The Nativity of the Lord #1850
…picturesque evocations of the first Christmas, including the extraordinary music of Olivier Messiaen.
Hour 1
ANDRÉ FLEURY: Variations on a Noël from Burgundy –François Lemanissier (1893-2003 Debierre/Holy Cross Church, Saint-Lo, France) Triton 331137
CHARLES TOURNEMIRE: Christmas Prelude, fr L’Orgue Mystique, Op. 55, no. 3 –Georges Delvallee (1880 Cavaillé-Coll/Holy Cross Cathedral, Orleans, France) Accord 476.1058
OLIVIER MESSIAEN: La Vierge et l’enfant –Andrew Canning (2009 Ruffatti/Upsala Cathedral, Sweden) Sheva 163
MESSIAEN: Les Bergers –Pierre Pincemaille (2004 Darbassies/St. Eloi, Dunkirk) IFO 00318/9
MESSIAEN: Desseins éternels –Colin Andrews (2005 Fisk/St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Greenville, NC) Loft 1099
MESSIAEN: Le Verbe –Richard Gowers (1968-2017 Harrison/King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, England) King’s College 025
MESSIAEN: Les Enfants de Dieu –Dame Gillian Weir (1994 Frobenius/Aarhus Cathedral, Denmark) Priory 921
Filler – FLEURY (see above)
Hour 2
CHARLES TOURNEMIRE: Prelude and Variations for the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus, fr L’Orgue Mystique, Op. 55, no. 6 –Sandro Müller (1929 Seifert/Liebfraukirche, Bottrop-Eigen, Germany) Cybele 050.106
J. WILLIAM GREENE: Christmas Ayres & Dances (Personet hodie; People look east; Joy to the world) –J. William Greene (1988 Klop chamber organ) Pro Organo 7281
JEAN LANGLAIS: La Nativité –John Tarver (1998 Schoenstein/Spring Valley United Methodist Church, Dallas, TX) Tarver 2002
MESSIAEN: Les Anges –Tom Winpenny (1962-2009 Harrison/St. Alban’s Abbey, England) Naxos 8.573332
MESSIAEN: Jesus accepte la souffrance –Theodore Gillen (1963 Aeolian-Skinner/Cathedral of St. Paul, St. Paul, MN) Pipedreams Archive (r. 5/28/72)
MESSIAEN: Les Mages –Renée Ann Louprette (1962 Austin/St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Hartford, CT) RAL 2008
MESSIAEN: Dieu parmi nous –Richard Gowers (1968-2017 Harrison/King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, England) King’s College 025
Filler – Les Anges (see above)
