Organ Music by Maurice Duruflé [Import]

Maurice Durufle (Composer), John Scott (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: John Scott
• Composer: Maurice Durufle
• Audio CD (November 16, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Hyperion UK
• ASIN: B000002ZMG
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #208,732 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #79 in Music > Classical > Historical Periods > Modern, 20th, & 21st Century > Instruments > Keyboard > Piano

Track Listings

1. Prélude Sur L'Introit De L'Epiphanie

2. Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d'Alain, Op. 7: Prélude

3. Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d'Alain, Op. 7: Fugue

4. Suite Pour Orgue, Op. 5: Prélude

5. Suite Pour Orgue, Op. 5: Sicilienne

6. Suite Pour Orgue, Op. 5: Toccata

7. Scherzo, Op. 2

8. Prélude, Adagio et Choral Varié sur le thème du 'Veni Creator,' Op.4: Prélude

9. Prélude, Adagio et Choral Varié sur le thème du 'Veni Creator,' Op.4: Adagio

10. Prélude, Adagio et Choral Varié sur le thème du 'Veni Creator,' Op.4: Choral varié

11. Fugue sur le thème du Carillon des Heures de la Cathédrale de Soissons Op. 12

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The wrong instrument !, August 3, 2000

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Paul Fasang (Düsseldorf , NRW GER) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Organ Music by Maurice Duruflé (Audio CD)

This recording of the complete Organ Works of Maurice Duruflé is actually very well performed , exspecially the Veni Creator Spiritus , where he works with the choir , but unfortunatly the organ (a Gigantic British romantic organ ) is not compatible with Duruflés quite romantic organ pieces . Exspacially the Prelude and Fuge does not build up the way it could , and the Toccata from the Suite just does not have the power as for examle Bernard Leonardys recording from St.Eustache or Olivier Latrys recording from St.Ouen , Rouen (this I must say is my favorite recording) has. Too bad he didn't choose a great Cavaillé-Coll Organ for this project .

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars decent performance, bad sound, June 26, 2003

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Jeremiah Lawson (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Organ Music by Maurice Duruflé (Audio CD)

The performances on this disc are generally good but the engineering is muffled and distant. Even in a good room recording choral and organ music is extremely difficult to do well. The loud passages are quite loud and the quiet passages are hard to make out, especially with all the detailed passages Durufle liked to write. The Veni Creator performance threw me off a lot by having a men's choir intone each succeeding verse of the chant between variations. BIG SURPRISE, and not a pleasant one since I'd already noted how fuzzy and distant much of the recording sounded and how hard it was to make out the counterpoint. A much better engineered recording is the Todd Wilson recording where all the counterpoint comes through and the Veni Creator variations are heard as one seamless piece, more likely what Durufle wanted. The performances here aren't bad (except for the disruptive idea of the singing), they just deserved better engineering.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Durufl by Latry, April 23, 2006

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FJC - See all my reviews

This review is from: Organ Music by Maurice Duruflé (Audio CD)

Attention: the recording of Olivier Latry mentioned below was NOT made in St-Ouen/Rouen, but at Durufl?s organ at St-Etienne-du-Mont/Paris. It could hardly be recommended because the organ was then in a very bad state (out-of-tune!). What a pity, because Latrys playing is brilliant. Moreover, Durufl? didn't consider his own instrument appropriate to his music. He preferred the one in Soisson Cathedral.