Friday, April 25, 2014

One Hit Wonder French Composers



One hit wonders among French Composers
The role of Sadko today is being played by Richard Harris. Scooter the Wonder Dog will be played by Henhouse Five Plus Two.   The role of the Bobsie Twins is being played by The Cuff Links. The role of Ken Moss is being played by Kix.  The role of Brian Carpenter is being played by  the Starland Vocal Band . In the third half of the program, the role of Lenny the Listener will  be played by Men without Hats
Itzhak Perlman plays Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor of Jean-Baptiste Accolay Allegro Moderato
The world-famous French organist Marie-Claire Alain (died February 26th, 2013 at the age of 86) plays Litanies by her brother Jehan Alain (1911-1940) on the great organ of the Hofkirche in Luzerne, Switzerland.
This piece, one Jehan Alain's earliest, "Variations sur un thème de Clément Jannequin", is actually no such thing. Scholarship since Alain's death has identified the theme as being by a pen other than Jannequin's.

Gilbert Amy This recording is taken from an old LP - long out of print - recorded by Pierre Segond (to whom the piece is dedicated) at the Reformed Cathedral of Saint Pierre in Geneva on a large Metzler organ of 1965. A particular thank you must go to Segond's arguably most famous pupil, American theatre organist Llewellyn ("Lew") Williams (of the Organ Stop Pizza restaurant, Mesa, Arizona, with its four-manual, 78-rank Wurlitzer), who sent me this fantastic recording.
Angel S 37247 d'Indy Symphony on French Mountain Air   Orchestre de Paris; Serge Baudo, 
conductor.  Franck Symphonic Var & Les Djinns; Ciccolini, Paul Strauss, Orchestre de Liege

The French harpsichord. Angel [1973] Rameau, J.P. Suite in A minor.--Dandrieu, J.F. Suite in C major. Igor Kipnis, harpsichord




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