Widor: Organ Symphonies, Vol. 2

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
April 10, 2020
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      WIDOR, CHARLES-MARIE
    • PERFORMER
      Wolfgang Rubsam
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 10, 2020
    • UPC
      747313419579
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8574195
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Prélude

      Composer: Charles-Marie Widor

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam

    2. II. Minuetto

      Composer: Charles-Marie Widor

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam

    3. III. Marcia

      Composer: Charles-Marie Widor

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam

    4. IV. Adagio

      Composer: Charles-Marie Widor

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam

    5. V. Finale

      Composer: Charles-Marie Widor

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam

    6. Organ Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 13, No. 2: IV. Scherzo

      Composer: Charles-Marie Widor

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam

    7. I. Toccata

      Composer: Charles-Marie Widor

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam

    8. II. Fugue

      Composer: Charles-Marie Widor

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam

    9. III. Andante cantabile

      Composer: Charles-Marie Widor

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam

    10. IV. Scherzo

      Composer: Charles-Marie Widor

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam

    11. V. Adagio

      Composer: Charles-Marie Widor

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam

    12. VI. Finale

      Composer: Charles-Marie Widor

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam


Charles-Marie Widor was a hugely influential and venerated musician in his day, and his innovative organ symphonies are both a pinnacle of the repertoire and a testament to his creative and technical mastery of the instrument. These spectacular works are in the grand Romantic manner, but Widor was keenly aware of his musical ancestry, referring to music of the past such as Bach's St. Matthew Passion in the opening of the Third Symphony. The Scherzo of the Fourth Symphony is one of Widor's finest symphonic movements, exploring the organ's sonic beauties. The original E major Scherzo from the Symphony No. 2, which Widor subsequently replaced with a Salve Regina can be heard on Track 6.