmonium:
5. Cortège [3:26]
Cent Pieces Brèves Nouvelles:
6. No.4 Tempo di minuetto assai Moderato [1:26]
7. No.6 Lento [1:34]
8. No.26 Allegro non troppo [1:35]
9. No.21 Lento assai sostenuto [1:46]
10. No.40 Moderato [1:38]
11. No.41 Moderato [0:58]
12. No.33 Allegretto non troppo [1:41]
13. No.49 Assai moderato e sostenuto [2:35]
14. No.53 Allegretto [0:53]
15. No.75 Allegro brillante [2:15]
Original Works for Organ:
16. Rapsodie sur des Airs populaires du Canada [10:01]
17. Intermezzo [2:05]
Suite de Trois Morceaux:
18. Marche Rustique [4:17]
19. Lied [7:56]
20. Marche de Fêete [6:40]