Colin Harvey Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 If you haven't bought this month's BBC Music Magazine with David Brigg's CD of Vierne 3 and Widor 5 at Saint Serin, Toulouse, it comes highly recommended!! The playing is DB's usual magasterial standard (so excellent in every respect), the organ is fantastic and the recording is superb - clear and yet dramatic. I prefer DB's performance of the Vierne to the excellent Jeremy Filsell - the recording quality is much better and it's much clearer. In addition to the 2 organ symphonies, there is an improvisation by DB on the bell chimes at St Sernin. Compositionally, it is a match for any of the movements in either of the symphonies! The only error I can spot is that, according to the CD cover notes, it was recorded on 23 & 24 of October 2008!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vox Humana Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 I see copies have started appearing on eBay. It will be interesting to see what people are prepared to pay for them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbarber49 Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 If you haven't bought this month's BBC Music Magazine with David Brigg's CD of Vierne 3 and Widor 5 at Saint Serin, Toulouse, it comes highly recommended!! The playing is DB's usual magasterial standard (so excellent in every respect), the organ is fantastic and the recording is superb - clear and yet dramatic. I prefer DB's performance of the Vierne to the excellent Jeremy Filsell - the recording quality is much better and it's much clearer. In addition to the 2 organ symphonies, there is an improvisation by DB on the bell chimes at St Sernin. Compositionally, it is a match for any of the movements in either of the symphonies! Yes, wonderful playing - what a bargain! I much enjoyed the improvisation, but I wonder what you mean by "Compositionally, it is a match for any of the movements in either of the symphonies!" Did you get a bit carried away in your enthusiasm or did you really mean that? Stephen Barber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Clark Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 If you haven't bought this month's BBC Music Magazine with David Brigg's CD of Vierne 3 and Widor 5 at Saint Serin, Toulouse, it comes highly recommended!! The playing is DB's usual magasterial standard (so excellent in every respect), the organ is fantastic and the recording is superb - clear and yet dramatic. I prefer DB's performance of the Vierne to the excellent Jeremy Filsell - the recording quality is much better and it's much clearer. In addition to the 2 organ symphonies, there is an improvisation by DB on the bell chimes at St Sernin. Compositionally, it is a match for any of the movements in either of the symp honies! The only error I can spot is that, according to the CD cover notes, it was recorded on 23 & 24 of October 2008!! Yes, a great CD and good publicity for the organ; pity though that the Liszt feature didn't go into detail about his organ works - a missed opportunity, given the prominence given the instrument by the CD, about which I intend to contact the editor. Another dating error - completed prize crossword solutions should be sent to the magazine by the middle of March! Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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