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Wagner: , etc.

Loic Mallie (organ)

Wagner: , etc.
Mallié is remaining faithful to his own training - including with Olivier Messiaen - and to the organs of Cavaillé-Coll with which he is intimately familiar, whilst exploring music of another...

Wagner: , etc.

Loic Mallie (organ)

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Mallié is remaining faithful to his own training - including with Olivier Messiaen - and to the organs of Cavaillé-Coll with which he is intimately familiar, whilst exploring music of another...

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Although Wagner never seemed interested in the organ, organists, fascinated by his music from the very beginning, made the trip to Bayreuth. Loïc Mallié, who knows the Great Richard’s operas perfectly, offers us here his ephemeral – but perhaps also global and synthetic – vision of Wagner’s work, in an allusive, occasionally fugitive style. He approaches it through several leitmotivs, such as the one for love in Tristan (tracks 1, 10, 11); through scenes, like the funeral march in Siegfried (tracks 3 and 8) and the finale of Die Götterdämmerung (track 2); and through compositional discoveries, as in the Prelude to Tristan. The listener may spot other allusions or evocations, from the Walkyrie to Parsifal, via Die Meistersinger…

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Awards and reviews

31st October 2013

Mallié is remaining faithful to his own training - including with Olivier Messiaen - and to the organs of Cavaillé-Coll with which he is intimately familiar, whilst exploring music of another … but on his own terms...A deserving Recording of the Month for its innovation, skilful execution and enjoyment.
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