Toccatas and Meditations

Boëllmann, Léon, Duruflé, Maurice, Guilmant, Alexandre, Ravel, Maurice, różni kompozytorzy, Vierne, Louis, Widor, Charles-Marie

Lytvishko, Dariia

8.551488

The illustrious French organ tradition is celebrated in this album of toccatas and meditations, including masterpieces drawn from across the repertoire. Charles-Marie Widor was the founding father of the French Organ School, and his Toccata from Symphony No. 5 is a cornerstone of the repertoire. The Méditation by his contemporary Louis Vierne is among the highlights of Romantic organ works. Duruflé, Boëllmann and Guilmant are also represented, as is a beautiful Ravel arrangement. They’re played on the magnificent Grenzing organ at Bauernkirche Iserlohn by Dariia Lytvishko – a Ukrainian-born virtuoso and one of the most lavishly gifted organists of her generation.

Works:

•Maurice Ravel: Toccata aus Le Tombeau de Couperin
•Louis Vierne: Improvisation Nr. 3 "Meditation
•Louis Vierne: Toccata & Claire de lune aus Pieces de Fantaisie
•Maurice Durufle: Meditation pour orgue
•Maurice Durufle: Toccata aus Orgelsuite
•Alexandre Guilmant: Premiere meditation aus Pieces dans differents styles (Heft 6)
•Leon Boellmann: Toccata aus Suite gothique
•Charles-Marie Widor: Meditation aus Orgelsymphonie Nr. 1
•Charles-Marie Widor: Toccata aus Orgelsymphonie Nr. 5

CD x 1

Naxos

1.10.2025

730099148832