Langlais On Langlais #1119
…a celebration of the blind French composer, Jean Langlais [1902-1991], featuring performances by himself and his wife, Marie-Louise Langlais, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of his death.
Hour 1
JEAN LANGLAIS: Te Deum, from Trois Paraphrases Grégoriennes, Opus 5, number 3 [1935]; La Nativité, from Poemes evangeliques, Opus 2 [1936] –Jean Langlais (1859 Cavaillé-Coll/Basilique Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, France) Solstice CD-01
JEAN LANGLAIS: Noël Breton, Number 4; Jésus, mon Sauveur béni, Number 5; from Huit Chants de Bretagne, Opus 161 [1975] –Jean Langlais (1868 Cavaillé-Coll/Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France) Solstice CD-165
JEAN LANGLAIS: Salve Regina Improvisation –Jean Langlais (1970 Rieger/Marienstatt Abbey, Germany) Motette CD MOT 50821
JEAN LANGLAIS: Missa Salve Regina, Opus 85 [1954] –Basilica Choir and Instruments, Teri Larson, conductor; Marie-Louise Langlais& Christina Harmon (1949 Wicks/Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis, MN) Pipedreams Archive recorded October 29, 2003
Filler –Noël Breton, Number 4 (see above)
Hour 2
JEAN LANGLAIS: Tu es Sacerdos/Petrus et Pontifex, Opus 109 [1959]; Salve Regina, from Trois Oraisons, Opus 174 [1973]; Oremus pro pontifice, Opus 45 [1943]; O salutaris Hostia, Opus 36 [1941]; Chorale Médiéval, Opus 28 [1937] –Basilica Choir and Instruments, Teri Larson, conductor; Marie-Louise Langlais& Christina Harmon (1949 Wicks/Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis, MN) Pipedreams Archive recorded October 29, 2003
JEAN LANGLAIS: La cinquieme trompette, from Cinq Méditations sur l’Apocalypse [1973] –Marie-Louise Langlais (1977 Kuhn/Hofkirche St. Leodegar, Luzern, Switzerland) Festivo 6961 962
JEAN LANGLAIS: Theme, Variations & Finale, Opus 29 [1938] –London Pro Arte Orchestra, Murray Stewart, conductor; Marie-Louise Langlais (1993 Klais/St. John’s, Smith Square, London, England, UK) Koch CD-1529
Filler –Chorale Médiéval (see above)
