The Golden Age of French Organ
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The Golden Age of French Organ
André Isoir
[ La Dolce Vita / 6 CD ]
Release Date: Friday 13 December 2013
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Recorded between 1972 and 1976, and awarded with the highest awards, The Golden Book of the French Organ Music (released on Calliope) was one of the greatest anthologies devoted to the instrument.
André Isoir recorded 24 albums for the Calliope project, from the Renaissance to 20th century. Nearly 20 of these titles surveyed the 17th and 18th centuries, and it is these that are the subject of this reissue.
If a certain universality guides the language organ in Europe until the late sixteenth century, fed by polyphony and voice transcriptions, as free preludes or fantasies, the French school stands out over the following decades. It grew in the service of the Catholic Church in a strong Gregorian context, while the dominance of colour and a kind of intoxication resulted from musical instrument building which anticipated that repertoire. From Titelouze to Dandrieu, the programmes offered here bear witness through one of the most prosperous periods of the French organ, coinciding with the reigns of Louis XIII and Louis XIV .
André Isoir on 8 different organs:
Koenig: Sarre-Union
Isnard: Saint-Maximin
Clicquot: Houdan
Kern: St-Séverin, Paris
Cliquot: Château de Fontainbleau
Koenig: Bon Pasteur, Angers
Haerpfer-Erman: Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris
