Opis: Durufle: Complete Music for Choir and Organ

Here is presented the heart of the small, carefully wrought oeuvre of a French composer whose name became a byword for compositional fastidiousness no less than that of his compatriots Ravel and Dutilleux. Of course these latter two wrote no sacred music whereas Maurice Duruflé was a cradle and devout Catholic, who regarded his art as at the service of the Church and composed almost no secular music beyond a set of three orchestral dances of refined instrumental colour and rhythmic sophistication. Indeed, it was Duruflé's talents as an orchestrator that have led some to prefer the full-orchestra version of his most famous work, the Requiem, over the original version for choir and organ alone which has more obvious liturgical possibilities. Here, however, we have the opportunity to hear another version: the reduced orchestra and organ one, which is said to have been the composer's preferred rendition of the work and which undoubtedly forms one of the highlights of this release, recordings of it being far and few between. The Requiem is followed by a selection of pieces that make up the rest of the composer's oeuvre for choir and organ -- these include the four beautiful unaccompanied motets, works for which plainchant was again a source of inspiration.

The organist is Adriano Falcioni, who has already made a pair of fine albums for Brilliant Classics including the complete organ works of César Franck. Here he tackles the fearsome intricacy of Duruflé's prelude and fugue, written in memory of his prodigiously gifted but tragically short-lived contemporary Jehan Alain, and the hardly less challenging brilliance of the Op.5 Suite with its characteristically French final Toccata.

Other information:
- Detailed booklet notes.
- Sung texts and translations.
- Organ specification included.

Szczegóły: Durufle: Complete Music for Choir and Organ

Nazwa: Durufle: Complete Music for Choir and Organ
Producent: Brilliant Classics
Kod paskowy: 5029365926423
Języki: angielski
Format: 14.0x12.0cm
Oprawa: Plastikowa
Waga: 0.12 kg
Wykonawca: Adriano Falcioni, The Choir of Leeds Cathedral, Benjamins Saunders, Daniel Justin
Typ głównego nośnika: AC
Ilość nośników: 2
Opis nośników:

1. Complete choral music (CD-Audio)
   1. I. Introit (koncert - utwór 03:36)
   2. II. Kyrie (koncert - utwór 03:38)
   3. III. Domine Jesu Christe (koncert - utwór 09:00)
   4. IV. Sanctus (koncert - utwór 03:37)
   5. V. Pie Jesu (koncert - utwór 02:58)
   6. VI. Agnus Dei (koncert - utwór 04:05)
   7. VII. Lux aeterna (koncert - utwór 04:17)
   8. VIII. Libera me (koncert - utwór 05:39)
   9. IX. In paradisum (koncert - utwór 03:20)
   10. I. Ubi caritas et amor (koncert - utwór 02:16)
   11. II. Tota pulchra es, Maria (koncert - utwór 02:11)
   12. III. Tu es Petrus (koncert - utwór 00:54)
   13. IV. Tantum ergo (koncert - utwór 02:43)
   14. Notre Pere, Op. 14 (koncert - utwór 01:32)
   15. I. Kyrie (koncert - utwór 03:40)
   16. II. Gloria (koncert - utwór 06:04)
   17. III. Sanctus (koncert - utwór 04:03)
   18. IV. Benedictus (koncert - utwór 01:56)
   19. V. Agnus Dei (koncert - utwór 03:51)

2. Complete organ music (CD-Audio)
   1. Prélude (koncert - utwór 07:37)
   2. Adagio (koncert - utwór 06:42)
   3. Choral varié (koncert - utwór 05:39)
   4. Prélude sur l'Introit de l'Épiphanie, Op. 13 (koncert - utwór 02:29)
   5. Fugue sur le theme du Carillon des Heures de la cathédrale de Soissons, Op. 12 (koncert - utwór 03:25)
   6. Scherzo, Op. 2 (koncert - utwór 06:15)
   7. Prélude (koncert - utwór 06:17)
   8. Fugue (koncert - utwór 04:55)
   9. Méditation, Op. Posth. (koncert - utwór 03:47)
   10. Hommage a Jean Gallon (koncert - utwór 02:09)
   11. I. Prélude (koncert - utwór 08:01)
   12. II. Sicilienne (koncert - utwór 06:00)
   13. III. Toccata (koncert - utwór 08:21)

Recenzje: Durufle: Complete Music for Choir and Organ