Eric Plutz - Musique Heroique (2006) [SACD]

This program comprises six organ works with the word "heroique" or "eroica" in their title. (Amazon garbles the accented French title of the disc.) They are performed on the Princeton University Chapel organ: built by Skinner in 1928, modified by Aeolian-Skinner in the 1950s, and renovated by Mander in 1991. The SACD sound is glorious, and the performances by Princeton University organist Eric Plutz are first rate. The longest piece on the disc, Stanford's three-movement Sonata Eroica, is a brilliant tribute to Charles Marie Widor and the French, composed during World War I.

Tracks:

1. A. Herbert Brewer - Marche Heroique (1915)
2. Theodore Dubois - Marche Heroique de Jeanne D'Arc
3. Marcel Dupre - Poeme Heroique, Opus 33
4. Charles Villiers Stanford - Sonata Eroica (N. 2), Op. 151: I. Allegro moderato
5. Charles Villiers Stanford - Sonata Eroica (N. 2), Op. 151: II. Adagio moloto
6. Charles Villiers Stanford - Sonata Eroica (N. 2), Op. 151: III. Allegro moderato
7. G.P. Telemann - Musique Heroique: 3. La Vaillance
8. G.P. Telemann - Musique Heroique: 12. La Rejouissance
9. Joseph Jongen - Sonata Eroica, Opus 94 (1930)