Maurice & Marie-Madeleine Chevalier Duruflé

Dietrich Buxtehude (Composer), Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), George Frederick Handel (Composer), Robert Schumann (Composer), Charles Tournemire (Composer), Maurice Durufle (Composer), Maurice Duruflé (Performer), Marie-Madeleine Durufle-Chevalier (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Maurice Duruflé, Marie-Madeleine Durufle-Chevalier
• Composer: Dietrich Buxtehude, Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frederick Handel, Robert Schumann, Charles Tournemire, et al.
• Audio CD (September 21, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Gothic Records
• ASIN: B00000K38J
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #490,260 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Fugue (Gigue) for keyboard in C major, BuxWV 174

2. Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel auf (I), chorale prelude for organ (Orgel-Büchlein No. 19), BWV 617 (BC 46)

3. Organ Concerto in A major, Op.7/2, HWV 307: Overture...

4. Organ Concerto in A major, Op.7/2, HWV 307: A tempo ordinario

5. Organ Concerto in A major, Op.7/2, HWV 307: Allegro

6. Etude No. 5 for pedal piano in B minor, Op. 56/5

7. Chorale Improvisation on 'Victimae Paschali,' for organ

8. Prelude and Fugue on the name A.L.A.I.N., for organ, Op. 7

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A must have for any lover of organ music, September 9, 2001

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John Prothero "jakethejeep" (Garden Grove, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Maurice & Marie-Madeleine Chevalier Duruflé (Audio CD)

This landmark recording features the husband and wife team of French organists Maurice Durufle and his wife Madeline Durufle-Chevalier. Recorded on the Moller organs in the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in 1967, it is important in the fact that Maurice Durufle was one of the leading French composers of the mid 20th century, and his wife one of the leading organists. Originally released on vinyl in the late 60's, it has been remastered for CD, with expanded notes. Granted, the notes are for those who know music - for casual listeners, it is over their heads. But the assumption is that this is a collector's CD. There is a delicious assortment of baroque music on the first tracks, highlighting the Moller classic registration. But the best tracks are the firey French pieces played by Mdme. Durufle. She plays the Choral Improvisation on Victimae Paschali Laudes by Tournemiere, which was actually an improvisation that Msr. Durufle transcribed from a 78 rpm recording. She then finishes the album with her husband's important work, Prelue and Fugue on the name Alain. Her interpretation can only be considered the definitive. As far as the technical aspect of the CD, the recording is very clear for an AAD remastering of the original analog tapes. The clarity of the organ is almost as good as what Telarc does for organ recordings. But the spaciousness of the organ is captured very well. You FEEL like you're in the basilica. I loved this album as a young organist, and now am very pleased to find it in CD form as an adult....

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Organ Duo at Their Best!, March 28, 2000

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DON W MCCLURE (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Maurice & Marie-Madeleine Chevalier Duruflé (Audio CD)

Premiere recording at the M.P. Moller organs of the Shrine of the Immaculate Concepcion, Washington, D.C. This tracks were originally recorded in 1967; this re-release reaches another generation of organists who have not yet heard the artistry of this Husband-Wife couple who both taught at the Paris Conservertoire. Unfortunately, Mr. Durufle died in 1986, and according to my information, Mme. Durufle died late in 1999. The world will miss them both. Enjoy this fine showcase for their artistry, the church itself, and the two organs in fine acoustics! Mme. Durufle is especially dynamic in her interpretation of the Prelude and Fugue on the name 'Alain', written by her husband; Jehan Alain was a classmate of Mr. Durufle's in the 1920s, and the work is written in his memory.

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Prelude and Fugue on the name of Alain, December 19, 2005

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Craig "Prima la musica..." (New Rochelle, NY, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Maurice & Marie-Madeleine Chevalier Duruflé (Audio CD)

The Prelude and Fugue on the Name of Alain is one of the great performances of French organ music. The coda of the Fugue comes at the listener as if it was materializing in another realm and processes to overwhelm the listener with its roulades of notes and its majestic conclusion. Really a knock-out.

The rest of the album is splendid - though some may not care for the acoustics of the National Shrine for Bach. But any organ afficianado is in for a real treat when it comes to Mme. Durufle's interpretation of the Prelude and Fugue