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VIERNE: COMPLETE ORGAN SYMPHONIES, Vol. II - Hans-Eberhard Roß (Goll Organ of St. Martin, Memmingen) (Hybrid SACD)
VIERNE: COMPLETE ORGAN SYMPHONIES, Vol. II - Hans-Eberhard Roß (Goll Organ of St. Martin, Memmingen) (Hybrid SACD)
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With the Third and Fourth Organ Symphonies, written in the years 1911 and 1914 respectively, the three-part complete recording of the six organ symphonies of Louis Vierne is being continued by Audite. Recorded at the Goll organ of St. Martin in Memmingen, the recording is characterised by the warm, soft and widely mensurated sound of the organ. Its sound creates unobtrusive power and fullness, making a symphonic effect in the church interior of St. Martin and yet always remaining clear. The polyphonic structures of the works become distinct and the transparency of sound permits fresher tempi than usual - both of which cannot normally be taken for granted with recordings of Vierne.
Louis Victor Jules Vierne was highly gifted and ambitious, but nearly blind. His reaction to virtuosic organ playing, such as that of César Franck, was marked by bliss and suffering, joy and fear. He studied in Paris with Charles-Marie Widor, who had founded the genre of the organ symphony. At the age of 23, a future full of hope stood before him. That was in 1894 – when the French composer, organist and instrumental pedagogue Louis Victor Jules Vierne was able to deputise for his teacher in a dual capacity: at the organ console of the Parisian Church of Saint-Sulpice and in Widor‘s organ class at the Conservatory. But Vierne‘s calling was for higher endeavours: between 1899 and 1930 he composed six organ symphonies that were to bring the genre to a hitherto unknown peak of richness in timbres, mysticism and cyclical architectonics. The Organ Symphonies Nos 3 and 4 were written when Vierne was permanently employed as organist of Notre-Dame in Paris and his life was headed towards international success – but was also being increasingly confronted with tragedy.
Hans-Eberhard Roß is Director of Church Music in Memmingen.
An exciting release that embraces all the drama, quirkiness and transcendent beauty of Vierne’s huge organ symphonies. Roß’s brilliant playing is captured in good sound — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2013
Vierne, L: Organ Symphony No. 3 in F sharp minor, Op. 28
I. Allegro maestoso
II. Cantilene
III. Intermezzo
IV. Adagio
V. Final
Vierne, L: Organ Symphony No. 4 in G minor, Op. 32
I. Prelude
II. Allegro
III. Menuet
IV. Romance
V. Final


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