Artist: Christian Schmitt

Title: Organ Symphonies Opp. 42 & 3 & 69

Condition:

Format: SACD

Release Date: 2012

Label: Cpo Records

UPC: 761203767823

Genre: Classical Composers

Details

1. Adagio - Christian Schmitt/Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
2. Vivace - Christian Schmitt/Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
3. Moderato
4. Choral: Andante
5. Andante - Allegretto
6. Allegro Non Troppo
7. Largo
8. Finale: Allegro Vivace

Widor epitomizes French organ music of the 19th century. He quickly made a name for himself as a composer, and his 10 symphonies for solo organ are regarded today as the best of the virtuosic French school. Vol. 2 brings together the Organ Symphony op.69 with orchestra and the Symphony for Solo Organ No. 7 op. 42, 3 interpreted by Schmitt, who is a most distinguished German organist of the younger generation. Widor himself quite often termed his op. 69 a "grand concerto for organ."