The Alain Organ in Switzerland #9220
…built by an ingenius father for his four musically talented children, the instrument which inspired the compositions of Jehan Alain and provided the earliest training for recitalist Marie-Claire Alain now has a new home in Romainmotier.
JEHAN ALAIN: Litanies; Variations on a Theme of Clement Jannequin; Fantasy Number 2;
Preludes Profane (2) OLIVIER ALAIN: Improvisation
ALBERT ALAIN: Scherzo; Andante; Carillon on Lauda Sion MARCEL DUPRÉ: Prelude & Fugue in g, Opus 7, number 3 LOUIS VIERNE: Impromptu
GASTON LITAIZE: Diapason
ANDRE FLEURY: In Memoriam
JEAN LANGLAIS: Chant Mroi"que
Recorded during a June, 1991 festival celebrating the restoration and rededication of this historic instrument under the auspices of the Association Jehan Alain, performers include Marie-Claire Alain, James Kibbie, Pierre Segond, Babbet1e Mondry, Yves Rechsteiner, Pierre Perdigon and Ludger Lohmann. A special cassette of other festival performances and a compact disc featuring Marie-Claire Alain playing additional works of her father and brother Gallo CD-683 are available to interested collectors.
Donations towards the considerable relocation and restoration costs of the organ are gladly received on the Swiss postcheck account 12-22876-7, Association Jehan Alain, Romainmotier, Switzerland . For further information, contact: The Alain Association in America, 2055 Pontiac Trail, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105 .
