Vierne: Organ Symphonies Nos. 3 and 6

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Vierne: Organ Symphonies Nos. 3 and 6
Bruno Mathieu (organ)

[ Naxos / CD ]

Release Date: Sunday 30 April 2006

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The French organist and composer Louis Vierne was born in Poitiers in 1870. He was almost blind at birth and was encouraged by his uncle, Charles Colin, a teacher at the Paris Conservatoire, to study music at the Institution des jeunes aveugles, after the family had settled in Paris in 1877. There his studies included piano, organ and violin and he completed his training at the Institution with the highest honours. He went on to study with César Franck, by whose music and playing he had been strongly impressed, and after Franck's death he entered the organ class of Widor at the Conservatoire, later deputising for and finally succeeding his teacher as organist at St Sulpice. He served as an assistant to Widor and to Guilmant at the Conservatoire and from 1912 taught at the Schola Cantorum. In 1900 he competed successfully for the position of organist at Notre Dame and retained this employment until his death in 1937, during the course of his 1750th recital.

"The Naxos pairing is also more than worth its modest price. Burno Mathieu is a pupil of Marie-Claire Alain, and a splendid organist in his own right. Moreover, he chooses the 'historic' organ at Nancy, which still has mechanical traction, and provides a very characterful baroque palette of its own, richly displayed in the Cantiléne of No.3. But the pedals are very telling, too, and the finale of No. 6 is powerfully spectacular; yet overall, inner detail is remarkably clear. The only small disappointment is the Scherzo of No. 6, where the diabolic rhythmic figure is not as ironically piquant as with Van Oosten." Penguin Guide

Tracks:

Organ Symphony No. 3 in F sharp minor, Op. 28
01. I. Allegro maestoso 07:23
02. II. Cantilene 05:53
03. III. Intermezzo 04:25
04. IV. Adagio 07:57
05. V. Final 07:06

Organ Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 59
06. I. Introduction et Allegro 11:46
07. II. Aria 08:26
08. III. Scherzo 05:07
09. IV. Adagio 09:21
10. V. Final 08:37