F : Organ Music Reconstructed by Duruflé Duruflé championed the music of his teachers, especially Vierne and Tournemire. He published "3 Improvisations by Louis Vierne" in 1954 and "5 Improvisations by Charles Tournemire" in 1958, having reconstructed their improvisations from gramophone recordings (Polydor and Odéon) made in the 1930s. Recordings are as follows : 1. Original Performance (EMI 2 C 153-16411/5) LPs Orgues & Organistes Français en 1930 ... [5 LPs] or [5 CDs] Charles Tournemire at St. Clotilde Louis Vierne at Notre-Dam de Paris Eugène Gigout at Welte Philharmonie Georges Jacob at Salle de Concert du Concervatoire Charles-Marie Widor at St. Sulpice Edouard Commette at Cathédrale St.Jean, Lyon Marcel Dupré at Queen's Hall, Meudon, Alexandra Palace & St. Sulpice André Marchal at St. Eustache Gustave Bret at Cathédrale de Fréjus Joseph Bonnet at Salle d'orgue de Mme Gouin, Paris A. Louis Vierne's Improvisations Improvisation Time Date Original Disc Marche épiscopale 3'14 17/11/1928 Odéon 171 074 Méditation 3'50 17/11/1928 Odéon 171 074 Cortège 2'14 17/11/1928 Odéon 166 149 B. Charles Tournemire's Improvisations Improvisation Time Date Original Disc Petit Rapsodie improvisée 3'10 11/1931 Polydor 561 048 Cantilène improvisée 4'00 30/04/1930 Polydor 566 058 Improvisation sur le "Te Deum" 6'00 03/1931 Polydor 561 050 Fantasie Improvisation sur l' "Ave Maris Stella" 8'30 30/04/1930 Polydor 561 061 Choral Improvisation sur le "Victimae Paschali" 8'15 30/04/1930 Polydor 561 060 2. Louis Vierne : Trois Improvisations ( published 1954, Durand & Cie. ) 1. Marche épiscopale Organist Organ / Location Lebel Disc No. Briggs, David St. George's Hall, Liverpool Priory PRCD 284 Kamp, Christine St. Ouen, Rouen Festivo FE6961892 Labric, Pierre St. Ouen, Rouen Solstice SOCD 286/8 Morelle, Nicole Cathédrale d'Angers Studio SM DQM 7004 Oosten, Ben van St. Antoine des Quinze-Vingts, Paris MDG 316 1011 Patrick, David M. Coventry Chatedrale ASV CD DCA 993 2. Méditation Organist Organ / Location Lebel Disc No. Briggs, David St. George's Hall, Liverpool Priory PRCD 284 Duruflé-Chevalier, M.-M. St. Eustache, Paris Festivo FECD 6941772 Eschbach, Jesse E. St. Mary's Assumption, New Orleans OHS OHS-89 Kamp, Christine St. Ouen, Rouen Festivo FE6961892 Labric, Pierre St. Ouen, Rouen Solstice SOCD 286/8 Oosten, Ben van St. Antoine des Quinze-Vingts, Paris MDG 316 1011 Patrick, David M. Coventry Chatedrale ASV CD DCA 993 Whiteley, John Scott St. Ouen, Rouen Priory PRCD 619 3. Cortège Organist Organ / Location Lebel Disc No. Baker, George St.Ouen, Rouen Solstice SOCD 138 Briggs, David St.George's Hall, Liverpool Priory PRCD 284 Houbart, François-Henri Cathédrale de Notre-Dame, Verdun Forlane UCD 16694 Kamp, Christine St. Ouen, Rouen Festivo FE6961892 Labric, Pierre St. Ouen, Rouen Solstice SOCD 286/8 Oosten, Ben van St.Antoine des Quinze-Vingts, Paris MDG 316 1011 Patrick, David M. Coventry Chatedrale ASV CD DCA 993 3. Charles Tournemire : Cinq Improvisations ( published 1958, Durand & Cie. ) 1. Petit Rapsodie improvisée Organist Organ / Location Lebel Disc No. Butler, J. Melvin St.Mark's Cathedral, Seattle Loft LRCD 1013 Duruflé, Maurice St.Étienne-du-Mont, Paris Westminster WST 17134 Christ Church Cathedral, St. Louis Aeolian-Skinner AS 322 Hancock, Judith St.Thomas Church, New York Koch 372282 Jensen, Wilma St.George's Episcopal Church, Nashville, Tennessee Pro Organo CD 7186 Landale, Susan St.Etienne, Caen Calliope CAL 9936 Leclerc, Michelle Iglesia San Vicente, San Sebastian Aeolus AE 10291 Lefebvre, Philip Cathédrale, Chartres FY Solstice FY 100 SOCD 148 Watts, Jane Cathédrale, Chartres Priory PRCD 286 Wilson, Todd Cathédrale, Chartres Solstice SOL 7 2. Cantilène improvisée Organist Organ / Location Lebel Disc No. Duruflé, Maurice St.Étienne-du-Mont, Paris Westminster WST 17134 Love, Andrew Cyprian Glenstal Abbey, Ireland Glenstal Abbey SDGCD 604 Jensen, Wilma St.George's Episcopal Church, Nashville, Tennessee Pro Organo CD 7186 Landale, Susan St.Etienne, Caen Calliope CAL 9936 Leclerc, Michelle Iglesia San Vicente, San Sebastian Aeolus AE 10291 Lefebvre, Philip Cathédrale, Chartres FY Solstice FY 100 SOCD 148 Marx, Bernhard Dom St. Blasien Ars Musici AM 1214 2 Morelle, Nicole Cathédrale d'Angers Studio SM DQM 7004 Watts, Jane Cathédrale, Chartres Priory PRCD 286 3. Improvisation sur le "Te Deum" Organist Organ / Location Lebel Disc No. Bleazard, David St.John the Baptist, Kensington Priory PRCD 601 Chaisemartin, Suzanne Sacré-Coeur, Paris Edition Lade EL CD 001 Cathédrale américaine de Paris Festivo FECD 154 Duruflé, Maurice Christ Church Cathedral, St. Louis Aeolian-Skinner AS 322 Escaich, Thierry St.Étienne-du-Mont, Paris Calliope CAL 9939 Gillock, Jon The Church of the Ascension, New York milan 35764-2 Grogan, Robert National Shrine, Washington D.C. Gothic G 49070 Jensen, Wilma St. George's Episcopal Church, Nashville, Tennessee Pro Organo CD 7186 King, Robert Burns University of North Carolina, Greensboro Andover Organ Co. AND 101 Landale, Susan St. Etienne, Caen Calliope CAL 9936 Lefebvre, Philip Cathédrale, Chartres FY Solstice FY 100 SOCD 148 Love, Andrew Cyprian Glenstal Abbey, Ireland Glenstal Abbey SDGCD 604 Marx, Bernhard Dom St.Blasien Ars Musici AM 1214 2 McPhee, George Paisley Abbey Alpha CDCA 956 Romanaux, Paura Pugh St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Kalamazoo Independent Arts Council IAC 100 Suter, Eric William St. John Lutheran Ch., Forest Park, Illinois JAV JAV 105 Watts, Jane Cathédrale, Chartres Priory PRCD 286 Whiteley, John Scott York Minster York Ambisonic YORK CD 101 Williams, Carol Riverside Church, New York Gothic G 49122 Young, Christopher St. Matthew, Champaign, Illinois Pro Organo CD 7081 4. Fantasie Improvisation sur l' "Ave Maris Stella" Organist Organ / Location Lebel Disc No. Bennett, Mary Beth St. Clotilde, Paris World Library Publication WLP 2914 Duruflé-Chevalier, M.-M. Cathédrale de Soissons Westminster WST 17134 Jensen, Wilma St. George's Episcopal Church, Nashville, Tennessee Pro Organo CD 7186 Landale, Susan St. Etienne, Caen Calliope CAL 9936 Lefebvre, Philip Cathédrale de Chartres FY Solstice FY 100 SOCD 148 Walsh, Colin Salisbery Cathedral Priory PRCD 648 Watts, Jane Orléans Cathédral Priory PRCD 294 5. Choral Improvisation sur le "Victimae Paschali" Organist Organ / Location Lebel Disc No. Arthur, Andrew All Saints, Margaret Street, London Priory PRCD 818 Butler, J. Melvin St. Mark's Cathedral, Seattle Loft LRCD 1013 Bertram, Simon St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh Unicorn UKCD 2070 Cleveland, Douglas Princeton University Chapel RBW RBW 004 Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Portland OHS OHS 97 Dessauer, Gabriel St. Bonifatius, Wiesbaden Psallite CD 60151 Duruflé-Chevalier, M.-M. Cathédrale de Soissons Westminster WST 17134 Notre-Dame des Carmes, Pont-L'Abbe Association _ St. Eustache, Paris Festivo FECD 6941772 Escaich, Thierry St.Étienne-du-Mont, Paris Calliope CAL 9939 Eschbach, Jesse E. St.Mary's Assumption, New Orleans OHS OHS 89 Grandmaison, Pierre Basilique de Notre-Dame, Montréal OHS OHS 99 Hancock, Gerre St. Thomas Church, New York Koch Swann 3 7441 2 Heller, David St.Louis, King of France, St. Paul, Minnesota Calcante CAL 0376 Jensen, Wilma St.George's Episcopal Church, Nashville, Tennessee Pro Organo CD 7186 Johnson, Simon St.Albans Cathedral Lammas LAMM177D Kwak, Tong-Soon Torch Center for World Missions, Seoul KBS-FM _ Landale, Susan St.Etienne, Caen Calliope CAL 9936 Laubach, Mark Grace Lutheran Ch., River Forest, Illinois Pro Organo CD 7052 Lefebvre, Philip Cathédrale, Chartres FY Solstice FY 100 SOCD 148 Marx, Bernhard Dom St. Blasien Ars Musici AM 1214 2 Morris, Rechard Second Baptist Church, Houston R&R CD 00002 Obetz, John RLDS Auditorium, Missouri RBW RBW 001 Oyen, Marcia Van Glenview Community Church, Glenview, IL Raven OAR 570 Parker-Smith, Jane Blackburn Cathedrale Vista VPS 1029 Skudlik, Johannes Stadtpfarrkirche, Maria Himmelfahrt Motette MOT 13201 Spillman, Herndon University of Texas, Austin, Texas Titanic TI 168 Walker, John The Riverside Church, New York Gothic 18517 Watts, Jane Orléans Cathédral Priory PRCD 294 Index Page | Biography | Work List | As An Organist | Complete Organ | | Omnibus Organ | Reconstructed | Choral Music | Miscellaneous |