Widor: Organ Symphonies, Vol. 5 / Blohn

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
April 9, 2021
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      WIDOR, CHARLES-MARIE
    • PERFORMER
      Christian Von Blohn
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 09, 2021
    • UPC
      747313427970
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8574279
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro vivace

      Composer: Charles-Marie Widor

      Performer: Christian von Blohn

    2. II. Allegro cantabile

      Composer: Charles-Marie Widor

      Performer: Christian von Blohn

    3. III. Andantino quasi allegretto

      Composer: Charles-Marie Widor

      Performer: Christian von Blohn

    4. IV. Adagio

      Composer: Charles-Marie Widor

      Performer: Christian von Blohn

    5. V. Toccata: Allegro

      Composer: Charles-Marie Widor

      Performer: Christian von Blohn

    6. Organ Symphony No. 8 in B Major, Op. 42, No. 4: IV. Prélude (original 1887 version)

      Composer: Charles-Marie Widor

      Performer: Christian von Blohn

    7. I. Allegro

      Composer: Charles-Marie Widor

      Performer: Christian von Blohn

    8. II. Adagio

      Composer: Charles-Marie Widor

      Performer: Christian von Blohn

    9. III. Intermezzo: Allegro

      Composer: Charles-Marie Widor

      Performer: Christian von Blohn

    10. IV. Cantabile

      Composer: Charles-Marie Widor

      Performer: Christian von Blohn

    11. V. Finale: Vivace

      Composer: Charles-Marie Widor

      Performer: Christian von Blohn


Widor’s cycle of ten organ symphonies underwent profound development and transformation over many years. Classical elements became more obviously virtuosic and, by the time of these Op.42 symphonies, his musical language had become monumental. Symphony No. 5 in F minor is world famous for a single movement, its concluding Toccata, a moto perpetuo of astonishing brilliance, but the whole work is imbued with structural and musical genius. Striking rhythms, dynamic contrasts and technical roulades mark out Symphony No. 6 in G minor. Also included is a graceful movement from Symphony No. 8 (8.574207) that Widor later omitted.