Dupre: Works for Organ Volume 5
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MARCEL DUPRE
Dupre: Works for Organ Volume 5
Robert Delcamp (organ)
[ Naxos Organ Encyclopedia / CD ]
Release Date: Saturday 22 December 2007
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Marcel Dupré was born on 3rd May, 1886 in Rouen. His father, Albert, was an organist and his mother, Marie Alice Chauviére, was a cellist. In 1888 he began organ studies with Alexandre Guilmant and gave his first public performance in 1894. He was admitted to the Paris Conservatoire in 1902, receiving first prize for piano in 1905, organ and improvisation in 1907, and fugue in 1909. In 1906 he was appointed as Widor's assistant at St. Sulpice, in Paris, and was awarded the Prix de Rome in 1914 for his cantata Psyché.
In 1920 there occurred an event without equal in the musical world of the time; the performance, from memory, in a series of ten recitals at the Paris Conservatoire, of the complete organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach. This achievement brought Dupré world recognition, and led to his American début in 1921 and the first transcontinental tour of America in 1922. In 1926 he was appointed Professor of Organ at the Paris Conservatoire succeeding Eugène Gigout, and later served from 1954 to 1956 as Director of the Conservatoire. In 1934 he succeeded his long-time friend and mentor, Charles-Marie Widor, as organist of St. Sulpice, a post he held until the last day of his life. After along and successful career as a teacher, performer, composer, and one of the greatest improvisers who ever lived, Marcel Dupré died at his home in Meudon on 30th May, 1971.
Tracks:
2 Chorales, Op. 28
Angelus, Op. 34, No. 2
Miserere mei, Op. 45
Offrande a la Vierge, Op. 40
Sept Pieces, Op. 27
Seventy-Nine Chorales, Op. 28 (selection)
