Christian Lambour, Adriano Falcioni, Wolfgang Rübsam & Alessandro Perin – French Organ Music for Christmas (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Christian Lambour, Adriano Falcioni, Wolfgang Rübsam & Alessandro Perin – French Organ Music for Christmas (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 02:52:16 minutes | 1,77 GB | Genre: Classical
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The French word ‘noël’ is closely associated with the organ, and this new recording from the Breton organist Christian Lambour introduces the listener to works from the 17th to the 20th century. Noëls provided organists with the opportunity to introduce variations on popular tunes, often making use of Christmas carols and shepherd songs. The evocative sound of these traditional melodies – sung around the fire during advent – are assured to get you in l’esprit de Noël!

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Adriano Falcioni – Howells: Organ Music; Rhapsody & Psalm-Prelude (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Adriano Falcioni – Howells: Organ Music; Rhapsody & Psalm-Prelude (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:04:13 minutes | 499 MB | Genre: Classical
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Herbert Howells (1892–1983) was a leading figure in the English Musical Renaissance, a movement that bridged the late 19th and early 20th centuries and saw composers seeking to forge a new path for English music. Many of Howells’ compositions are written in the form of a rhapsody. It is worth noting that he lived through both world wars, and wrote various works during the conflicts, including those on this recording. In such an unstable geopolitical context, it is perhaps unsurprising that English composers sought new forms of expression that were not tied to traditional German models like sonata form. The rhapsody, with the formal and expressive freedom it afforded, provided fertile ground for expressing the complexity and tragedy of the 20th century.

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Adriano Falcioni – J.S. Bach in Himmerod Abbey (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Adriano Falcioni - J.S. Bach in Himmerod Abbey (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz] Download

Adriano Falcioni – J.S. Bach in Himmerod Abbey (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:15:20 minutes | 1,27 GB | Genre: Classical
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In 1731, Johann Sebastian Bach was commissioned to write a cantata to mark the inauguration of the new town council in Leipzig. The resulting piece, Wir danken dir, Gott begins with a Sinfonia, based on a transcription for organ and orchestra of the prelude from Bach’s own Partita No.3 in E major for solo violin BWV 1006. Marcel Dupré’s highly virtuosic organ arrangement of the work removes the orchestra and adds a pedal line, giving all the various parts to the solo organ.
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Adriano Falcioni – Liszt: Complete Organ Music (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Adriano Falcioni – Liszt: Complete Organ Music (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 05:54:57 minutes | 5,55 GB | Genre: Classical
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The most complete set ever recorded of Liszt’s output for the organ: new recordings, made on the superb, recently restored instrument of Perugia Cathedral by a musician with a catalogue of critically acclaimed recordings on Brilliant Classics.

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