Vincent Boucher's 2006 release of Charles Tournemire's mystical Resurrection Cycle is sure to bring much critical praise for this young Canadian organist, who has commenced recording the composer's complete works for Atma Classique with this exciting album. Performed on the splendid Casavant organ in the Church of the Holy Guardian Angels in Lachine, Québec, Tournemire's ecstatic, mysterious, and sometimes flamboyant meditations on the themes of Holy Week and Easter are among his most accessible and appealing works for the ...
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Vincent Boucher's 2006 release of Charles Tournemire's mystical Resurrection Cycle is sure to bring much critical praise for this young Canadian organist, who has commenced recording the composer's complete works for Atma Classique with this exciting album. Performed on the splendid Casavant organ in the Church of the Holy Guardian Angels in Lachine, Québec, Tournemire's ecstatic, mysterious, and sometimes flamboyant meditations on the themes of Holy Week and Easter are among his most accessible and appealing works for the organ and sound extraordinarily focused and coherent in Boucher's assured performances. The selections date mostly from the late 1920s and '30s, Tournemire's productive last decade, and fully demonstrate his intense and highly influential style, which later had such a profound effect on his younger admirers, Jehan Alain, Maurice Duruflé, Jean Langlais, and Olivier Messiaen. Two Offices for Easter Sunday are included, along with the Suite évocatrice, Op. 74, several short postludes...
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Add this copy of Resurrectio to cart. $32.88, new condition, Sold by newtownvideo rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from huntingdon valley, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by ATMA Classique.
