Jean Guillou, Virtuoso-Iconoclast #8615
…concert recordings by the noted French musician, whose original compositions, transcriptions, and improvisations reveal a modern genius of Lisztian proportion. Guillou's vision of the modern organ's potentials is uncommonly arresting.
HENRY PURCELL: Trumpet tune in D (1738 Müller/St. Bavokerk, Haarlem, The_Netherlands)
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Adagio and Fugue in c minor, K. 546 (1982 Lacroix/St. Bertrand, Comminges, France/St. Bertrand, Comminges, France)
JEAN GUILLOU: Jeux d'Orgue (1981 Holtkamp/Plymouth Congregational, Minneapolis, Minnesota)
G.F. HANDEL: Organ Concerto in B, Op. 7, No. 3 (Hallelujah)
FRANZ LISZT: Orpheus, Symphonic Poem No. 4 (1969 Aeolian-Skinner organ; Uihlein Hall, Milwaukee Performing Arts Center)
JEAN GUILLOU: Improvisation on American Themes ("God Bless America" and "You're a Grand Old Flag!")
