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At the age of 11 Widor was appointed organist at the Lycée in his home city of Lyon where his playing attracted the attention of Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, one of the most influential organ builders in the history of the instrument. Cavaillé-Coll persuaded Widor’s parents to send their son to Brussels to have lessons from the great Belgian organist Jacques-Nicolas. From then on Cavaillé-Coll took an almost paternal interest in his young protégé and when, in 1870, the position of organist at the Parisian church of St. Sulpice became vacant, he sought the support of both Saint-Saëns and Gounod to persuade the church council to appoint the 26-year-old Widor to the post. Widor remained there for an amazing 64 years becoming one of the most important and influential figures in the city’s musical life and a key figure in turn-of-the-century French music |
| Disc No: GMCD 7182 | |
| Price: Sek. 157 | |
| Name: Works for Organ and Orchestra - Widor - Jongen & Parker | |
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| Composer | Opus | Name | Key | Performer |
| Widor, Charles-Marie (1844-1937) | Symphonie en sol mineur pour Orgue et Grand Orchestre op. 42 (1882) | Franz Hauk, Organ The Ingolstadt Philharmonie - Alfredo Ibarra | ||
| Jongen, Joseph (1873-1953) | Alleluja pour Orgue et Orchestre op. 112 (1940) | |||
| Jongen, Joseph (1873-1953) | Hymne pour Orgue et Orchestre op. 78 (1924/26) | |||
| Parker, Horatio (1863-1919) | Concerto in E flat minor for Organ and Orchestra op. 55 (1902) |