LEGUAY: Sonates II & III, Missa Deo Gratias - Leguay, Maïtrise de Notre-Dame de Paris

In Paris’s Notre Dame cathedral, with its vocal and instrumental forces, my Missa Deo Gratias reveals a universe in which I explore and sculpt the gleam, softness, fervour, the nimble jubilation, the flesh both instrumental and vocal. Voice of the chant. Chant of praise. Sonatas II & III, two sides of my organ universe, two necessary and complementary approaches: in Sonate II extreme reduction of the number of registrations stretched into long passages; in Sonate III the organ treated like a full orchestra; double questioning of the pieces, double response from the same instrument and acoustics.

Jean-Pierre Leguay, orgue
Yves Castagnet, orgue
Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris
Etienne Lamatelle, trombone
Jean-Michel Weber, trombone
Jean Bollinger, trompette
Matthieu Reinert, trompette
Alain Huteau, percussions
Hélène Richer, soprano
Nicole Corti, direction

Grand orgue de l'Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris
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