Te Deum [Alternatim] - Pierre Cochereau / Maîtrise de Notre-Dame

[Antoinettepac]

Meraviglioso



[smilzo213]

Meraviglioso!

[wonderland476]

Who disliked this!?

[hippone2011]

@wonderland476

Te Deum laudamus

[logica10]

Can anyone here confirm if Monsieur Cochereau traveled in the eighties to South America, more precisely, to Resistencia City, province of Chaco, Argentina, in order to give the first concert in Resistencia's Cathedral? Its

organ was built with parts from two or more different instruments, which were dismantled at their original churches.

[pcnd5584]

@logica10 I do not think that he did so. He died on the night of 5th - 6th March 1984 and, whilst he was about to accept a further U.S. tour, as far as I know, he did not travel to South America at this time.

[BarkingSands]

This is what I woke up to this morning, Easter Sunday.

[lotrmusicproject]

Sheet Music?!?!?!

[mansfield1721]

Glory be to The Father, and to The Son, and to The Holy Ghost.

As it was in the begining , is now, and ever shall be.

While endless ages run!

Pray for me a poor sinner near the end of this life.

[Alecs1950]

@mansfield1721 .The Holy Ghost is in your heart.and He will carry up us in heaven.Glory that we are in His hand alive or dead!

[mcpetropolis]

Nous avons cet album il ya plusieurs années. Cette magnifique musique,le chant grégorien en alternance avec les interventions de Cochereau dépeindre la splendeur de l'Eglise catholique et la majesté de Dieu. Tout simplement génial

[railroadjay1]

IS there a CD of this?

[TraditionalistThomas]

@railroadjay1 You can grab it on iTunes. Just type in his name and look at some of the albums.

[Egestus18]

This seems to be the old Cavaille-Coll console in Notre-Dame. Does anyone know when it was changed/removed?

[ds1868]

@Egestus18 It was removed in the Boisseau renovations in the 1960s. However it still occupies a corner of the organ loft (covered up) awaiting restoration.

[Egestus18]

@ds1868 Ah thanks. I know it is still there... but i dont think this organ will ever be what it was long time ago :(

Last weekend I had the chance to compare this organ with Cavaille Colls Masterpiece of St. Sulpice... very sad what they have done to this great instrument...

[ds1868]

@Egestus18 Yes too many changes. The two masterpieces are St Sulpice and St Ouen.

[Egestus18]

@ds1868 Yes they are... and having heart St. Sulpice in person i so much want to go back there... :)

[pcnd5584]

@Egestus18 I cannot agree with this. In any case, Cavaillé-Coll altered the Cliquot instrument at S. Sulpice. I much prefer the organ of Nôtre-Dame as it was in the mid- to late nineteen seventies, with the bright mixture work. I regret that both Récit compound stops were removed at the time of the 1990-92 restoration.

[pcnd5584]

@ds1868 No - it is currently in the Musée de Nôtre-Dame - not awaiting restoration; I have seen it there. I have also been in the tribune at Nôtre-Dame on a number of occasions and can assure you that the old console is definitely not up there - only Vierne's old bench, with its back-rest remains, on a ledge against the south wall of the gallery.

[ofelix41093]

Magnifique! Le Te Deum est bien la plus belle des prières tant par les les paroles que par la musique.

[cavailleacoll]

This is the day that notre dame what great. very impressive 

[jeansanspeur1]

on ne peut que rester interdit...devant cette prière à la fois douce et tempétueuse...

[annaba430]

@jeansanspeur1

C'est si bien dit.

[VolpiusLeonius]

O God, we praise Thee, and acknowledge Thee to be the supreme Lord.

Everlasting Father, all the earth worships Thee.

All the Angels, the heavens and all angelic powers,

All the Cherubim and Seraphim, continuously cry to Thee:

Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts!

[peteacher52]

I don't know what it is all about, nor do I particularly care, but the sound is magisterial and the organ playing superb.

[vleermuisje2]

MEESTERLIJK en HEMELS, zo karakteriseer ik deze geweldig indrukwekkende muziek.

Zo stel ik me voor de entree bij de Hemelpoort waar GOD de goede zielen ontvangt.

GOD is GROOT.

[FromHolbergsTime]

Celestial passages, where art becomes interwoven with eternity! **********

Glenn

[mrudoch]

so beautiful...

[topper2142]

AMAZING!

[RootfrootMatt]

Glorious noise.

[ofelix41093]

Je l'admire vraiment beaucoup...

Le tout (voix et accompagnement) est vraiment magnifique!

[redletterchurch]

If you like this - you might also like to listen to part 4 of a Cochereau improvization on 'Rouen' at St. Thomas Church in New York City (on YouTube). It really hits the spot - so to speak. I also like watching a Latin Mass at a small church in France (also on YouTube). I'm so glad that I saw and heard Pierre Cochereau at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. I like minimalism, simplicity, Latin, alternatim choir/congregation - organ, Cavaille-Coll pipe-organs, and reverberant acoustics.

[LCRECORDS1]

C'est une vraie BEAUTÉ, est parfait, dont une année est ? ? il est magnifique!!

[laclef2007]

Comme l'a dit si souvent Pierre Pincemaille : "Comme "il" nous manque !"

il suffisait que ce type pose ses doigts sur un clavier, pour que la magie opère, et qu'un instrument, même à bout de souffle, retrouve un noblesse de son.

Cochereau est LE génie personnifié.

Ayant eu l'occasion de jouer à Notre Dame, j'ai pu ressentir un peu le grand vent de son souvenir, là-haut... Unique, tout simplement...

[Flyssc1]

Je me souviendrai toujours de Cochereau au temps de de Gaulle et Pompidou... je suis souvent allée lui rendre visite... on était parfois 50 à la tribune à Notre-Dame... ça avait une sacrée allure du temps ou le latin et le grégorien étaient de mise à la cathédrale... pas comme les pseudo-messes actuelles des piscops corrompus !

[florin11bv]

@Flyssc1

Quelle immense chance pour vous d'etre tout pres du MAESTRO officiant a son autel...Merci tant de votre commentaire.

[JDWP254]

Is there a CD track of this I can down loadf?

[JDWP254]

Is there a recording of this? its AWESOME!

[livzdave]

@JDWP254 Yes, I ordered this CD from the Organ Historical Society and received it 2 days later - great recording! Amazing sound from 1973 - the last 2 choral/organ tracks on this CD were recorded in 1977, and the organ is miked much closer than the 1973 tracks. I like the 1973 sound better than the 1977 sound - more reverberation and less analog distortion....

[redletterchurch]

I would love to attend a mass where the Sermon on the Mount is sung in this style - followed by a homily based upon the Sermon on the Mount - with no communion. I have problems with the penetential and sacrificial aspects of Christianity in general - and the mass in particular. The substitutionary atonement needs to be reexamined. There are valid historical reasons for a lot of things - but this should not preclude careful and prayerful reconsideration. Ethics are supremely important. Namaste.

[AquinaSavio]

The Most Glorious Hymn in the Church's Treasury!

[Servilio1000]

Maravilloso con tanta solemnidad, así eleva el espíritu al cielo. No podemos olvidar lo importante que es la música en las ceremonias religiosas.

Gracias por este vídeo.

[TheOrganmusiclover]

Theodopolis!

Thank you for the wonderful pieces you are posting.

I have listened to your Pierre Cochereau Mass at Notre-Dame de Paris . You say that there are recordings of Cochereau at Notre-Dame from the 70s. Can you please tell me where to find them.

Thank you for your reply.

[TheOrganmusiclover]

Theodopolis!

Thank you for the wonderful pieces you are posting.

I have listened to your Pierre Cochereau Mass at Notre-Dame de Paris . You say that there are recordings of Cochereau at Notre-Dame from the 70s. Can you please tell me where to find them.

Thank you for your reply.

[2468HOTROD]

@TheOrganmusiclover I have a CD of this very piece. It is from a CD dated 1973 on the FY label. The # is FYCD 001. The title of the CD is Grandes Heures Liturgioues A Notre-Dame De Paris and all pieces are played by Pierre Cochereau. Don't know if it is still available. I'm sure there are some copies still available somewhere. Check it out, it is a wonderful album....peace

[GRANON83]

LE plus grand organiste de notre dame de Paris est parti trop tôt

[Alltruthseeker]

God conquered my heart with this heavenly music. I wept in adoration. Que son nom soit glorifié toujours.

[jackgoalkeeper]

Spettacolare, un opera che entra nei cuori.

[ophicleide77]

Awesome! The most powerful organ sound ever heard (for me)!!!!!!!!!!!

[silverstartrucker]

What a brilliant organist, and what a brilliant sound.

[redletterchurch]

I'm sure glad that I saw and heard Pierre Cochereau at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. I'm not Roman Catholic...but I'm leaning toward a non-penetential, non-sacrificial Ecumenical Namaste Latin Mass...celebrating the Divinity Within Humanity...in the context of Notre Dame or Saint Sulpice. In one sense...I'm ultra-conservative. But in another sense...I'm ultra-liberal, modernist, futurist, and heretical. Orthodoxymoron...or wave of the future?

[ThirtyTwoFoot]

Cochereau I look forward to meeting you in heaven

[codeman2008]

Ditto.

[radketim]

@ThirtyTwoFoot So True.

[citzie]

@ThirtyTwoFoot Me too! :)

[capeman7500]

is the music for this published anywhere?

[ThirtyTwoFoot]

The plainchant is of course but the rest is improvised on the organ

[jonleidner]

J'adore ! Magnifique !

[magnaliberatio]

Très juste, stfan83. En ce qui me concerne ( moi-meme un chantre Grégorien ): ma prière peut aussi bien prendre les énormes ailes de cette interprétation du "Te Deum" que sur les plus humbles plumes da ma seule voix.

Dans les deux cas, elle arrivera droit dans les mains miséricordieux de Dieu le Père.

Bien que cette interpretation-ci soit plutot une tempète dont le Saint-Esprit doit pas peu rougir de plaisir, et ma seule pauvre voix une faible brise...

[stfan83]

Pourquoi se diviser avec des commentaires criticant ses frères chrétiens ! ! ! Alors que le chant et la musique peuvent tous nous réunir dans la Louange ! ! ! Il y a la place pour tous les styles ! ! ! Il faut se rencontrer et se proposer de chanter et de jouer ensemble avec nos voix et nos instruments différents et nous pourrons être en harmonie ....

[Eschbach1000]

@stfan83

[pipeorganlover1]

@stfan83 C'est vrai ça - mais, il faut aussi nous rappeler que non tous les instruments et tous les styles peuvent faire d'harmonie ensemble. Pour jouer bien ensemble, il est indispensable d'avoir beaucoup déjà en commun...

[belamoure]

Since Vatican II the Catholic Church has gone to the drain- no more Latin, no more beautiful Gregorian no more solemnity and humility, just a babble of confusion and shaking hands at the end of the mass is for me the total sum of absurdity. . I suffer.

[biblosz]

Dear belamoure!

You should confimr your knownledge with II. Vatican. The Council of Rome II. Vatican not cancel the Gregorian, just refomized the liturgical life. Not necceserly to put an end the Gregorian chant, but the liturg need to reduce to transform the chatolicizm to a modern life.

[belamoure]

I gave up following Vatican II, this pseudo modernization did not bring more people to the churches but vacuumed them all. Now what! Thank God we have organists the true priests of that lost grandeur.

[bordone32]

Io lo guardo almeno 1 volta al giorno! non riesco piu' a farne a meno

[OrganistGraemer]

Das ist die Musik, die mich zur Orgel gebracht hat, unbeschreibliche emotionen kommen hoch wenn ich das höre.

[blogson]

It appears that this stunning piece is from the CD Grandes Heures Liturgiques A Notre-Dame De Paris ( FYCD 001, Disques FY Et Du Solstice). According to the notes in French most of the recording was from June 1973 with the rest from February 1977. If the CD is still available it's well worth obtaining. All of the music is very uplifting - the feeling is of being in God's presence and engaging in the most glorious worship!

[prothwell]

Looks like you can buy it on Itunes.

[tubamaxima]

This organ defines the word "French". Absolutely, stunning.

[tubamaxima]

To add, this organ is magnificent. It is only 100 stops , less than one quarter the size than the largest organ, but sounds equally as grand. It says much for the right stops , not just more stops.

[ertaulaz]

Super fantasticas Trompette en chamade

[polsterj]

Wow, remembers me the chants i heard at the grand Basilica of Vierzehnheiligen.

[codeman2008]

Oh this just gorgeous; it really makes me wish there was a big Anglo-Catholic church near where I live!

[kathKiMu]

Why does a catholic church make you wish to be a near a anglican church?

[codeman2008]

Because I am an Episcopal not Roman Catholic, there is an Anglican/Episcopal church just down the street, but it is not *Anglo-Catholic*. I prefer High Mass to other types of worship services, however I'm not going to a Roman Catholic Church because I'm not Roman Catholic, but and Anglo Catholic Church would provide the same (in many cases better) High Church that a Roman Catholic church would, while still being an *English Catholic* church.

[CaptainWill1989]

Hear hear! High Church FTW.

[codeman2008]

That's what I'm talking about!

[codeman2008]

And besides Anglo-Catholic churches have much better/higher mass than most Roman Catholic Churches in America.

[CaptainWill1989]

That's because Anglo-Catholic Masses are likely to be genuinely more Catholic as in you'll find a wider variety of people there (rather than just bigots and 'mophobes ;) )

[codeman2008]

Exactly!

[ds1868]

That's an interesting point. I attended Mass at Gloucester Cathedral recently, this is a very High Church of England bishopric. Apart from a few minor points, this was most certainly a very High Mass, but with prayers still to Her Majesty the Queen. I am not a theologian, I am not an expert in these things, but a High Anglican Mass takes some beating: the music, the organ, the liturgy, the atmosphere!

[tjugofyra]

Why did they have to change the intonation of the chamades!!!!!!???

They sounds perfect here!

[ds1868]

That is a question I keep on asking!!

[schaefersalem]

Großartig und bewegend!!!

[benoitmaur]

grandiose !

merci

[vespino2007]

really good!!! excellent!!!

[bordone32]

FANTASTICO.

[winhuber]

very nice, the big organ, the chorus,

the big church ...

[organnut]

Awesome!!!

[kmdpiano25]

Amazing...to have been able to sit in Notre Dame and listen to this music must have been transcendental.

[alleorg]

grandioso !!!

[OrganoSerassi]

Great!!!!

[bigposaune]

Very impressive! Thanks for this posting, very thanks...

On which year has been it effected the recording? (excuse me for my English...)

[ds1868]

This was recorded sometime after 1968 as the Organ has the Robert Boisseau Chamades searing down the nave. If PC was trying to put the fear of God into everyone then I think he may have succeeded!