Marcel Dupré plays Carillon at St Sulpice

Marcel Dupré plays his own Carillon from Sept Pieces (Opus 27) in St Sulpice, Paris. This stereo recording from the Mercury label was made in 1959, the transfer was made from mint condition LPs (not master tapes) to CD by those clever people at Haydn House.

The transfers from the LP are nothing short of remarkable, considering the master tapes are either lost or unavailable. I will put up the Final from Sept Piéces and a Prelude and Fugue Op36 from the same CD another time.

In due course I will put up some relatively unknown recordings by Yves Devernay, Thierry Esciach, Leonce de St Martin, Pierre Cochereau, Xaver Varnus, Pierre Pincemaille and Jean Guillou amongst others.

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• Sulpice
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• Carillon

[ds1868]

Good sound quality! Is it me or does the 32' Contra Bombarde have more definition back then? Sounds a little bit more like the St Ouen reed, a compliment in itself. Thanks for posting JFS, look forward to more!

[JFSnail]

I have read that someone revoiced it during the last restoration!

[a55b47]

JF, I see you found the Forbidden Places pix of St. Sulpice. That bluish-tinted one of the full length of the nave is one of most spectacular photos I have ever seen of the interior of a church. I don't know how those guys got up into some of the places they photographed, but they obviously don't suffer from vertigo, do they?

[JFSnail]

Yes, stunning photographs, heaven knows how they took them, especially the ones out on the roof!

[codeman2008]

Who in the world gave this video less than 5 stars?!?!?! It's the composer playing his own piece on one of the worlds greatest pipe organs! The nerve of some people, to give this 4 stars! Unbelievable!

[TheTherese3]

The Epic Master makes it seem easy.

[TheTherese3]

My Dad said it best."There's the French and everybody else!"

[FromHolbergsTime]

A stunning recording and a great historical document of the great Marcel Dupre at the console of one the world's most fabulous instruments! The spaciousness of the interior acoustic framework at St Sulpice is simply breathtaking. From the Seven Pieces, Op. 27, both the Final and the Carillon were compositions of the 1930's, introduced not long after Dupre followed Charles-Marie Widor at St Sulpice. This is a magical environment to hear this fabulous piece, a great capture of the Cavaille-Coll

[TheTherese3]

French giants are common.easily spotted with binochulars,and good stereo systems.

[fabianus50]

Marcel Dupre - The Greatest Organist ever !

Thank you for posting this recording of the Master !

[hackblob]

Life affirming! Thank you!

[TheOrganKid]

Stunning

[chwidder]

@DSM1G90: Despite common belief to the contrary, the action at St-Sulpice is *not* heavy at all, and never has been. In particular, the weight is *independent* on the number of stops and couplers drawn: that's precisely what Barker machines are about.

The real reason behind Dupré's sometimes clumsy playing was the arthritis in his fingers, as hughesmr has already pointed out.

[classicallymusic]

does anyone have the sheet music for this?

[dulzian64]

The reverb at the end is amazing.