Tag: Pierre Labric
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Widor: Organ Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 13 No. 4
Charles-Marie Widor’s Organ Symphony No. 3 is a demanding virtuoso showpiece, and Pierre Labric’s world-premiere recording of the complete work was included in Musical Heritage Society’s landmark first release of a complete cycle of Widor’s ten virtuoso organ symphonies. Labric was one of the most distinguished organists of the 20th century and a tireless champion…
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Vierne: Symphony No. 5 in A Minor, Op. 47
Louis Vierne’s Symphony No. 5 is one of the undisputed masterpieces of French organ music from the fruitful late romantic era. Pierre Labric, a brilliant French organist whose career spanned the mid-20th century, was one of the greatest players of his generation and a tireless champion of French romantic repertoire. Labric’s recorded legacy is small…
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Widor: Organ Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 13 No. 2
Charles-Marie Widor’s Organ Symphony No. 2 is a demanding virtuoso showpiece in six movements of strongly contrasting character, with a particularly spectacular virtuoso finale. Pierre Labric’s recording of the complete work in its final, definitive edition was included in Musical Heritage Society’s landmark first release of a complete cycle of Widor’s ten virtuoso organ symphonies.…
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Widor: Organ Symphony No. 6 in G Minor, Op. 42 No. 2
Pierre Labric, a blind French organist whose career spanned the mid-20th century, was one of the greatest players of his generation and a tireless champion of French romantic repertoire. Labric’s recorded legacy is small but was deeply influential, and his recordings of the ten organ symphonies of Charles-Marie Widor, performed on the Cathedral of Saint…
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Widor: Organ Symphony No 3 in E Minor, Op. 13 No. 3
Charles-Marie Widor’s Organ Symphony No. 3 is a demanding virtuoso showpiece, and Pierre Labric’s world-premiere recording of the complete work was included in Musical Heritage Society’s landmark first release of a complete cycle of Widor’s ten virtuoso organ symphonies. Labric was one of the most distinguished organists of the 20th century and a tireless champion…
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Vierne: Symphony No. 4 in G Minor, Op. 32
Pierre Labric, a blind French organist whose career spanned the mid-20th century, was one of the greatest players of his generation and a tireless champion of French romantic repertoire. Labric’s recorded legacy is small but was deeply influential, and his recordings of the organ symphonies of Vierne, released on LP by Musical Heritage Society, were…
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Vierne: Organ Symphony No. 3 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 28
Louis Vierne’s Symphony No. 3 is a virtuoso tour-de-force, conceived with the gigantic French organs of the 19th century in mind. Pierre Labric, a blind French organist whose career spanned the mid-20th century, was one of the greatest players of his generation and a tireless champion of French romantic repertoire. Labric’s recorded legacy is small…
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Vierne: Organ Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 20
Pierre Labric is probably best remembered in the United States for recording the complete organ symphonies of Louis Vierne and Charles Widor for Musical Heritage Society – vivid recordings of the organ at Saint-Sernin, Toulouse that introduced a generation to the sound universe of great Cavaillé-Coll Organ. This is the first high-definition remastering of those…
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Vierne: Organ Symphony No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 14
Pierre Labric is probably best remembered in this country for recording the complete recordings of the organ symphonies of Louis Vierne. Those recordings for the Musical Heritage Society in the 1970s were what introduced a generation to both Vierne and the sound universe of Great Cavaillé-Coll Organ. This is the first remastering of those groundbreaking…
