Organ Music from the St. Gallen Cathedral, Vol. 4

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Tyxart
Release Date
July 20, 2018
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Willibald Guggenmos
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 20, 2018
    • UPC
      4250702801085
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      TXA18108
    • LABEL
      Tyxart
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. Jeanne d'Arc: Hymne héroique (arr. for organ)

      Composer: Charles-Marie Widor

      Performer: Willibald Guggenmos

    2. Fantaisie orage

      Composer: Jacques Vogt

      Performer: Willibald Guggenmos

    3. 5 Orgelstücke, Op. 70: No. 4. Fantasie über ein Kirchenlied

      Composer: Johann Gustav Eduard Stehle

      Performer: Willibald Guggenmos

    4. Légende

      Composer: William Faulkes

      Performer: Willibald Guggenmos

    5. Final

      Composer: William Faulkes

      Performer: Willibald Guggenmos

    6. Echoes: Parce domine

      Composer: Frank Tirro

      Performer: Willibald Guggenmos

    7. Toccata sobre un tema gregoriano

      Composer: Tomas Garbizu

      Performer: Willibald Guggenmos

    8. Sequentia sobre Victimae Paschali

      Composer: Tomas Garbizu

      Performer: Willibald Guggenmos

    9. 2 Visions de l'Apocalypse: II. La Cité céleste

      Composer: Lionel Rogg

      Performer: Willibald Guggenmos

    10. Short Pieces, Op. 135: III. Lux aeterna

      Composer: Egil Hovland

      Performer: Willibald Guggenmos

    11. Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinité: VI. Le Fils, Verbe et Lumière

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Willibald Guggenmos

    12. Regina Coeli, Op. 64

      Composer: Marcel Dupré

      Performer: Willibald Guggenmos

    13. Poeme heroique, Op. 33

      Composer: Marcel Dupré

      Performer: Willibald Guggenmos


The main organ of the St. Gallen Cathedral (Switzerland) was built in 1968 and has since delighted numerous concertgoers and churchgoers. The exquisitely selected program of this recording bears witness to it's outstanding tonal qualities. The following composition merits special attention: "Fantaisie-Orage" by Swiss cathedral organist Jacques Vogt. The version recorded here was reconstructed by Paul Haas based on handwritten fragments. In this fantasy, already the beginning captures the listener with it's beautiful echo passages. After the presentation of several popular Swiss folk songs, a gloomy storm starts brewing, culminating in a passage reminiscent of Beethoven. According to the performance instructions, the organ is to be played with the entire palm of the hand and the elbow in order to imitate the storm and the lightning strikes as closely as possible. After the storm, the rural population gratefully joins in with the hymn "Holy God, We Praise Thy Name". International reviews attested cathedral organist Willibald Guggenmos "fantastic technique and dazzling musicianship" (Bernhard Holland - New York Times). His enormous repertoire includes the complete works of Bach, Franck, Liszt, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Boollmann, Stehle, Durufle and the great works of Max Reger.