Fourth Sunday of Advent

Fourth Sunday of Advent
Bobby Vinton , O Holy Night
Eric Cartman, O Holy Night
Bing Crosby, White Christmas
Mariah Carey,  Silent Night
Nat King Cole, The Christmas Song
Samuel Stokes, O Little Town of Boggy Creek
Elvis Presley, If Every Day was like Christmas
TCHAIKOVSKY:  The Nutcracker Ballet (complete)  Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orch/Antal Dorati, cond.   Suite No. 3 in G, Op. 55.  Suite No. 4 in G, Op. 61 "Mozartiana"  New Philharmonia Orchestra/Antal Dorati, cond. PHILIPS 464 747  
Neville Marriner Händel: 6 Concerti Grossi, Op. 3  Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Field Orchestra 
Wassail, Carols from Gregory the Great Academy, Angels We have Heard on High
Rosemary Clooney, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 

Third Sunday of Advent

Mormon Tabernacle Choir ; Philadelphia Brass Ensemble and Percussion ; Alexander Schreiner, organ ; Richard Condie, conductor Joy to the world
Baroque at Bathtime . Vivaldi: Concerto For Lute, 2 Violins And Continuo In D, RV 93 - 2. Largo by Iona Brown / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Celin Romero  guitar
 The Collection (Amy Grant album) Stay for Awhile
"The Prince of Egypt (When You Believe)"  Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston

 The first nowell (3:03) -- Deck the halls (1:40) -- Carol of the bells (2:29) -- O come, o come, Emmanuel (3:27) -- We wish you a merry Christmas (1:57) -- O come, all ye faithful (3:35) -- O holy night (2:35) -- Hark! the herald angels sing (3:26) -- Here we come a-caroling (1:38) -- O tannenbaum (2:37) -- Silent night (4:34) Baroque at Bathtime . Vivaldi: Concerto For Lute, 2 Violins And Continuo In D, RV 93 - 2. Largo by Iona Brown / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Celin Romero Vittorio Negri / Members of the Staatskapelle Dresden / Heinz Holliger - Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Iona Brown / Heinz Holliger - J.S. Bach: Concerto for Oboe, Strings, and Continuo in D minor, BWV 1059 - reconstruction after Concerto for Harpsichord, Oboe, Strings, and Continuo in D minor, BWV 1059 - 2. Siciliano Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Iona Brown - Vivaldi: Concerto For Violin And Strings In F Minor, Op.8, No.4, R.297 " L'inverno" - 2. I Musici / Severino Gazzelloni - Vivaldi: Concerto for Flute and Strings in D, Op.10, No.3, R.428 "Il gardellino" - 2. Cantabile Iona Brown / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Angel Romero - Vivaldi: 12 Concertos, Op.3 - "L'estro Armonico" / Concerto No. 6 In A Minor For Solo Violin, RV 356 - Largo Vittorio Negri / Staatskapelle Dresden / Members of the Staatskapelle Dresden / Christiane Jaccottet / Heinz Holliger - Telemann: Oboe d'amore Concerto in G - 3. Adagio Jacques Roussel / Antiqua Musica Orchestra / Jean-Pierre Rampal - Quantz: Flute Concerto in G major - 2. Arioso Raymond Leppard / English Chamber Orchestra / Heinz Holliger - Handel: Oboe Concerto No.1 In B Flat, HWV 301 - 1. Adagio Raymond Leppard / English Chamber Orchestra / Heinz Holliger - Handel: Oboe Concerto No.1 in B flat, HWV 301 - 3. Largo James Judd / English Chamber Orchestra / Gheorghe Zamfir - Telemann: Trumpet Concerto in A - 1. Sicilienne Iona Brown / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Angel Romero / Pepe Romero - Vivaldi: Concerto For 2 Mandolins, Strings And Continuo In G, RV 532 - 2. Andante Iona Brown / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Heinz Holliger - Telemann: Oboe Concerto in D - 1. Grazioso I Musici / Heinz Holliger - Cimarosa: Oboe Concerto in C - 1. Introduzione (Larghetto) I Musici / Heinz Holliger - Cimarosa: Oboe Concerto in C - 3. Siciliana Sir Neville Marriner / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields - Handel: Water Music Suite No.1 in F - 5. Air Raymond Leppard / English Chamber Orchestra / Heinz Holliger - Handel: Oboe Concerto No.2 in B flat, HWV 302a - 3. Andante Alexandre Lagoya / Ida Presti - Marella: Suite N°1 en la majeur - 1. Andante James Judd / English Chamber Orchestra / Gheorghe Zamfir - Corelli: Oboe Concerto in F - arr. Panpipes - 1. Preludio (Adagio) Sir Neville Marriner / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields - Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue in D major - 1. Canon

 The Collection (Amy Grant album) Stay for Awhile" – 5:37 "Love Can Do" – 4:22 "Find a Way" – 3:27 "Everywhere I Go" – 4:10 "Angels" – 4:10 "Thy Word" – 3:19 "Emmanuel" – 3:07 "Where Do You Hide Your Heart" – 3:55 "Sing Your Praise to the Lord" – 3:17 "In a Little While" – 4:22 "El Shaddai" – 4:06 "I Have Decided" – 3:16 "Too Late" (Bannister, Christian, Grant) – 4:24 "I'm Gonna Fly" (Grant) – 4:23 "All I Ever Have to Be" – 2:38 "Father's Eyes" – 4:05 "Ageless Medley" – 6:10 Amy Grant: vocals Dann Huff: guitars Nathan East: bass guitar Michael W. Smith: keyboards Robbie Buchanan: keyboards Shane Keister: keyboards David Gamson: keyboards Steve Schaffer: Synclavier Paul Leim: drums Paulinho Da Costa: percussion Chris Harris: background vocals Mark Heimermann: background vocals Richard Page: background vocals on "Stay for Awhile" [4] Greg X. Volz: background vocals on "Love Can Do"

1.	"The Prince of Egypt (When You Believe)"	Stephen Schwartz	Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston	5:05
2.	"Deliver Us" (produced/arranged by Hans Zimmer)	Stephen Schwartz	Ofra Haza and Eden Riegel	7:16
3.	"The Reprimand"	Hans Zimmer		4:05
4.	"Following Tzipporah"	Hans Zimmer		1:01
5.	"All I Ever Wanted (With Queen's Reprise)" (produced/arranged by Hans Zimmer and Harry Gregson-Williams)	Stephen Schwartz	Amick Byram and Linda Dee Shayne	2:51
6.	"Goodbye Brother"	Hans Zimmer	Ofra Haza	5:34
7.	"Through Heaven's Eyes" (produced/arranged by Gavin Greenaway)	Stephen Schwartz	Brian Stokes Mitchell	3:42
8.	"The Burning Bush"	Hans Zimmer		7:18
9.	"Playing with the Big Boys" (produced/arranged by John Powell)	Stephen Schwartz	Steve Martin and Martin Short	2:53
10.	"Cry"	Hans Zimmer	Ofra Haza	3:50
11.	"Rally"	Hans Zimmer		0:43
12.	"The Plagues" (produced/arranged by Gavin Greenaway)	Stephen Schwartz	Ralph Fiennes and Amick Byram	2:40
13.	"Death of the First Born"	Hans Zimmer		1:08
14.	"When You Believe" (produced/arranged by Hans Zimmer)	Stephen Schwartz	Michelle Pfeiffer and Sally Dworsky	4:55
15.	"Red Sea"	Hans Zimmer		5:15
16.	"Through Heaven's Eyes"	Stephen Schwartz	K-Ci & JoJo	5:05
17.	"River Lullaby"	Stephen Schwartz	Amy Grant	3:57
18.	"Humanity"	Stephen Schwartz	Jessica Andrews, Clint Black, Shirley Caesar, Jesse Campbell, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Boyz II Men	4:33
19.	"I Will Get There"	Diane Warren	Boyz II Men

	1	Na Hu O Ho Traditional	Julianne Baird	5:34
	2	The Snowy Path Mark Kelly	Altan	2:12
	3	A Dream in the Night Ciarán Brennan	Clannad	3:08
	4	The Snowy Birch Trees Thomas Loefke	Thomas Loefke	4:09
	5	Maria Matrem Virginem Michael McGlynn	Anúna	3:59
	6	The Wexford Carol Traditional	Nightnoise	3:56
	7	Night Before Christmas (The Devil in the Kitchen)	Ashley MacIsaac	2:18
	8	No Sandman, No Santa Brian Dunning	Brian Dunning	3:05
	9	Winter, Fire and Snow Brendan Graham	Benita Hill	2:54
	10	Oiche Nollaid (Christmas Eve) Tommy Whelan	Cormac Breatnach	3:49
	11	Christmas Pipes Brendan Graham	Julianne Baird	4:06
	12	Fairy Child Declan Masterson	Declan Masterson	3:37
	13	Oíche Chiún (Silent Night) Traditional	Áine Minogue	3:32
	14	Angels Are Singing Michael McGlynn	Anúna         1. I feel the Deity within...Arm, arm ye brave 2. Arm, arm ye brave 3. Vouchsafe, O Lord 4. Honour and arms scorn such a foe 5. Si, tra i ceppi 6. Verdi prati, selve amene 7. O voi, del mio poter 8. Sorge infausta una procella 9. ""I rage, I melt, I burn!"" 10. ""O ruddier than the cherry"" 11. Where'er you walk 12. ""Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries"" - ""Behold, a ghastly band"" 13. Va tacito e nascosto 14. Rec. ""Frondi tenere e belle"" 15. ""Ombra mai f\xF9"" 16. Thus saith the Lord 17. But who may abide the day of His coming 18. Why do the nations 19. Behold I tell you 20. The trumpet shall sound

Second Sunday of Advent

Coffeehouse Classics 1. 'Brandenburg' Concerto No.5: Allegro 2. Canon In D 3. Orchestral Suite No.2: Minuet And Badinerie 4. Allegro For Brass 5. Violin ConcertoNo.3: Allegro 6. Impromptu In A Flat Major 7. Peer Gynt: Dawn 8. Orpheus In The Underworld: Can-Can 9. The Merry Widow: I'll Go To Maxime's 10. Serenade For Strings: Waltz 11. La Boheme: Musetta'a Waltz: Quando me'n vo' (When I Go Out In Public) 12. Tritsch, Tratsch Polka 13. Pavan For A Dead Princess 14. Solace - Robert Strickland Voice of an Angel Charlotte Church 1. "Pie Jesu" From Requiem Charlotte Church 3:26 2. Panis Angelicus (Vocal) Charlotte Church 4:11 3. No. 21 - In trutina from Carmina Burana (Vocal) Charlotte Church 2:05 4. The Lord's Prayer (Vocal) Charlotte Church;Sian Edwards 2:53 5. Jerusalem (And did those feet in ancient time) (Vocal) Charlotte Church 2:14 6. Ave Maria in A Minor (vocal) Charlotte Church 4:09 $1.29 7. Psalm 23 (vocal) Charlotte Church 2:41 8. I vow to thee, my country (vocal) Charlotte Church 3:54 9. Danny Boy (vocal) Charlotte Church 2:44 10. My Lagan Love (vocal) Charlotte Church;Meinir Heulyn 3:13 11. Suo-Gan (vocal) Charlotte Church 3:10 12. A Lullaby (vocal) Charlotte Church 2:57 13. Amazing Grace (vocal) Charlotte Church 2:41 14. Canueon Y Tri Aderyn (Three Welsh Bird Songs): I. Y Gylfinir - Allegretto (vocal) Meinir Heulyn;Charlotte Church 2:18 15. Canueon Y Tri Aderyn (Three Welsh Bird Songs): II. Tylluanod - Andante (vocal) Charlotte Church;Meinir Heulyn 2:43 16. Canueon Y Tri Aderyn (Three Welsh Bird Songs): III. Mae Hiraeth yn y Mtr - Moderato (vocal) Charlotte Church;Meinir Heulyn 2:36 17. When at night I go to sleep (Evening Hymn) from Hansel and Gretel - L'istesso tempo (vocal) Dream a Dream Charlotte Church 1. Dream a Dream Charlotte Church 3:49 2. O Come, All Ye Faithful Charlotte Church 3:21 3. The Little Drummer Boy Charlotte Church 2:55 4. Mary's Boy Child Charlotte Church 3:29 5. Ding Dong! Merrily On High Charlotte Church;Sian Edwards;London Symphony Orchestra 2:17 6. Winter Wonderland Charlotte Church 3:01 7. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) Charlotte Church 3:27 8. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Charlotte Church 3:15 9. The Coventry Carol - Lully Lullay Charlotte Church 2:30 10. Joy To The World Charlotte Church 2:11 11. When A Child Is Born Charlotte Church 2:28 12. What Child Is This - Greensleeves Charlotte Church 2:44 13. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen Charlotte Church 1:59 14. Draw Tua Bethlehem - Far Over Bethlehem Charlotte Church 3:34 15. Ave Maria Charlotte Church 2:48 16. Gabriel's Message Charlotte Church 2:41 17. O Holy Night Charlotte Church 4:20 18. Lo! How A Rose E'er Blooming Charlotte Church 2:31 19. Silent Night Gregorian Chants: The Best of the Benedictine Monks of St. Michael's Denis Stevens (Performer), Benedictine Monks of St. Michael's de Laudes 1. Sancte Dei 2. Salve Sanctus Parens 3. In Paradisum Angeli 4. Sanctus & Benedictus 5. Conditor Alme 6. Organ Voluntary 7. Te Lucis Ante Terminum 8. Christus Natus Christos 9. Kyrie Christe Eleison 10. Organ Voluntary 11. Gloria 12. Puer Natus Est 13. Sanctus & Benedictus, II 14. Beata Dei 15. Veni Sancte Spiritus 16. Organ Voluntary 17. In Paradisum Angeli, Reprise 18. Dominus Exsultemus St. Benedict Gregorian chant The monks of Fontgombault dedicate this recording to Pope Benedict XVI. This CD also follows closely after the bicentennial of the birth of Dom Prosper Gueranger, who was called a true son of Saint Benedict by Pope Pius IX. Track Listing: 1. Introit (July 11th): Gaudeamus The Life of Saint Benedict 2. Introit (December 4th): Vir Dei Benedictus 3. Antiphons (July 11th): Fuit vir - Beatus vir Benedictus - Glorious - Erat vir Domini Benedictus - Vir Domini Benedictus 4. Hymn (Matins, March 21st): Quidquid antiqui 5. Antiphons (feast of St. Scholastica): Egredere modo frater - Parcat tibi soror -Ecce te rogavi - Loquamur nunc - Cum Sanctus Benedictus 6. Communion (July 11th): Fidelis servus The Death of Saint Benedict 7. Sequence (July 11th): Læta dies 8. Antiphon of Magnificat (11th Vespers of March 21st): Hodie 9. Ant. of Magnificat (11th Vespers of March 21st): Sanctus Benedictus The Translation of the Relics of Saint Benedict 10. Ant. of Magnificat (1st Vespers of July 11th): Galliarum populis 11. Prolix responsory (1st Vespers of July 11th): Obviam 12. Antiphon of Benedictus (Lauds July 11th): Exsultaverunt 13. Hymn (Vespers July 11th): Claris Conjubila 14. Antiphon of Magnificat (11th Vespers of July 11th): Hodie The Glory of Saint Benedict 15. Gradual (July 11th): Domine præventisi 16. Hymn (Lauds July 11th): Inter æternas 17. Offertory (July 11th): Desiderium 18. Antiphon of Magnificat (1st Vespers of March 21st): Exsultet omnium Prayer to Saint Benedict 19. Alleluia (July 11th): Vir Dei Benedictus 20. Antiphon of Benedictus (Lauds March 21st): Sanctissime 21. Short Responsory (March 21st): Sancte Pater Benedicte 22. Prolix Responsory (1st Vespers of March 21st): Sanctissime 23. Antiphon of Magnificat (11th Vespers of December 4th): O Cælestis norma vitæ In Homage to Pope Benedict XVI 24. Antiphon (to Saint Joseph): O felicem virum -- Ps. Exaudiat

First Sunday of Advent

The Florilegium Chamber Choir performs Musgrave and Zaimont Jo Ann Rice (Conductor), Cheryl Bensman (Soprano), Paul Kelly (Tenor), William Sharp (Baritone) Leonarda Productions Rorate Coeli for double SATB (Musgrave) Parable: A Tale of Abram and Isaac (double SATB, soloists, organ) (Zaimont) Dolly Parton - Jesus & Gravity Cantata No.61: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (Advent), BWV61 Helmuth Rilling Conductor Adalbert Kraus Tenor, Helen Donath Soprano, Stuttgart Bach Collegium Orchestra, Stuttgart Gachinger Kantorei Choir, Wolfgang Schone Bass Hänssler Kathleen Battle at Carnegie Hall Kathleen Battle and Margot Garret, piano Anonymous: Good News - Arr.: Robert Sadin Anonymous: Over My Head I Hear Music in the Air Anonymous: He's Got the Whole World in His Hand - Arr.: Margaret Bonds Anonymous: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Deutsche Grammophon Canti Gregoriani: Resonet intonet Canite tuba in Sion, responsory for Advent Ensemble Oktoechos-Schola Gregoriana di Venezia Tactus Ad Te Levavi (First Sunday of Advent, Introit) Gregorian chant notation from the Liber Usualis (1961), p. 318. Latin lyrics sung by the Congregation of St. Lazarus Autun. George Crumb The Advent from Music for a Summer Evening (Makrokosmos III), for 2 amplified pianos and 2 percussionists Wu Han Piano Dicit Maria: Putas qualis est, responsory for Advent Ecce rex noster, responsory for Advent Ensemble Oktoechos-Schola Gregoriana di Venezia Felix Mendelssohn 6 Anthems for double chorus, Op.79 Im Advent Frieder Bernius Director Carus Otto Olsson En klassisk Jul: Holiday Works by Adam, Nordqvist, Gounod, etc. Advent Bo Aurehl Conductor Mattias Wager, Organ Stockholm Singers Franz Burkhart Drei Andventslieder (Three Advent Songs), for voice, recorder & guitar Clas Pehrsson Recorder Jorgen Rorby Guitar, Solveig Faringer Soprano BIS Heiligste Nacht: Choral Music for Advent and Christmas by Buxtehude, Vivaldi, Telemann, etc. Advent-Motetten, 9 works for chorus, Op.176 Qui Sedes Rastatt Vocal Ensemble Choir Carus He's Coming Again Joshua Aaron

Etienne-Nicolas Méhul

From high atop Stevensville, Maryland...The role of Sadko will be played by Stevie Wonder. Skippy the Wonder Dog Steve Carell Bobsey Twins Steve Harvey Ken Moss Steve Martin Brian Carpenter Stone Cold Steve Austin Lenny the Listener Stevie Vai Etienne-Nicolas Méhul Méhul: The Complete Symphonies Symphony No.1 in G Michel Swierczewski Conductor Lisbon Gulbenkian Foundation Orchestra Le chant du retour, for voice and wind band Les Jacobins, ATMA Classique L'Irato, opera Bonner Chamber Choir Werner Ehrhardt Alain Buet Bass, Arte del mondo, L' Orchestra, Cyril Auvity Tenor, Georg Poplutz Tenor, Miljenko Turk Bass, Pauline Courtin Soprano, Svenja Hempel Soprano Capriccio

Jean-François Le Sueur

Jean-François Le Sueur
Oratorios pour le couronnement des princes souverains de la chrétienté
 Mov.I: Allegro fieramente
 Mov.II: Allegro commodo
 Mov.III: Moderato religioso
Mov.IV: Andantino religioso
Mov.V: In poco lento cum antique caractere
 Mov.VI: Allegro pomposo
Mov.VII: Moderato affettuoso colle stele antico
Mov.VIII: Allegro commodo Mov.IX: Lento sempre
Mov.X: Allegretto pomposo
Mov.XI: Allegro spirituoso
Mov.XII: Allegretto
 Mov.XIII: Gracioso affettuso, ma fieramente
 Mov.XIV: Allegretto pomposo e nobile
Mov.XV: Moderato nobile Mov.XVI: Allegro commodo
Chorus: Chorus Musicus Köln
Orchestra: Das Neue Orchester
Conductor: Christoph Spering

SONY the new in review 1

Simbora (feat. Carlinhos Brown) Sergio Mendes Magic The Summer of '42 Amy Dickson A Summer Place R. Strauss Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks Wiener Philharmoniker Summer Night Concert 2014 Lang Lang Eschenbach Billy Childs Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro Gibsom Street Susan Tedeschi;Steve Wilson;Billy Childs Awakening Jackie Evancho "Dormi Jesu" (Latin text) Traditional (music and lyrics) Estate Encanto del Mar - Mediterranean Songs 2014 Placido Domingo The Mozart Album Lang Lang Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor, K. 491: Allegro Bach, J S: Partitas Nos. 1-6, BWV 830 Igor Levit So Deep is the Night (Arranged from Chopin's Tristesse, Etude, Op. 10, No. 3) Tenore Jonathan Antoine Murray Perahia Plays Bach Concertos Keyboard Concerto No. 4 in A major BWV 1055 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

André Caplet

André Caplet
Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918.   Children's corner; transcribed by André Caplet.  Capitol [1956]  Concert Arts Orchestra; Felix Slatkin, conductor.
Caplet, André, 1878-1925. Conte fantastique, after Edgar Allan Poe's The mask of the red death. Capitol[195-]  Ann Mason Stockton, harp; Concert Arts String Orchestra; Felix Stockton, conductor.

Sanctus Bo Johansson Choirmaster Adolf Fredrik Girls' Choir Caprice Agnes Gaal, Piano
January 1, 1995
Andre Caplet – Myrrha: Prelude, scenes 1,2,3  Marc Duguay, Sharon Coste, Brigitte Desnoues, Jean-Francois Lapointe, Prix de Rome Cantatas, Marco Polo 1995

Damase

Music by candlelight| Epic, [1966] Sonata for flute and harp / Damase. Jean Pierre Rampal, flute ; Lily Laskine, harp.

Berceuse, for horn and piano, Op 19 Gail Williams, French Horn Mary Ann Covert, Piano
Summit Records. July 1, 2001
Aspects, for horn & harp Etienne Cutajar, Horn  Anne Marie Camilleri Podestà, Harp
Divine Art  April 1, 2013
 

Ferdinand Herold

William Tell; the world's favorite overtures. Columbia, 

 [1970] Zampa by Hérold,  New York Philharmonic Orchestra;

 Leonard Bernstein,  conductor. 

Hérold, Ferdinand – Hérold: La fille mal gardée / Act 1 - 1.
Intro II Dance III Lise and the Ribbon Lise
Hérold, Ferdinand – Hérold: La fille mal gardée / Act 1 -
16. Simone - XIX Storm and Finale
Hérold, Ferdinand – Hérold: La fille mal gardée / Act 1 -
10. Thomas and Alain
Hérold, Ferdinand – Hérold: La fille mal gardée / Act 1 -
12. Picnic - XV The Fanny Ellsler Pas-de-Deux
Hérold, Ferdinand – Hérold: La fille mal gardée / Act 2 -
22. Spinning - XXIV Harvesters
Hérold, Ferdinand – Hérold: La fille mal gardée / Act 2 -
27. Thomas, Alain and the Notaries
Hérold, Ferdinand – Hérold: La fille mal gardée / Act 2 -
 29. Pas-de-Deux - 30 Finale
Ferdinand Herold – Le pre aux clercs: Overture
Ferdinand Herold – Symphony No. 1 in C Major: I. Allegro maestoso
Ferdinand Herold – Symphony No. 1 in C Major: II. Andante
Ferdinand Herold – Symphony No. 1 in C Major: III. Minuetto
Ferdinand Herold – Symphony No. 1 in C Major: IV. Rondo: Vivace
Ferdinand Herold – Symphony No. 2 in D Major: I. Introduction: Largo -
Allegro molto
Ferdinand Herold – Symphony No. 2 in D Major: II. Andante
Ferdinand Herold – Symphony No. 2 in D Major: III. Rondo
Ferdinand Herold – 4 Sonates pour harpe avec accompagnement d'alto: No. 1. —
Ferdinand Herold – 4 Sonates pour harpe avec accompagnement d'alto: No. 2. —
Ferdinand Herold – 4 Sonates pour harpe avec accompagnement d'alto: No. 3. —
Ferdinand Herold – 4 Sonates pour harpe avec accompagnement d'alto: No. 4. —
Ferdinand Herold – Ariane

Igor Stravinsky

Stravinsky, Igor,1882-1971. 
Orpheus; ballet in three scenes. Apollo (Apollon 
  Musagète) ballet in two scenes. 
Columbia [1965] 
 Chicago Symphony Orchestra (in the 1st work); Columbia 
       Symphony Orchestra (in the 2d); the composer conducting.

Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky favorite short pieces. 
Columbia[1972] 
Greeting prelude.--Dumbarton Oaks concerto, in E flat, for
       chamber orchestra.--Eight instrumental miniatures, for 15 
       players.--Four études, for orchestra.--Circus polka.
Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Columbia Chamber Orchestra; 
CBC Symphony Orchestra. 

Lili Boulanger

Boulanger, Lili,1893-1918. 
Works of Lili Boulanger. Everest,[1960?] 

 Du fond de l'abîme;(Psalm 130)

Out of the depths I call to you, LORD;

 Lord, hear my cry! May your ears be attentive

to my cry for mercy 

If you, LORD, keep account of sins,

Lord, who can stand?

But with you is forgiveness

and so you are revered.

I wait for the LORD,

my soul waits

and I hope for his word.

My soul looks for the Lord

more than sentinels for daybreak.

More than sentinels for daybreak,

let Israel hope in the LORD,

For with the LORD is mercy,

with him is plenteous redemption,

And he will redeem Israel

from all its sins.

 Psaume 24

The earth is the LORD’s and all it holds,

the world and those who dwell in it.

For he founded it on the seas,

established it over the rivers.

Who may go up the mountain of the LORD?

Who can stand in his holy place?

The clean of hand and pure of heart,

who has not given his soul to useless things,

what is vain.

He will receive blessings from the LORD,

and justice from his saving God.

Such is the generation that seeks him,

that seeks the face of the God of Jacob.”

Lift up your heads, O gates;

be lifted, you ancient portals,

that the king of glory may enter.

Who is this king of glory?

The LORD, strong and mighty,

the LORD, mighty in war.

Lift up your heads, O gates;

rise up, you ancient portals,

that the king of glory may enter.

Who is this king of glory?

The LORD of hosts, he is the king of glory.

Psaume 129

Viciously have they attacked me from my youth,

let Israel say now.

Viciously have they attacked me from my youth,

yet they have not prevailed against me.

Upon my back the plowers plowed,

as they traced their long furrows.

But the just LORD cut me free

from the ropes of the wicked.

May they recoil in disgrace,

all who hate Zion.

May they be like grass on the rooftops

withered in early growth,

Never to fill the reaper’s hands,

nor the arms of the binders of sheaves,

And with none passing by to call out:

“The blessing of the LORD be upon you!

We bless you in the name of the LORD!”

Vieille prière bouddhique; Pie Jesu. 
Oralia Dominguez, contralto; Elizabeth

 Brasseur Chorale; 
Orchestre Lamoureux; Igor Markevitch, 

conductor. 
Recorded in the Salle Pleyel, Paris. 

http://youtu.be/mnL8Ucku7co Gregor

 Piatigorsky

(1903- 1976) cellist, plays Lili Boulanger's 

Nocturne. Valentin Pavlovsky,

piano

Lili Boulanger – Hymne à la France 

Various Artists – La garde 

républicaine en musique

Lili Boulanger – Cortege, Theme et Variations

, D'un jardin clair

 – Boulanger, Lili and Nadia: In Memoriam

 Boulanger, Lili and Nadia

Lili Boulanger – Clairieres dans le ciel:

 Elle etait descendue 

Lili Boulanger – Clairieres dans le ciel:

V. Au pied de mon lit

 (At the foot of my bed)

Gabriel Fauré – Faure / Boulanger / Ravel 

/ Debussy: Songs

Lili Boulanger – Clairieres dans le ciel:

 I. Elle

 etait descendue au bas de la prairie 

(She has gone down

 to the bottom of the meadow) Jean-Paul 

Fouchécourt 

– Boulanger, L.: Les Melodies

Josquin des Prez

Josquin des Prez  c. 1450/1455 – 27 August 1521), often referred to simply as Josquin, was a Netherlander composer of the Renaissance.    His motet Illibata Dei virgo nutrix includes an acrostic of his name, where he spelled it "Josquin des Prez" He was the most famous European composer between Guillaume Dufay and Palestrina, and is usually considered to be the central figure of the Franco-Flemish School. Josquin is widely considered by music scholars to be the first master of the high Renaissance style of polyphonic vocal music that was emerging during his lifetime.

Petrucci, Ottaviano dei,  1466-1539,comp. Petrucci, first printer of music.[Chansons,
frottole, popular Italian dances, and sacred compositions  from the first printed collections (1501-1508)]   Decca[1969]
Missa, Ave maris stella by Josquin des Prez.
New York Pro Musica; John Reeves White, director.

Josquin des Prez, d. 1521.
 De profundis clamavi ad Te.Out of the depths have I  cried unto Thee) Ave Maria.
Desoff Choirs; Paul Boepple, conductor.

Vox Populi – Inviolata, Integra, Et Casta Es, Maria - Composed Or Made Famous By: Josquin Desprez
Vox Populi – Stabat Mater Dolorosa - Composed Or Made Famous By: Josquin Desprez
Vox Populi – Mille Regretz - Composed Or Made Famous By: Josquin Desprez  – Songs Of Love, Lament And Praise
Josquin des Prez – Nymphes Des Bois Various Artists – Medieval & Gregorian Chant
Anonymous – De tous biens plaine Brisk Recorder Quartet – Dutch Diversity
Josquin des Prez – Qui habitat in adjutorio: Motetta a 4 (trans. for lute) Daniel Benkö – Bakfark: Complete Works for Lute (The Lyons Lute Book, The Krakow Lute Book and Miscellanea)
Josquin des Prez – O bone et dulcissime Jesu
Josquin des Prez – Miserere mei, Deus
Josquin des Prez – Usquequo, Domine, oblivisceris me Philippe Herreweghe – Desprez: Motets
 

Florent Schmitt

Florent Schmitt Legend for viola or saxophone and orchestra, Op.66  Odile Delangle Piano, Claude DeLangle Saxophone (Alto) A Saxophone for a Lady: Works by Debussy, Ravel, Schmitt, etc BIS Rel. 1 Nov 1999 Recorded 1998

Florent Schmitt Songe de Coppélius, for tenor saxophone and piano, Op.30, No.11
Odile Delangle Piano, Claude DeLangle Saxophone A Saxophone for a Lady: Works by Debussy, Ravel, Schmitt, etc BIS Rel. 1 Nov 1999 Recorded 1998 

La Tragédie de Salomé, Op.50 (ballet suite)

Mercury Living Presence 434336-2 "Dances of Death" (reissue of 1958 recording)

Detroit SO, cond. Paul Paray (with works by Liszt, Weber, Saint-Saëns & R.Strauss)

Ilona Then-Bergh Michael Schafer, piano Florent Schmitt – Sonate libre en deux parties enchainee, Op. 68: I. Lent sans exageration II. Anime Michael Schafer – L'Esprit français

Sermet, Huseyin Piano Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra Symphonie Concertante, for orchestra & piano, Op.82  1.Assez animé 2. Lent 3. Anime David Robertson Conductor naïve Rel. January 1, 2001

Dufay, Guillaume

The Art of courtly love. Seraphim,  1973. 
 The vocal works sung principally in French. 
 Performed from editions prepared by D. Munrow. 
 Early Music Consort of London, vocal-

instrumental

 ensemble; David Munrow, conductor. 

 Dufay, Guillaume 
 Mass: Se la face ay pale. 
 Odeon,  [1974] 
   "Performing editions by David Munrow." 
  Includes, preceding the Mass, the 
composer's 
Gloria ad modum tubae (2 counter tenors, 2 tenor 
sackbuts), and 4 versions of the chanson, 
Se la face ay pale, the 1st: the 
original 3-part version (counter tenor, 
tenor, bass viol, 
 lute, harp); the 2d and 3d for organ,
 from the Buxheimer 
organ book; and the 4th: a 4-part instrumental 
version 
attributed to Dufay (alto cornett, alto shawm, 
alto and 
 tenor sackbuts) 
 Early Music Consort of London; David Munrow,
 conductor. 
 
 Dufay, Guillaume  
  Motetten. 
 Archiv Produktion,  1975. 
  Performed from the complete edition, 
edited by G.
 de Van 
and H. Besseler (Corpus Mensurabilis 
Musicae) 
Supremum est mortalibus.--Flos florum.--Ave 
virgo quae de 
caelis.--Vasilissa, ergo gaude.--Alma redemptoris
 mater. 
Pro Cantione Antiqua, London; Hamburger 
Bläserkreis für 
Alte Musik; Bruno Turner, conductor; 
sung in Latin. 
 
Jordi Savall – Saltarello - Guillaume Dufay / 

Jordi Savall Borgia Dynasty

Jordi Savall – Rondeau (instrumental) “Ce jour” - 

Guillaume Dufay / Jordi Savall 
Borgia Dynasty

Guillaume Dufay – Ave Maris Stella - 

Guillaume Dufay 

 Jordi Savall Borgia Dynasty

Delibes

Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891.   Coppélia, 

complete ballet.   Melodiya [1970]. 

 Ballet; Bolshoi Theater Orchestra; 

Yuri Fayer, conductor.

Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891. 

Coppélia : ballet .   London, [1957] 

Orchestre de la Suisse romande ; 

Ernest Ansermet,  conductor. 

Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891. Lakmé;

 opera in three acts. Seraphim,  [197-] 
Sung in French; Libretto by E. Gondinet

and P. Gille,  after P. Loti's 

Le mariage de loti (Éditions Heugel).

 Mady Mesplé, soprano; Charles Burles,

 tenor; Roger Soyer,   bass; with 

supporting soloists; Orchestra and Chorus of

 the Opéra-Comique, Paris; Alain Lombard,

 conductor. 

Pomp and circumstance  [Scranton, Pa.] :

Capitol Records, [1965] 
       Procession of Bacchus from Sylvia 

/ Léo Delibes Capitol Symphony Orchestra ;
 Hollywood Bowl Symphony    Orchestra ; 

Carmen Dragon, Alfred Newman,

 Earl Bernard  Murray, Felix Slatkin, conductors. 

Roberta Peters, youngest member of a 

great tradition RCA Victor,  [1954?] 
Lakmé: Là-bas, dans la forêt 

(with Pons) by Delibes. 
Roberta Peters, Luisa Tetrazzini,

 Amelita Galli-Curci, Lily Pons, soprano;

 RCA Victor Orchestra; Renato Cellini, 

 conductor. 

Cécile Chaminade

Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)   One of the relatively few women composers of her time to achieve great popularity, Cécile Chaminade was a child prodigy; she began playing the piano very early, and her first compositions date from the age of eight. Her father wouldn't allow her to attend the Paris Conservatoire, but she did work privately with many instructors, including Benjamin Godard, with whom she studied composition. She gave her first public recital at age 18, and from then on appeared frequently as a pianist all over the world, often playing her own music. She was a regular on British concert stages from the early 1890s, and was a guest of Queen Victoria during one of her British tours. Chaminade made her American debut in 1908, playing her Concertstück, Op. 40 (written around 1896) with the Philadelphia Orchestra. She was a big hit in America, and within a few years many Chaminade clubs sprang up around the country. In 1913 she was the first woman to receive the Legion of Honor from the French government. A large percentage of Chaminade's nearly 400 compositions were published during her lifetime. About half of those are short piano pieces, some of which, like the Scarf Dance and The Flatterer, were once quite popular. She also wrote about 125 songs, as well as a few larger, more ambitious pieces like the ballet Callirhoë (1888), the comic opera La Sevillane, and the dramatic symphony Les amazones for chorus and orchestra (1888). She also composed two orchestral suites and a handful of chamber works, including two trios. La Morena (Caprice Espangole) op. 67  7:32 Automne, concert etude for piano, Op.35, No.2 5:05 Laurel Zucker – Cecile Chaminade - Concertino For Flute And Piano op. 107 – Flute Music By French Composers 8:07 Dr. Andrew Weil & Joshua Leeds – Chaminade Serenate   – Deep Calm 6:24 Dr. Andrew Weil & Joshua Leeds – Chaminade La Lisonjera (The Flatterer)Op.50– Deep Calm 7:13 Cecile Chaminade – Chaminade: "Scarf Dance"  Valery Lloyd-Watts – Romantic Classic Piano 2:34 Anne Sofie von Otter – Chaminade: Viens, Mon Bien-Aimé - Les beaux jours vont enfin renaitre Anne Sofie von Otter & Bengt Forsberg & Nils-Erik Sparf & Peter Jablonski – Chaminade: Songs; Chamber Music 1:52 Anne Sofie von Otter – Chaminade: L'Été - Ah, chantez, chantez, as above  2:41 Cecile Chaminade – Guitare, Op. 32  : The Hall Collection, Vol. 1 (1901-1927) 3:11 Cecile Chaminade – Portrait Valse Chantee for Soprano, flute and piano by Cecile Chaminade: Portrait Valse Chantee for Soprano, flute and piano (Composed by Cecile Chaminade)  Jules Benedict – The Nightingale Sings 4:09 Cecile Chaminade – American March Op.131 Various Artists – Masters Of The Roll - Disc 22 3:09 Cecile Chaminade – 6 Pieces humoristiques, Op. 87: No. 4. Autrefois Eric Parkin – Chaminade: Works for Piano Macalester Trio – Chaminade: Trio For Piano, Violin, & Cello In G Minor Op. 1 - 1. Allegro 2. Andante 3. Presto 4. Allegro Molto  – Chamber Works By Women Composers Vox Box 2 CDs 24:11 http://youtu.be/RwZQRcYHmGg Konzertstuck Op. 40 Pianist: Rosario Marciano Orchestra: Radio Luxembourg Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Louis De Froment 15:39 http://youtu.be/_SG2OkKHyvE Toccata Enid Katahn 3:45 http://youtu.be/ylUw8CkBzAw Pieces Romantiques (Op. 55) by Cecile Chaminade performed by Julia Mortyakova and Valentin Bogdan  1. Primavera 2. La Chaise a Porteurs 3. Idylle Arabe 4. Serenade d'Automne 5. Danse Hindoue 13:52 http://youtu.be/U9-odkDGvc4 Seth Watring Colette Cecile Chaminade 1:59

Fromental Halevy

Fromental Halevy
Jacques-François-Fromental-Élie Halévy, usually known as Fromental Halévy ( 27 May 1799 – 17 March 1862), was a French composer. He is known today largely for his opera La Juive.

La Juive, Simone Young Conductor Wiener Staatsopernorchester Orchestra RCA Red Seal Rel. May 20, 2003

Act 1. Introduction. Te Deum laudamus
A treasury of French opera arias Columbia [1966] Halévy.  Richard Tucker, tenor; Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Pierra Dervaux, conductor.

Act 1. Dans ce jour solennel
Act 1. Ah! Mon père!
Act 1. Cavatine. Si la riguerur et la vengeance
Ezio Pinza, bass. Odyssey, [1972] Halévy, J. F. F. E. Si la rigueur et la vengeance, from La Juive.- Ezio Pinza, bass; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra; Emil Cooper and Fausto Cleva, conductors; sung in Italian and French.
Act 1. Serenade. Loin de son amie vivre
Act 1. Samuel, c'est donc vous!
Act 1. Hâtons nous, car l'heure s'avance
Act 1. Noël! Noël!
Act 1. De ces nobles guerriers
Act 2. Einleitung und Gebet
Act 2. O Dieu, Dieu de nos pères
Act 2. Dieu, que ma voix tremblante
Act 2. On frappe, o terreur
Act 2. Tu possèdes, dit-on
Act 2. Mon père n'est plus là
Act 2. Romanze. Il va venir! Et d'effroi
Act 2. C'est lui! La force m'abandonne!
Act 2. Lorsqu'à toi je me suis donnée
Act 2. Je vois son front coupable
Act 5. Le concile prononce un arrê rigoureux!

Jacques Ibert

Jacques François Antoine Ibert (15 August 1890 – 5 February 1962) was a French composer. Having studied music from an early age, he studied at the Paris Conservatoire and won its top prize, the Prix de Rome at his first attempt, despite studies interrupted by his service in World War I.
Ibert pursued a successful composing career, writing (sometimes in collaboration with other composers) seven operas, five ballets, incidental music for plays and films, songs, choral works, and chamber music. He is probably best remembered for his orchestral works including Divertissement (1930) and Escales (1922).
As a composer, Ibert did not attach himself to any of the prevalent genres of music of his time, and has been described as an eclectic. This is seen even in his best-known pieces: Divertissement, for small orchestra is lighthearted, even frivolous, and Escales (1922) is a ripely romantic work for large orchestra.
In tandem with his creative work, Ibert was the director of the Académie de France at the Villa Medici in Rome. During World War II he was proscribed by the pro-Nazi government in Paris, and for a time he went into exile in Switzerland. Restored to his former eminence in French musical life after the war, his final musical appointment was in charge of the Paris Opera and the Opéra-Comique.

Ibert, Jacques,1890-1962 Ouverture de fête. Ouverture de fête Escales.
Tropismes pour des amours imaginaires.
 Angel, 1975. Orchestre national de l'ORTF; Jean Martinon, conductor.


Ravel, Maurice,1875-1937. Tombeau de Couperin; arr.
Le tombeau de Couperin /Ravel. Sérénade for small
orchestra / Françaix. Suite symphonique ; Capriccio / Ibert.
New York :RCA Red Seal,c1969. Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia; Anshel Brusilow,
conductor.


Ibert, Jacques,1890-1962. Les amours de Jupiter. Escales. Capitol[1956]
Orchestra of the Paris Opera, conducted by the composer.

Creston, Paul,1906-
Invocation and dance, orchestra, op. 58.Invocation and dance, op. 68 [sic]
Columbia, [1955]
With: Ibert, Jacques. Louisville concerto, orchestra.--
Cowell, Henry. Symphony, no. 11.
Louisville Orchestra; Robert Whitney, conductor.

Ibert, Jacques,1890-1962.
Divertissement, Divertissement.
Capitol[1954]
Concert Arts Orchestra; Felix Slatkin, conductor.


Music by candlelight New York :Epic,[1966]
Greensleeves, theme and variations for flute and harp /
Anon -- Sonata in F major, for flute and harp / J.B.
Krumpholz -- Introduction and variations for flute and
harp / Rossini -- Berceuse, op. l6 / Fauré -- Entr'acte
for flute and harp / Ibert -- Sonata for flute and harp /
Damase.
Jean Pierre Rampal, flute ; Lily Laskine, harp

Ports of call Columbia 1963.
Bolero. La valse, poème choreographique. By Ravel.--
Escales (Ports of call) by Ibert.--Pavane pour une infante
défunte, by Ravel.--Clair de lune, from Suite bergamesque,
by Debussy; arr. by L. Caillet.--España, rhapsody, by
Chabrier.
Philadelphis Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor.

Musical merry-go-round.[An adventure in circular sound]
Capitol[1961] Contains orchestral works, original and arranged, by
Rodgers, Ibert, Gamley, O. Straus, Banks, Moussorgsky,
Stravinsky, and Smetana.
Sinfonia of London; Robert Irving, Douglas Gamley, conductors.

Jean Phillipe Rameau

Pivka, Marián 1959- Kleine stücke grosser meister, vol. 2 Short pieces, great composers, vol. 2.  West Germany PMG ; Costa Mesa, CA  PILZ Compact Disc (distributor) [1988]. Gavotte und 5 variationen / J.P. Rameau   Marián Pivka, piano.
The French harpsichord. Angel [1973] Rameau, J.P. Suite in A minor. Igor Kipnis, harpsichord. Rameau, Jean Philippe, 1683-1764. Pièces de clavecin,

 Rameau, Jean Philippe,1683-1764.     Concerts en sextuor, string orchestra.Selections.     Concerts en sextuor :no. 1, 4, 5 [and] 6.  Mercury,[1964?   Stuttgart Baroque Ensemble; Marcel Couraud, conductor.

 Greatest harpsichord hits.     Decca[1970 ] Rameau  Sylvia Marlowe, harpsichord.

 French baroque music for harpsichord. Epic[1964 -Suite in E [minor] by Rameau [from Pièces de  clavecin, 1724]  Igor Kipnis, harpsichord.

 Holiday for orchestra New York :Columbia,[1965?]  The hen /   Rameau 
Percussion, brass, strings and winds of the Philadelphia  Orchestra ; Eugene Ormandy, conductor.

Baroque masterpieces for the harpsichord. Mercury, [1965]  J.P.   Rameau    Rafael Puyana, harpsichord.

Treasury of harpsichord music    RCA Victor[1957]  Rameau,    Wanda Landowska, harpsichord.

Ralph Kirkpatrick, Cembalo.    Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft[1966]      Pièces de clavecin:  Les tendres  plaintes (rondeau); Les niais de Sologne, von J. P. Rameau. 

Paul Dukas

Paul Dukas
Paul Abraham Dukas 1 October 1865 – 17 May 1935 was a French composer, critic, scholar and teacher. A studious man, of retiring personality, he was intensely self-critical, and he abandoned and destroyed many of his compositions. His best known work is the orchestral piece The Sorcerer's Apprentice (L'apprenti sorcier), the fame of which has eclipsed that of his other surviving works. Among these are the opera Ariane et Barbe-bleue, a symphony, two substantial works for solo piano, and a ballet, La Péri.
Hermann Baumann – Dukas: Villanelle for Horn and Orchestra  Hermann Baumann & Gewandhausorchester Leipzig & Kurt Masur – French Horn Music
Nikolai Petrov – Variations, Interlude and Finale On The Theme Of Rameau Nikolai Petrov – Works By Rameau, Dukas, Bizet, Saint-Saëns and Ravel
Falla, Manuel de 1876-1946.Homenajes Homage.  RCA Victor [1957]   To Paul Dukas.--Pedrelliana.   Rome Symphony Orchestra; J. J. Castro, conductor.
Leopold Stokowski conducts Seraphim [1977]   Dukas. Fanfare [from La péri]
Dukas, Paul, 1865-1935.   La péri   La péri ; The sorcerer's apprentice P.A. Dukas.  Hollywood, CA  Capitol, [1956]  Orchestra of the Paris Opera ; Robert Benedetti, conductor.
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Paul Dukas – Symphony in C Major: I. Allegro non troppo vivace, ma con fuoco  II. Andante espressivo e sostenuto   III. Allegro spiritoso Margaret Fingerhut – Dukas: Essential Paul Dukas (The)
 Paul Dukas – Polyeucte
Paul Dukas – Piano Sonata in E-Flat Minor: I. Moderement vif - expressif et marque : II. Calme - un peu lent - tres soutenu  III. Vivement, avec legerete

Louis Vierne

Born blind, Vierne partially regained sight at age six. Obvious talent was rewarded with piano and solfège studies, to which were added harmony, violin, and a general course when he entered the Institution National des Jeunes Aveugles in Paris in 1880. There he was befriended by César Franck who, from 1886, gave him private tuition in harmony while including Vierne in his organ class at the Paris Conservatoire. The lessons of the master were not lost on him—Franck possessed perhaps the richest harmonic palette in Western music and Vierne effortlessly absorbed many of its features. Vierne entered the Conservatoire as a full-time student in 1890. Franck died in November, succeeded by Charles-Marie Widor as professor of organ. Vierne soon became Widor's assistant, a post he continued to hold under Guilmant—where he taught Dupré and Nadia Boulanger—and deputized for Widor at St. Sulpice. Vierne took the Conservatoire's first prize for organ in 1894, though his career waited until 1900 to be spectacularly launched when, on May 21, he triumphed over four other organists in a competition for the prestigious post of titular organist at Notre Dame de Paris (its magnificent instrument reconditioned by Cavaillé-Coll) where his audience came to include such luminaries as Clémenceau and Rodin. The Symphony No. 1 for organ (1898-1899) forecasts the succession of moods—grand and assertively virile, searchingly contrapuntal, effusive, and distressingly confessional—which would deepen anguishingly in succeeding works, reflecting an unhappy marriage and divorce, professional disappointments, the loss of a son and a brother in the Great War, and a continual battle to retain minimal sight. After being passed over for professorship of the Conservatoire's organ class in 1911, Vierne taught at the Schola Cantorum. His Symphony No. 2 for organ, completed in 1903, drew from no less a critic than Debussy the stunning accolade, "M. Vierne's symphony is truly remarkable. It combines rich musicality with ingenious discoveries in the special sonority of the organ. J.S. Bach, the father of us all, would have been well pleased...." The spate of disturbingly eloquent compositions—mélodies, piano pieces, chamber works, mass settings, the Symphony in A, and numerous works for organ (including, at last, six symphonies)—continued to pour forth until his death. Concert tours took him to England in 1924 and 1925, and on to a three-month visit to the U.S. and Canada in 1927. Vierne died of a heart attack at the organ of Notre Dame during a public concert on June 2, 1937.

Virgil Fox plays the Wanamaker grand court organ, Philadelphia. Command| 1964]  Vierne, L. Carillon de Westminister.

A Festival of French organ music  Columbia, [1962]
Contains works by Widor, Saint-Saëns, Franck, Gigout, Vierne, Alain, and Dupré.
E. Power Biggs playing the organ at St. George’s Church.  New York City.

Organ music from France   Capitol[1961]
Scherzo, from Second symphony,  by Vierne.Virgil Fox, playing the organ in Riverside Church, New York.

Finale

"Final" Vierne Symphony No. 1, James Welch on the Mormon Tabernacle Organ 

 The Virtuoso organ    Capitol[1959]
--Allegro from the second symphony, by L. Vierne.    Virgil Fox, organ.

 Martin Jean – The Complete Symphonies of Louis Vierne
 Louis Vierne – Organ Symphony No. 3 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 28: I. Allegro maestoso   II. Cantilene
 III. Intermezzo  IV. Adagio V. Final
Louis Vierne – Organ Symphony No. 4 in G Minor, Op. 32: I. Prelude II. Allegro III. Menuet IV. Romance V. Final

Robert De Visée

Robert de Visée (ca. 1655 – 1732/1733) was a lutenist, guitarist, theorbist and viol player at the court of the French kings Louis XIV and Louis XV, as well as a singer and composer for lute, theorbo and guitar.
Siegfried Behrend, Gitarre. Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft [1968]   Contains original and arr. works for guitar by De Visée, Suite in D-minor J. S. Bach, Sor, Giuliani, Ambrosius, Behrend, and De Falla.   Siegfried Behrend, guitar.

Visée, Robert de Work(s), Suite in G 1. Prelude 2.Allemande 3.Courante 4.Sarabande 5.Gavotte 6.Menuet 7.Gigue Yasunori Imamura, Theorbo  Capriccio

For my true love. Capitol 1958]  Includes songs by Falla, Fauré, Dowland, Mignone, Ovalle, J. P. Martini, A. Scarlatti, and J. S. Bach, principally with guitar acc., and lute selections from works by Dowland, R. de Visée, Prelude,  French Canadian Folk Song Au Bois du Rossignolet V. Galilei, and J. S. Bach.   Salli Terri, mezzo-soprano; Laurindo Almeida, guitar; Martin Ruderman, flute.

Visée, Robert de Suite for guitar in C-, 1. Prélude 2.La Plainte - ou Tombeau de Mesdemoiselles de Visée, Allemande de M'leur Père 3.Courante 4.Sarabande 5.Gigue

Yasunori Imamura La Ménetou de Mr F Couperin Yasunori Imamura, Theorbo  Capriccio
Visée, Robert de
La Air du Grand Ballet du Roi, for theorbo (after Lully, from "Ballet de L'Impatience")
Grotte de Versailles Overture (by Lully) Rodrigo Jarabo, Theorbo, Verso
Works 1. Prelude 2.Allemande 3.Courante 4.Sarabande 5.Gavotte 6.Menuet 7.Gigue 
Robert de Visée Composer
Suite for 2 theorbos in G Eric Bellocq Guitar, Massimo Moscardo Guitar
Prélude Allemande Gigue Musette Gavotte Chaconne Naxos
 

Charles Marie Widor

                       
Widor, Charles Marie, 1844-1937.

Widor was born in Lyon, to a family of organ builders, and initially studied music there with his father, François-Charles Widor, titular organist of Saint-François-de-Sales from 1838 to 1889. The French organ builder Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, reviver of the art of organ building, was a friend of the Widor family; he arranged for the talented young organist to study in Brussels in 1863 with Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens for organ technique and with the elderly François-Joseph Fétis, director of the Brussels Conservatoire, for composition. After this term of study Widor moved to Paris, where he would make his home for the rest of his life. At the age of 24 he was appointed assistant to Camille Saint-Saëns at Église de la Madeleine.
In January 1870, with the combined lobbying of Cavaillé-Coll, Saint-Saëns, and Charles Gounod, the 25-year-old Widor was appointed as "provisional" organist of Saint-Sulpice in Paris, the most prominent position for a French organist. The organ at St-Sulpice was Cavaillé-Coll's masterwork; the instrument's spectacular capabilities proved an inspiration to Widor. Despite his job's ostensibly "provisional" nature, Widor remained as organist at St-Sulpice for nearly 64 years, until the end of 1933. He was succeeded in 1934 by his former student and assistant, Marcel Dupré.

Symphonies, organ, no. 9, op. 70, C minor    Symphonie gothique, no. 9 Symphonie romane, no. 10/ Charles Marie Widor.   New York : Classic Editions, [195-?]    Clarence Watters, organ (1st work) ; William Self, organ  (2nd work)   Recorded on the Trinity College Chapel Organ, Hartford,  Conn. (1st work) and the All Saints Church Organ, Worcester, Mass. (2nd work)

Here the legendary organist Charles Marie Widor plays his most-famous work, Toccata from 5th Symphony.  http://youtu.be/J8vz1D_L_OE
       

Charles-Marie Widor - Symphony for Organ No. 5 Pierre Pincemaille
http://youtu.be/35NSttLsGRA

Henry Hokans at the organ of All Saints Church.    Gregorian Institute,  [1964?] William E. Rice Memorial Organ   Langlais, J. Suite medievale (en forme de messe basse).--   Dupré, M. Resurrection.--Widor, C. Moderato (Symphonie  Romane).--Duruflé, M. Prelude, adagio and chorale   variations on the theme Veni Creator.   Henry Hokans, organ. 

Widor's Matteus Final from Bach's Memento played by Peter Van De Velde, Antwerp

 A Festival of French organ music.   Columbia,  [1962]    Columbia masterworks works by Widor, Saint-Saëns, Franck, Gigout,  Vierne, Alain, and Dupré. E. Power Biggs playing the organ at St. George's Church.   New York City.

Dupré, Marcel, 1886-1971.   Preludes and fugues, organ, op. 7, no. 3, G minor.  Prelude and fugue in G minor,  op. 7.  Triptyque, op.    51.  Mercury [1958] Olympian series With: Widor, C. M. Symphony, organ, no. 6, op. 42, no. 2,   G minor. Allegro. Salve Regina Played by the composer on the organ of St. Thomas's Church, New York City. Recorded Oct. 15-16, 1957.

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Sonata no. 4, in B-flat major, for organ, op. 65.Columbia [1958]    Columbia masterworks Widor, C. M. Symphony, organ, no. 6, op.42, no. 2,  G minor.  Selections.
Albert Schweitzer, organ.