Messiaen / Rogg / Andrews - The Complete Organ Works of Olivier Messiaen - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Charles-Marie Widor was born to the organ. Raised in a family of organ-makers, he showed early talent for the instrument and would later come to embody all it's might and splendour. His life heavily intertwined with that of the great French organ builder Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, this new collection of Widor's complete organ works brings together eight years' worth of recordings; captured across France on period Cavaillé-Coll instruments. Performed by Joseph Nolan, this celebrated cycle saw him visit St Sernin, Toulouse, St. François-de Sales, Lyon and La Madeleine, Paris. InchNolan's combination of vivid virtuosity, towering technique and inspired interpretative intensity makes his set the current yardstick in Widor symphony recordingsInch - Gramophone

Album Tracks 1. I. Meditation I 2. II. Meditation II 3. III. Meditation III 4. IV. Meditation IV 5. V. Meditation V 6. VI. Meditation VI 7. VII. Meditation VII 8. VIII. Meditation VIII 1. IX. Meditation IX 2. I. Reprises Par Interversion (Reprises By Inversion) 3. II. Piece en Trio (Trio) 4. III. Les Mains de L'abime (The Hands of the Abyss) 5. IV. Chants D'oiseaux (Birdsongs) 6. V. Piece en Trio (Trio) 7. VI. Les Yeux Dans Les Roues (The Eyes in the Wheels) 8. VII. Soixante-Quatre Durees (Sixty-Four Durations) 9. Apparition de L'eglise Eternelle (Vision of the Church Eternal)

Album Tracks 1. I. Adoro Te (I Adore Thee) 2. II. La Source de Vie (The Source of Life) 3. III. Le Dieu Cache (The Hidden God) 4. IV. Acte de Foi (Act of Faith) 5. V. Puer Natus Est Nobis (Unto Us a Child Is Born) 6. VI. La Manne Et Le Pain de Vie (Manna and the Bread of Life) 7. VII. Les Ressuscites Et la Lumiere de Vie (The Risen and the Light of Life) 8. VIII. Institution de L'eucharistie (Institution of the Eucharist) 9. IX. Les Tenebres (Darkness) 10. X. La Resurrection Du Christ (The Resurrection of Christ) 1. XI. L'apparition Du Christ Ressuscite a Marie-Madeleine (The Risen Christ Appears to Mary Magdalene) 2. XII. La Transubstantiation (Transubstantiation) 3. XIII. Les Deux Murailles D'eau (The Two Walls of Water) 4. XIV. Priere Avant la Communion (Prayer Before Communion) 5. XV. La Joie de la Grace (The Joy of Grace) 6. XVI. Priere Apres la Communion (Prayer After Communion) 7. XVII. La Presence Multipliee (The Multiple Presence) 8. XVIII. Offrande Et Alleluia Final (Offering and Final Alleluia)