Notre Dame Paris Pipe Organ Vierne Hymne au Soleil

In our never-ending quest to document every recording ever made on this instrument, here's Pierre Moreau. He was the "back-up" organist for St. Martin & Cochereau, from 1946 to Cochereau's death in 1984. This recording of Vierne pieces, made in 1983, is one of only 2 he made in his 38-year tenure at Notre Dame. The other was of Tournemire compositions.

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[loslunes]

@a55b47: If you say you document every recording made on this instrument, how could I know if one piece I heard one of the days between the 20th and the 23rd of November of 1998 in the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris was ever recorded? I came into the church when the people were leaving church and the organist was playing a piece which for me was and is the best I've ever heard on earth. It was like heaven and hell were meeting.

Is there a possibility to know what piece it was?

[a55b47]

I don't think I ever said I've documented every recording. I think I probably said (& I can't track the thread) that I've heard about every recording ever produced commercially of Pierre Cochereau. Francois Carbou recorded (I think) almost everything Cochereau played @ ND de Paris, but most of it (again, I think) was never released commercially. I don't know whether he (or anyone else) has performed the same function for Latry/Lefebvre/Leguay, one of whom would have probably been playing in 1998

[JFSnail]

I think it was Albert Schweitzer who said of this instrument 'On the day of judgement this organ will play the Gloria' although I may be wrong! :-) Cavaillé-Coll said this was his favourite too.

Charlin also recorded a CD of Cochereau playing St Martin works, I will put some videos up of those pieces in due course.

Thanks for uploading this, played a bit too slow for my liking, Latry's version is better IMHO. I shall dig out the CD and post it soon.

[a55b47]

There's also a version floating around YouTube by Philippe Delacour that I like. As I recall, it's on the big organ in Metz -- or maybe Luxembourg. In either event, they're instruments I'd never heard before the advent of YouTube. This device is really widening my musical horizons ;-)

[2468HOTROD]

@a55b47 a great video, by the way! And thank YOU for your great contributions here on You Tube.

[a55b47]

@2468HOTROD Wish I had more, but I've about run out of old LP's ;-)

[originaltommy]

This performance is riddled with error after error! I would never have allowed myself to be recorded like this...or play in public for that matter!

[FromHolbergsTime]

triumphant, majestic

fanfares of the divine

**********

Glenn

[jijibaba0530]

excellent!!!

[thekoolorganman]

Well, it might have been an improvisation . . . it is hard to say . . .