Widor - Master of the Organ Symphony
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Label: Fugue State Films
Cat No: FSFDVD010
Format: DVD + CD
Number of Discs: 4
Release Date: 27th November 2015
Contents
Artists
Daniel Roth (organ)Gerard Brooks (organ)
Works
Organ Symphony no.5 in F minor, op.42 no.1Organ Symphony no.6 in G minor, op.42 no.2
Artists
Daniel Roth (organ)Gerard Brooks (organ)
About
Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937), the most famous composer of organ music since Bach, wrote ten revolutionary organ symphonies that established the organ as a rival to the orchestra, pioneered the use of symphonic forms for the instrument, and sublimated influences as diverse as Bach’s fugues, Wagner’s music dramas and medieval plainchant into an original musical language. On top of this, his Toccata is probably the best-loved piece of organ music ever written.
This boxed set provides a complete portrait of this great composer and includes a three-part documentary as well as performances on CD and DVD of his fifth and sixth organ symphonies performed by Gerard Brooks, plus other movements performed by Daniel Roth, all on the Cavaillé-Coll organs of Saint-Sulpice, Orléans Cathedral and Saint-Ouen in Rouen.
Picture Format DVD: NTSC DVD-9
Region Code: 0 Region Free
Running Time CDs: 141 minutes
Running Time DVDs: 297 minutes
Sound Format DVD: DTS Digital Surround(TM) 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1
Original Language: English, French
Booklet Notes: English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian
Subtitles: English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian
Reviews
This son of Lyon, born (as he put it) ‘in an organ pipe’ in 1844, lived
such a long, eventful and fruitful life that he really does deserve the
five hours of video and 141 minutes of stunning audio-only performances
that are on offer here. His life and work are comprehensively related in
a three-part documentary, beautifully filmed by Simon Still under the
sensitive direction of his Fugue State Films colleague Will Fraser. Malcolm Riley
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