Marcel Dupré
Marcel Dupré wrote organ music of high technical demand and clear liturgical purpose, from the fourteen meditations of Le Chemin de la Croix to the inventive Variations sur un Noël and Handel-based concertos still used in recital.
Much of his organ writing grew from the improviser's craft. Le Chemin de la Croix began as commentaries on Paul Claudel's verses at a Brussels concert, then was written down with planned registrations and motifs linked to the Cross and Redemption. Variations sur un Noël takes the mediaeval carol Noël nouvelet through ten treatments: canons, a double-canon trio, and a closing toccata that carries the tune in the pedals. The harder scores ask for dense counterpoint, rapid pedal work and full organ colour; lighter pieces and transcriptions, including an Organ Concerto after Handel, sit beside them in the same catalogue.
Marcel Dupré is featured on the following titles
The Way of the Cross
Dupré's depictions of the fourteen Stations of the Cross, with his Variations sur un Noël, are played by Dr Robin Batterham on the 4/68 Rieger organ of The Scots' Church, Melbourne.
Compositions by Marcel Dupré also appear on
North of the Yarra: Organs of Melbourne
Gordon Atkinson plays seven of Melbourne's finest organs, from the oldest surviving city instrument to the giant Town Hall organ, including St Patrick's Cathedral, The Scots' Church, St Paul's Cathedral and St Mary Star of the Sea, West Melbourne.
Transcriptions Baroque
Recorded in Trinity College Chapel, Melbourne, this disc pairs trumpeter Anthony Pope with organist Dominic Perissinotto across eight Baroque concertos. Four are heard on trumpet with organ accompaniment; the rest are solo organ transcriptions by celebrated organists of their day.
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