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By: enchamade on Sep, 08 2012

What a valuable resource to have...to hear the composers play their own works on a original C-C instrument even if the sound is not state-of-the-art is wonderful!

By: DutchPublisher on Sep, 13 2012

But composers are not always the best performers?

By: nigh on Nov, 18 2012

. . . and this appears to be a good example/

Organist	Composer	Title	MP3	Sheet music	Duration	Organ	Rating Log in to rate	Comments	Click to Request
Charles-Marie Widor	Charles-Marie Widor	Symphonie V, op. 42 no. 1 - V. Toccata			6:31	Church of St. Sulpice Paris, France - map Cavaillé-Coll 1862 V/128 Organ Information	track Rating: 3.5 (4)	4	Request
By: stlorganist on Sep, 13 2012 In this particular instance the composer is NOT the best performer of this work. Even at this speed and considering the quality of the recording, this performance is muddled, counter melodies are undefined and extremely strained...seems he does not have the dexterity to clearly and precisely recreate the music he wrote. Age? By: churchmouse on Mar, 04 2014 Possibly somewhat true, but I don't think we are really in tune with the real spirit of what the composer intended. By: salicional.harmonique on Jul, 25 2015 Just remember he recorded his Toccata at the age of 88 in 1932. By: dysprosium on Dec, 19 2015 An amazing recording of Widor doing Toc 5.. I agree about composers and their performance skills - this is a good example. BUT, he wrote the piece and the take-away maybe the registration he used. on the St. Suplice organ. And, yes he was 88. Let's hear Richard Conte when he's 88!
"		Symphonie gothique, op. 70 - I. Moderato			6:49	''	track Rating: 4 (3)	1	Request
By: Subharmonic on Apr, 29 2017 An albun of the year 1932, if this is true, it's really and more than historic!
"		Symphonie gothique, op. 70 - II. Andante sostenuto			4:19	''	track Rating: 4.5 (6)	+	Request

"		Symphonie gothique, op. 70 - IV. Moderato-Variations			4:02	''	track Rating: 4.5 (4)	+	Request

Louis Vierne	Louis Vierne	Trois Improvisations - I. Marche épiscopale			3:17	Notre-Dame Cathedral Paris, France - map Cavaille-Coll 1864 V/153 Organ Information	track Rating: 4.5 (3)	+	Request

"		Pièces de Fantaisie, Suite no. 1, op. 51 - II. Andantino			2:55	''	track Rating: 4 (3)	+	Request

"		Trois Improvisations - III. Cortége			2:17	''	track Rating: 4.5 (7)	1	Request
By: Filea on Jun, 19 2014 One very rare occasion to hear the artist in person, and on the cathedral organ as it souded before being rebuilt ! Excellent !
Marcel Dupré	Marcel Dupré	Suite Bretonne, op. 21 - I. Berceuse			4:04	Queen's Hall London, England Hill and Son 1893 IV/57	track Rating: 0 (3)	+	Request

"		Trois Préludes et Fugues, op. 7 no. 3			5:53	''	track Rating: 3.5 (3)	+	Request

Olivier Messiaen	Olivier Messiaen	Le Banquet céleste			7:21	Ste. Trinite Paris, France - map Cavaille-Coll/Glandaz 1871 III/82 Organ Information	track Rating: 0 (0)	+	Request

"		L'Ascension - I. Majesté du Christ demandant sa gloire à son Père			6:41	''	track Rating: 1 (2)	+	Request

"		L'Ascension - II. Alleluias sereins d'une âme qui désire le ciel			7:51	''	track Rating: 2 (3)	+	Request

"		L'Ascension - III. Transports de joie d'une âme devant la gloire du Christ qui est la sienne			4:15	''	track Rating: 2.5 (5)	+	Request

"		L'Ascension - IV. Prière du Christ montant vers son Père			9:07	''	track Rating: 3 (1)	+	Request