Chorals #2139
. . . with and without hymn-tune themes, numerous composers, following the lead of the celebrated César Franck, wrote solo organ music titled ‘choral’.
Hour One
CHARLES TOURNEMIRE: Choral Alleluiatique No. 1, fr L’Orgue Mystique, Op. 57 (Suite No. 43, for the 16th Sunday after Pentecost) –Adrian Gunning (1885 Cavaillé-Coll/Notre Dame d’Auteuil, Paris) Herald 361
JOSEPH BOULNOIS: Choral in f# –Jane Parker-Smith (1998 Goll/Church of St. Martin, Memmingen, Germany) Avie 34
LOUIS VIERNE: Choral, fr Symphony No. 2 in c, Op. 20 –Martin Jean (1928 Skinner/Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT) Loft 1071
PERCY WHITLOCK: Fantasie Choral No. 1 –Alcee Chriss (2014 Casavant/Maison Symphonique, Montreal, Quebec, Canada) ATMA 2782
HENDRIK ANDRIESSEN: Choral No. 1 –Raymond Chenault (2003 Buzard/All Saints Episcopal Church, Atlanta, GA) Gothic 49305/6
Filler – JOSEPH JONGEN: Choral in E, fr Four Pieces, Op. 37, no. 4 –Peter Van de Velde (1891 Schyven/Our Lady’s Cathedral, Antwerp, Belgium) Aeolus 11091
Hour Two
J. S. BACH: Chorale, Helft mir Gottes Güte preisen, BWV Anhang 54 –Gerhard Gnann (1750 J-A Silbermann/Church of St. Maurice, Soutz-Haut-Rhin, France) Aeolus 10761/14
TOURNEMIRE: Choral Alléluiatique No. 5, fr L’Orgue Mystique, Op. 57 (Suite No. 47 for the 20thSunday after Pentecost) –Tjeerde van der Ploeg (1922 Mutin-Cavaillé-Coll/Collegial Church of St. Peter, Douai, France) VLS 03/0497
CÉSAR FRANCK: Choral No. 3 in a –Charles Tournemire (1859 Cavaillé-Coll/Basilica St. Clotilde, Paris) Polydor 566057/8 (r. 1930)
FRANCK: Choral No. 2 in b –Jean Langlais (1859 Cavaillé-Coll/Basilica St. Clotilde, Paris) GIA Publications 272 (r. 1963)
FRANCK: Choral No. 1 in E –Olivier Penin (1859 Cavaillé-Coll, expanded/Basilica St. Clotilde, Paris) Bayard Musique 308 472.2 (r. 2015)
Filler – FRANCK Choral No. 1 (see above)
Cesar Franck’s church, St. Clothilde, was a new addition to the Parisian scene. Construction began in 1846 and the church opened in 1857. Franck was appointed organist in 1858 and oversaw the installation in 1859 of an organ of 46 stops built by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll. The story of the organ and its installation, as well as a subsequent account by organologist Jean-Louis Coignet regarding the various changes to the instrument over the years, (1933, 1962, 1983, 2002, etc.) make for interesting reading as you listen to these three recordings of the Franck Chorals!
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