Recommended Recordings
With comments by Organ School teachers
Germany/Netherlands Italy France England Improvisations Miscellaneous
France
| Title | Performer | Label | Cat. No. |
| de Grigny: Mass and Hymns | Olivier Vennet | Ligia Digital | Lidi 0104125-03 |
| Vibrant recording quality of the Mass and Hymns with Plainsong | |||
| Eugene Gigout Organ Works, Vol 2 | Gerard Brooks at St Ouen, Rouen | Priory | PRCD762 |
| Fine playing from one of the St Giles' team and a wonderful instrument too! | |||
| French Music for Harmonium, Vol 2 [Vierne to Hakim] | Anne Page on an 1897 Mustel / Voix | Celeste Recordings, 18 Hill Close, Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 ONR | |
| Fascinating listening for really understanding the French Romantic idiom | |||
| Franck: Complete Works | Gillian Weir | Collins Classics | COLL70442 |
| Clérambault, Organ music with sung interludes | Jean Boyer at Virgin Veritas | ||
| Hear it as it might have been performed | |||
| Vierne and Widor Symphonies | Ben Van Oosten at Rouen, Lyon etc. Dabringhaus & Grimm (repertoire played on appropriate instruments) | ||
| Sympathetic performances on three appropriate organs | |||
| Vierne Symphonies 2 and 3 | Olivier Latry | BNL112741 | |
| Duruflé Complete Works | Olivier Latry | ||
| Duruflé Requiem and organ pieces | |||
| Maurice Duruflé | Maurice Duruflé | Erato | 4509-96952-2 |
| Duruflé conducts and plays Duruflé | |||
| Tournemire: Office de l’Assomption; Cinq Improvisations | Susan Landale | Calliope | CAL 9936 |
| Wonderful Cavaille-Coll at Sainte Etienne in Caen and some (rather flat) plainsong | |||
| Orgues et Organists 20th Century | Tournemire | EMI | |
| Unmissable as a document! Includes Tournemire at St.Clotilde when it was still largely as Franck knew it. | |||
| Messiaen par lui-meme | Messiaen [at Sainte Trinite, Paris] | EMI Classics | |
| Maybe not everyone's preferred performances, but a vital reference tool if you're learning Messiaen's music | |||
| Messiaen Complete organ works | Gillian Weir at Århus Cathedral | Priory | PRCD921 |
| Authoritative performances in superb acoustic. Fabulous Danish organ. | |||
| Messiaen Complete organ works | Olivier Latry at Notre Dame, Paris | DGG | 4714802 |
| Authoritative, personal performances, and the unmistakable sound of Notre Dame | |||
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