Langlais at Notre-Dame in Paris |
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Presentation
The disc opens with the Mass « Salve Regina » sketched from Gregorian chants of the Middle Ages.At two opposing points of the cathedral two sonorous ensembles respond to one another. At the heart, a choir of 3 men’s voices with organ and 4 brass instruments; at the tribune the great organ and 4 more brass. At the centre, the crowd is invited to sing a few major liturgical phrases of the Mass. The Solemnal Psalm, which alternates responses between the organ and the choir, closes the CD with a triple « Halleluia ». Between these two pieces is « l’Offrande à une Ame », a defiantly modern composition played for the first (and last) time by Langlais himself on the great organ. NOTE: This CD selects the best of two previously released CDs recently deleted from our catalogue.
Track list
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Jean Langlais | Missa “Salve Regina”: I. Kyrie | |
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Jean Langlais | Missa “Salve Regina”, Op. 85: II. Gloria | |
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Jean Langlais | Missa “Salve Regina”, Op. 85: III. Sanctus | |
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Jean Langlais | Missa “Salve Regina”, Op. 85: IV. Benedictus | |
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Jean Langlais | Missa “Salve Regina”, Op. 85: V. Agnus Dei | |
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Jean Langlais | Choral for Organ & Trumpet, Op. 172 No. 1 | |
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Jean Langlais | Choral for Organ & Trumpet, Op. 172 No. 3 | |
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Jean Langlais | Choral for Organ & Trumpet, Op. 172 No. 4 | |
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Jean Langlais | Psaume solennel No. 3, Op. 142 |