Charles-Marie Widor - Sinfonia Sacra, Op. 81 (1908)

Charles-Marie Jean Albert Widor (21 February 1844 – 12 March 1937) was a French organist, composer and teacher, most notable for his ten organ symphonies.

Please support my channel:
https://ko-fi.com/bartjebartmans

Sinfonia Sacra in C minor, for organ & orchestra, Op. 81 (1906-08 ca.)
Dedication: Der Königlichen Akademie der Schönen Kunste in Berlin

1. Adagio - L'istesso tempo - Tempo I (0:00)
2. Adagio - Tempo I - Moderato (7:22)
3. Andante con moto (13:20)
4. Allegro moderato (17:21)
5. Tempo I ma un poco agitato (18:50)

Christian Schmitt, organ and the Bamberger Symphoniker conducted by Stefan Solyom

Charles-Marie Widor today is primarily remembered for his organ compositions and as one of the greatest organists of all time. Widor was born in Lyons and studied first studied with his father, also an organist, and then at the Brussels Conservatory. In 1870, upon the recommendation of Charles Gounod and Camille Saint-Saens, he was appointed to the most important position an organist could hold in France, the position of organist at Saint Sulpice Church in Paris. In 1890, he succeeded Cesar Franck as Professor of Organ at the Paris Conservatory and many important composers, including, Darius Milhaud, Louis Vierne, Marcel Dupre, and Edgar Varese, studied with him. He composed throughout his life in virtually every genre and left a considerable amount of chamber music. The fact that his chamber music along with his other non-organ compositions have been ignored is because of his tower contribution to the organ literature. But Cobbett's Cyclopedic Survey of Chamber Music states that his chamber music is of the first rank and as good as that of Saint-Saens.

Видео Charles-Marie Widor - Sinfonia Sacra, Op. 81 (1908) канала Bartje Bartmans