Jeremy Filsell - Vierne: Complete Organ Symphonies (2007)

Tracklist

01. Symphonie No. 1, Op. 14: I. Prélude
02. Symphonie No. 1, Op. 14: II. Fugue
03. Symphonie No. 1, Op. 14: III. Pastorale
04. Symphonie No. 1, Op. 14: IV. Allegro vivace
05. Symphonie No. 1, Op. 14: V. Andante
06. Symphonie No. 1, Op. 14: VI. Final
07. Symphonie No. 2, Op. 20: I. Allegro
08. Symphonie No. 2, Op. 20: II. Choral
09. Symphonie No. 2, Op. 20: III. Scherzo
10. Symphonie No. 2, Op. 20: IV. Cantabile
11. Symphonie No. 2, Op. 20: V. Final
12. Symhonie No. 3, Op. 28: I. Allegro maestoso
13. Symhonie No. 3, Op. 28: II. Cantilène
14. Symhonie No. 3, Op. 28: III. Intermezzo
15. Symhonie No. 3, Op. 28: IV. Adagio
16. Symhonie No. 3, Op. 28: V. Final
17. Symphonie No. 5, Op. 47: I. Grave
18. Symphonie No. 5, Op. 47: II. Allegro molto marcato
19. Symphonie No. 5, Op. 47: III. Tempi di scherzo ma non troppo vivo
20. Symphonie No. 5, Op. 47: IV. Larghetto
21. Symphonie No. 5, Op. 47: V. Final
22. Symphonie No. 4, Op. 32: I. Prélude
23. Symphonie No. 4, Op. 32: II. Allegro
24. Symphonie No. 4, Op. 32: III. Menuet
25. Symphonie No. 4, Op. 32: IV. Romance
26. Symphonie No. 4, Op. 32: V. Final
27. Symphonie No. 6, Op. 59: I. Introduction et Allegro
28. Symphonie No. 6, Op. 59: II. Aria
29. Symphonie No. 6, Op. 59: III. Scherzo
30. Symphonie No. 6, Op. 59: IV. Adagio
31. Symphonie No. 6, Op. 59: V. Final



The name of Louis Vierne will be associated with organ music immediately. As did quite a few other 19th-century organists/composers he used the instrument as a means to perform ‘symphonic’ music. The scope in this respect was greatly enhanced by the organs built by Aristide Cavaillé-Col.

The blend of styles in this music for organ is unique. It contains aspects of Romanticism combined with an impressionistic ‘pastel-like’ quality. Like many of his contemporary colleagues Vierne felt a strong fascination with Wagnerian chromaticism. Yet this being early 20th-century Paris his own writing often contains traces of jazz.

An admirer and pupil of César Franck at thirty, the virtually blind Vierne was appointed organist at the Paris Notre Dame. Among many other pieces for organ he wrote six (five movement) symphonies. In this genre he clearly demonstrated his attraction to musical thematicism rather than tone colour.

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