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The Organ of Saint Sulpice Paris

Joseph Nolan

 



“Joseph Nolan’s approach to Boëllmann’s Suite Gothique is monumental and impressive … [he] may have moved to Australia but his concert calendar and recordings like this help to keep us all in touch with a very fine performer”

The Organ Magazine

   

“These performances are full of spontaneity yet for all Nolan’s brilliance he allows the requirements of the composer always to take priority. The sympathy and expression that Nolan gives to this music and the assurance of his results will undoubtedly give this recital a special place amongst organ collectors”

MusicWeb-International.com

       

“A Brilliantly played Romantic recital on an oft-recorded organ … The Poema floats exquisitely and atmospherically.”

The Gramophone


The Organ of Saint Sulpice, Paris, is widely considered to be a prime example of the pinnacle of 19th-Century French organ building. Joseph Nolan expertly demonstrates the full capabilities of this mighty organ with this programme of Romantic organ music, performing favourite works by Boëllmann, Elgar, Liszt and Thalben-Ball.

This disc is a follow-up to last year’s well-received performance by Joseph Nolan on The Organ of Buckingham Palace (SIGCD114)

"Nolan not only draws real sparkle from the instrument, using its unprepossessing resources to amazing effect, but turns out a magisterial account of the sonata’s first movement [Sonata No. 3 in A, Mendelssohn]" Gramophone Magazine

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Release date: 29th June 2009
Order code: SIGCD167
Barcode: 635212016725
 
The Organ of Saint Sulpice, Paris
Suite Gothique, Op. 25: Léon Boëllmann
1. Introduction - Chorale
2. Menuet Gothique
3. Prière à Notre-Dame
4. Toccata
Sonata No. 2 for organ, Op. 87a:
Edward Elgar (trans. Ivor Atkins)
5. Introduction
6. Toccata
7. Fugue
8. Cadenza
9. Coda
Poema and Toccata Beorma:
George Thalben-Ball
10. Poema
11. Toccata Beorma
Fantasie und Fuge über den Chorale
‘Ad nos, ad salutarem undam’:
Franz Liszt
12. Fantasia (Moderato - Allegro - Tempo giusto - Vivace)
13. Adagio - Allegro decisio
14. Fuga (Allegretto con moto - Allegro con brio - Vivace molto - Più mosso - Adagio)