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Sculptor of Sound

A tribute to the famous French organbuilder Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (1811-1899) whose vision created a new style of instrument and whose generosity encouraged artists who would maximize its potential.

Program Broadcast dates:

  • October 11, 1999

Music played in the program

BOËLY: Fantasie & Fugue in B-flat, Op. 18 –Pierre Pincemaille (1841 Cavaillé-Coll/Basilica of Saint Denis, France) Solstice CD-116

VIERNE: Feux follets (No. 4), from Fantasy Pieces, Op. 53 –Olivier Latry (1868 Cavaillé-Coll/Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France) BNL 2CD-112742

LEFÉBURE-WELY: Boléro de concert, Op. 166 –Irmtraud Krüger (1858 Cavaillé-Coll/Cathedral of Saint Michael, Carcassonne, France) Swiss Pan CD-510050

LEFÉBURE-WELY: Sacred song (L’encens divin); Offertoire in g –Ensemble Pythagore; Vincent Genvrin (1845 Cavaillé-Coll/L'église de la Madeleine, Paris, France) Hortus CD-004

WIDOR: Praeludium Circulare, from Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 13, no. 2 –Ben van Oosten (1898 Cavaillé-Coll/Church of Santa Maria la Real, Azkoitia, Spain) MD&G CD-3401

LEMMENS: Marche Triomphale in D –Jos van der Kooy (1878 Cavaillé-Coll/Sacred Heart Church, Hasselt, Belgium) Rene Gailly CD-88804

GUILMANT: Légende et Final Symphonique in d, Op. 71 –Francois Lombard (1855 Cavaillé-Coll/Basilica of Notre-Dame, Saint-Omer, France) Motette CD-11561

LISZT: Consolation No. 4 in D-flat –Louis Robilliard (1880 Cavaillé-Coll/Church of Saint François-de-Sales, Lyon, France) Festivo CD-125

HAKIM: Canticum –Naji Hakim (1868 Cavaillé-Coll/La Trinité, Paris, France) EMI Classics CD-72272

FRANCK: Choral No. 1 in E –Daniel Roth (1862 Cavaillé- Coll/L’Église Saint-Sulpice, Paris, France) Motette CD-11401

Note that a variety of other Cavaillé-Coll organs appear in listings of future programs in coming weeks. An excellent website with details and photos of C-C instruments (plus many other organs in France) can be found at: Orgues en France. Sources for Cavaillé-Coll himself are found at: Association Aristide Cavaillé-Coll and Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, facteur d’orgues