Beyond Boellmann #1239
…to celebrate his sesquicentennial, we go beyond the famous Gothic Suite to reveal other facets of this intriguing French composer, Leon Boëllmann (1862-1897).
Hour 1
LÉON BOËLLMANN: Toccata, fr Suite Gothique –Virgil Fox (1953 Aeolian-Skinner/Riverside Church, New York City) EMI 66386
BOËLLMANN: Sortie in C, fr Heures mystiques; 2 Esquisses –Helga Schauerte (1996 Kuhn/Minden Cathedral, Germany) Syrius 141374
BOËLLMANN: Suite No. 2 –Willibald Guggenmos (1898 Cavaillé-Coll/Santa Maria la Real, Azkoitia, Spain) Motette 11751
BOËLLMANN (trans. Ferey): Scenes du Moyen Age (Ronde de nuit; Veillée; Tournoi) –Jean-Pierre Ferey, piano; Frédéric Ledroit (1965 Beuchet-Debierre/St. Peter Cathedral, Angouleme, France) Skarbo 4078
BOËLLMANN: Carillon –Helga Schauerte (1996 Kuhn/Minden Cathedral, Germany) Syrius 141374
Hour 2
BOËLLMANN: Menuet Gothique (trans. Rogues) and Priere (trans. Boëllmann), fr Op. 25 –Oliver Gledhill, cello; Jeremy Filsell, piano. Guild 7135
BOËLLMANN (trans. Choisnel): Ronde Française, Op.37 –John Longhurst (1948 Aeolian-Skinner/Mormon Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, UT) Klavier 11069
BOËLLMANN: Fantasy in A-minor –Jacques Kauffmann (1860 Cavaillé-Coll/Eglise St-Etienne, Mulhouse, France) Skarbo 1967
BOËLLMANN: 3 Pieces, fr Heures Mysatiques, Op. 29 –Randolph Waller (1887 Hook & Hastings/Strawbridge United Methodist Church, Baltimore, MD) OHS 91
BOËLLMANN: Offertoire sur des Noëls –Robert Grogan (1964 Möller/National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC) Gothic 49069
BOËLLMANN: Elevation, fr Heures Mystiques, Op. 29 –Jan Mulder (1890 Cavallé-Coll/St. Ouen, Rouen, France) Festivo 134
BOËLLMANN: Fantasie Dialoguée for Organ and Orchestra, Op. 35 –Ingolstadt Philharmonic/Olaf Koch, conductor; Franz Hauk (1977 Klais/Ingolstadt Cathedral, Germany) Guild 7215
Helga SchauerteLeon BoëllmannCavaillé-CollParisian church of Saint Vincent-de-Paul
