Langlais - Organ Music Vol.1
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Label: Brilliant Classics
Cat No: 96877
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 5
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 23rd June 2023
Contents
Works
AdorationDeo gratias
Expressions
Hommage a Frescobaldi, op.70
Organ Book
Petit Prelude sur deux themes gregoriens
Petites Pieces (2) dans le style medieval
Petites Pieces (6)
Petites Pieces (12) pour orgue et harmonium
Pieces (9)
Pieces (24) pour harmonium ou orgue
Prelude dans le style ancien
Prelude gregorien
Preludes (4)
Preludes (8)
Suite breve
Suite in simplicitate
Supplication
Talitha Koum
Versets (12)
Artists
Giorgio Benati (organ)Fausto Caporali (organ)
Works
AdorationDeo gratias
Expressions
Hommage a Frescobaldi, op.70
Organ Book
Petit Prelude sur deux themes gregoriens
Petites Pieces (2) dans le style medieval
Petites Pieces (6)
Petites Pieces (12) pour orgue et harmonium
Pieces (9)
Pieces (24) pour harmonium ou orgue
Prelude dans le style ancien
Prelude gregorien
Preludes (4)
Preludes (8)
Suite breve
Suite in simplicitate
Supplication
Talitha Koum
Versets (12)
Artists
Giorgio Benati (organ)Fausto Caporali (organ)
About
That long line of illustrious French organist/composers and improvisers is exemplified by César Franck and Charles Tournemire, Langlais’s predecessors as titulaire of the magnificent Cavaillé-Coll organ at Saint-Clotilde in Paris. All three shared a desire for the poetic evocation of a deeper religious feeling; indeed this depth of religious expression,
together with a certain improvisational quality, is an important characteristic of each one, along with the use of Gregorian, folkloric or secular themes.
Langlais goes even further than his predecessors and contemporaries in embracing all kinds of musical genre, from the organ mass to the full-scale organ symphony, taking in suites, preludes and fugues, noels, paraphrases, examination pieces, fantasies and religious programme music. This sheer variety of form alone makes him stand out among his French 20th-century composers for the organ.
Indeed his compositions from all periods are full of different elements, showing many contrasts of form, harmonic vocabulary, texture, rhythmic character and technical difficulty, from the relatively simple to complex virtuosity. Throughout his life, Langlais wrote in many different ways and, true to his ideal, still retained the ability to surprise.
The first volume of this projected complete survey ranges from his early set of 24 Pieces written in the late 1930s and composed in all the major and minor keys, to the sublime economy of his Suite in simplicitate from 1991. This major project has been undertaken jointly by the Italian organists Giorgio Benati and Fausto Caporali. Benati is a former student of Langlais, and Caporali has a string of successful French organ recordings to his credit. They have made these new recordings on Italian instruments, lending Langlais an ‘Italian accent’ while faithfully observing his expressive and registration markings in his scores. Booklet notes for each piece have been written by Giorgio Benati.
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