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Widor: The Complete Organ Works

Joseph Nolan (organ)

Widor: The Complete Organ Works

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Individually, this was an engaging series from Signum; the simplistic packaging here perhaps belies the treasures that are to be found within.

BBC Music Magazine, September 2019

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Widor: The Complete Organ Works

Joseph Nolan (organ)

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Individually, this was an engaging series from Signum; the simplistic packaging here perhaps belies the treasures that are to be found within.

BBC Music Magazine, September 2019

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Charles-Marie Widor was born to the organ. Raised in a family of organ-makers, he showed early talent for the instrument and would later come to embody all its might and splendour.

His life heavily intertwined with that of the great French organ builder Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, this new collection of Widor’s complete organ works brings together eight years’ worth of recordings; captured across France on period Cavaillé-Coll instruments. Performed by Joseph Nolan, this celebrated cycle saw him visit St Sernin, Toulouse, St. François-de Sales, Lyon and La Madeleine, Paris.

“Nolan’s combination of vivid virtuosity, towering technique and inspired interpretative intensity makes his set the current yardstick in Widor symphony recordings” - Gramophone

Contents and tracklist

Widor: Organ Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op.13 No. 1
Work length40:25
I. Prélude – Andante
Track length6:25
II. Allegretto
Track length7:53
III. Intermezzo – Allegro
Track length4:04
IV. Adagio
Track length6:47
V. Marche pontificale
Track length7:33
VI. Méditation
Track length3:07
VII. Finale – Allegro
Track length4:36
Widor: Organ Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 13 No. 2
Work length37:36
I. Praeludium circulare – Andantino
Track length5:29
II. Pastorale – Moderato
Track length5:22
III. Andante
Track length9:26
IV. Salve Regina – Allegro
Track length5:40
V. Scherzo – Allegro
Track length3:03
VI. Adagio – Andante
Track length4:22
VII. Finale – Allegro
Track length4:14
Widor: Organ Symphony No. 3 in E minor, Op. 13 No. 3
I. Prélude: Moderato
II. Minuetto
III. Marcia
IV. Adagio
V. Finale: Allegro molto
Widor: Organ Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 13 No. 4
I. Toccata
II. Fugue: Moderato assai
III. Andante cantabile: Dolce
IV. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
V. Adagio
VI. Finale: Moderato
Widor: Organ Symphony No. 5 in F minor, Op. 42 No. 1
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I. Allegro vivace
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II. Allegro cantabile
III. Andantino quasi allegretto
IV. Adagio
V. Toccata: Allegro
Widor: Organ Symphony No. 6 in G minor, Op. 42 No. 2
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Intermezzo: Allegro
IV. Cantabile
V. Finale: Vivace
Widor: Organ Symphony No. 7 in A minor, Op. 42 No. 3
I. Moderato
II. Choral: Andante
III. Andante – Allegretto
IV. Allegro non troppo
V. Largo
VI. Finale: Allegro Vivace
Widor: Organ Symphony No. 8 in B major, Op. 42 No. 4
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I. Allegro risoluto
II. Moderato cantabile
III. Allegro
IV. Variations: Andante
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V. Adagio
VI. Finale: Tempo giusto
Widor: Organ Symphony No. 9 in C minor, Op. 70 'Gothique'
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I. Moderato
II. Andante sostenuto
III. Allegro
IV. Toccata
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Widor: Organ Symphony No. 10 in D major, Op. 73 'Romane'
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I. Moderato
II. Choral
III. Cantilene
IV. Finale
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Widor: Suite Latine, Op.86
Praeludium
Beatus vir
Lamento
Ave Maris Stella
Adagio
Lauda Sion
Widor: Trois Nouvelles Pièces, Op. 87
I. Classique d'hier
II. Mystique
III. Classique d'aujourd'hui
Widor: Bach's Memento
Pastorale
Miserere mei domine
Aria
Marche du Veilleur de Nuit
Sicilienne
Mattheus – Final
Widor: Marche américaine, Op 31
No. 11. Marche Americaine (transcr. Marcel Dupré)
Widor: Marche Nuptiale, Op. 64
No. 6. Marche Nuptiale

Awards and reviews

  • Gramophone Magazine
    December 2019
    Critics' Choice

September 2019

Individually, this was an engaging series from Signum; the simplistic packaging here perhaps belies the treasures that are to be found within.

September 2019

With these recordings, Nolan has nobly sought to elevate the stature of these symphonies, when Widor himself referred to them as ‘a collection of fantasy pieces’. However, for me the real success of Nolan’s venture is to deliver a truly virtuoso performance which is grounded in, but not slavish to, a thorough interpretation of the editorial challenges.
4 out of 5 stars
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