Widor: Organ Symphonies 4
Christian von Blohn (organ of St. Joseph's Church, Sankt Ingbert, Germany)
[von Blohn] a Widor interpreter to the manner born, with a totally intuitive identification with the composer’s style, and a particular gift for using phrasing and registrations to highlight...
Widor: Organ Symphonies 4
Christian von Blohn (organ of St. Joseph's Church, Sankt Ingbert, Germany)
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[von Blohn] a Widor interpreter to the manner born, with a totally intuitive identification with the composer’s style, and a particular gift for using phrasing and registrations to highlight...
About
Widor’s cycle of organ symphonies sits at the heart of his compositional achievement. They are vivid and innovative – none more so than Symphony No. 8 in B major, which takes performer and listener alike to the limits of the genre: its glittering sonorities, lyric intensity and technical power offer a tour-deforce of organ writing. The artfully woven Symphonie romane, the last of the ten, utilises a Gregorian chorale in music of increasing splendour, melancholy and, finally, sublime peace.
Contents and tracklist
- 1901 Version
- Christian von Blohn (organ)
- Christian von Blohn (organ)
Awards and reviews
July/August 2021
[von Blohn] a Widor interpreter to the manner born, with a totally intuitive identification with the composer’s style, and a particular gift for using phrasing and registrations to highlight the overarching structures of movements so that they are coherent instead of seeming to meander.
