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The Genius of Cavaillé-Coll

To mark the 200th anniversary of Aristide Cavaillé-Coll’s birth, and the 150th anniversary of his organ at St Sulpice, Paris, in 2012, Fugue State Films produced the first ever full-length documentary about his life and work. Aristide Cavaillé-Coll was the greatest organ builder of the 19th century and also probably the most famous of all organ builders. Creator of such instruments as those in St Sulpice, Paris, St Ouen, Rouen, he devised a new way of building organs that led directly to the development of the French Romantic school of organ composition. Franck, Widor, Vierne and all their contemporaries and followers were directly inspired by the sounds and possibilities of Cavaillé-Coll’s organs. They composed pieces that pushed the boundaries of composition for the instrument and are now at the very heart of the organ repertoire. This music is indivisible from the organs of Cavaillé-Coll. Each is made for the other.

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genres: documentary, music

duration: 6 hours

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1.01 The Genius of Cavaillé-Coll part 1 (1811-1840)

1.02 The Genius of Cavaillé-Coll part 2 (1840-1862)

1.03 The Genius of Cavaillé-Coll part 3 (1862-1899)

2.01 Demo Saint-Louis, Bédarieux (1843)

2.02 Demo Cathédrale Sainte-Croix d’Orléans, Orgue de Choeur (1846)

2.03 Demo Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Saint-Omer (1855)

2.04 Demo Saint-Louis d’Antin, Paris (1858)

2.05 Demo Saint-Maurice de Bécon, Courbevoie (1865)

2.06 Demo Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Long-sur-Somme (1877)

2.07 Demo Cathédrale Sainte-Croix d’Orléans, Grand-Orgue (1880)

2.08 Demo Saint-Etienne, Elbeuf, Orgue de Choeur (1882)

2.10 Demo Saint-Ouen, Rouen (1890)

2.11 Demo Saint-Rémy, Selongey (1892)

2.12 Demo Saint-Antoine des Quinze-Vingts, Paris (1894)

2.13 Performance Saint-Denis – Boëly – Fantasia on the verset Judex Crederis from the Te Deum

2.14 Performance Saint-Louis, Bédarieux – François Benoist – Grand Choeur in C major

2.15 Performance Saint-Croix d’Orléans, orgue de choeur – César Franck – Poco Andantino in D-flat major

2.16 Performance Saint-Croix d’Orléans, orgue de choeur – César Franck – Andantino in f-sharp minor

2.17 Performance Saint-Croix d’Orléans, orgue de choeur – César Franck – Quasi Allegro in D major

2.18 Performance Saint-Omer – César Franck – Final

2.19 Performance Saint-Louis d’Antin – César Franck – Prélude, Fugue et Variation

2.20 Performance Saint-Sulpice – Charles-Marie Widor – Marcia from Symphony no. 3

2.21 Performance Saint-Maurice de Bécon – Liszt – Fantasia and fugue on Ad Nos, Ad Salutarem Undam

2.22 Performance Notre-Dame – Louis Vierne – Impromptu

2.23 Performance Saint-Jean-Baptiste – Alexandre Guilmant – Fugue alla Handel

2.24 Performance Sainte-Croix d’Orléans – Charles-Marie Widor – Cantabile from Symphony no. 6

2.25 Performance Saint-Etienne – Léon Boëllmann – Allegro ben Marcato in d minor

2.26 Performance Saint-Sernin – Louis Vierne – Adagio from Symphony no. 3

2.27 Performance Saint-Ouen – Charles-Marie Widor – Toccata from Symphony no. 5

2.28 Performance Saint-Rémy – Charles-Marie Widor – Andante Sostenuto from Symphony no. 9

2.29 Performance Saint-Antoine des Quinze-Vingts – César Franck – Cantabile

The Genius of Cavaillé-Coll