Help
Skip to main content

Dupre: Works For Organ, Vol. 11

Mary Preston (organ)

This is Volume 11 in the Naxos series of Dupré's complete organ works. Once again, Preston commands the impressive 4-84 Fish organ in the Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas. Continuing the pattern...

Dupre: Works For Organ, Vol. 11

Mary Preston (organ)

Purchase product

CD

$14.50

3 available: usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days

Download

From$7.00

Download

Audio formats guide

44.1 kHz, 16 bit, FLAC/ALAC/WAV

$9.00

320 kbps, MP3

$7.00

This release includes a digital booklet

Stream now lossless, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit
This is Volume 11 in the Naxos series of Dupré's complete organ works. Once again, Preston commands the impressive 4-84 Fish organ in the Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas. Continuing the pattern...

About

Contents and tracklist

I. Jesus is Condemned to Death
Track length2:59
II. Jesus Receives His Cross
Track length4:09
III. Jesus Falls the First Time
Track length5:08
IV. Jesus Meets His Mother
Track length5:34
V. Simon of Cyrene Helps Jesus Carry the Cross
Track length3:10
VI. Jesus and Veronica
Track length3:10
VII. Jesus Falls a Second Time
Track length4:18
VIII. Jesus Comforts the Women of Jerusalem
Track length5:10
IX. Jesus Falls a Third Time
Track length3:53
X. Jesus is Stripped of His Clothes
Track length3:37
XI. Jesus is Nailed on the Cross
Track length4:12
XII. Jesus Dies Upon the Cross
Track length5:14
XIII. The Body of Jesus is Taken from the Cross and Laid in Mary's Bosom
Track length3:46
XIV. The Body of Jesus is Laid in the Tomb
Track length7:38
No. 55: My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord
Track length1:18
No. 56: In Peace and Joy I Depart
Track length1:05
No. 61: O Innocent Lamb of God
Track length1:09
No. 62: O Man, Mourn for Thy Many Sins
Track length1:24
No. 65: Hail to Thee, Blessed Jesus
Track length2:15
No. 67: Our Father in Heaven
Track length1:16
No. 73: He that Suffereth God to Guide Him
Track length00:57

Awards and reviews

November/December 2000

This is Volume 11 in the Naxos series of Dupré's complete organ works. Once again, Preston commands the impressive 4-84 Fish organ in the Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas. Continuing the pattern established in this series, each disc contains a handful of Chorales (these are chosen from Nos. 55 to 73). The major work, Chemin de la Croix-one of the composer's favorites-is performed with musicianship and understanding. It was first done in 1931 in Brussels, a partly planned 'improvisation' to follow the reading of Stations of the Cross by Paul Claudel. The separate pieces are connected through the use of rhythmic and melodic leitmotifs into a remarkably unified work. Preston captures the mood of the crowd (Station 1), the gentleness of Station 6 ('Jesus and Veronica'), and the oppressive weight conveyed in Stations 3,7,9-Christ struggling under the Cross. Her tempos are rather slow for the big, loud movements; but that doesn't' harm the musical impact. The instrument packs plenty of punch for the dramatic moments, and the quiet sections are often extremely soft. This is as rewarding an interpretation as I have heard. If the hall lacks the reverberation of a cathedral, the balance and sonority of the organ compensate for it.
View download progress