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Demessieux Retrospective


Volumes 1 & 2 of this series have been reprinted and are now available. Volume 3 is scheduled to be reprinted and should be available in January 2009. Orders for volume 3 are being backordered to be shipped when available.

Writes Arthur Lawrence in the July 1999 The American Organist, "These are phenomenal performances by an extraordinary organist [Jeanne Demessieux 1921-1968] whose technique and musicality knew no bounds . . . One is astounded by the electrifying interpretations that transcend any matters of performance practice. . . Seldom has the intrinsic message of [the Messiaen and Liszt works in Vol. 3] been so effectively communicated." Also listed below are two recordings by others of Demessieux's compositions.

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Demessieux Retrospective Vol. 1: At the Madeleine
Demessieux Retrospective Vol. 1: At the Madeleine

The legendary Demessieux performs at the Madeleine.

FECD-131$14.98
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Demessieux Retrospective Vol. 2

Compact Disc FECD-132$14.98
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Demessieux Retrospective Vol. 3

Compact Disc FECD-141$14.98
Demessieux Plays Franck
Demessieux Plays Franck

Compact Disc 2-CD FECD-155-156$26.98
Michelle Leclerc Plays Demessieux
Michelle Leclerc Plays Demessieux

Répons pour le Temps de Pâques; Andante; Te Deum; 12 Chorale Preludes and DUPRÉ: 3 Preludes & Fugues in B-flat, f, g, Op. 7, on the rebuilt Cavaillé-Coll organ at La Madeleine, Paris, where the composer was organist 1962-68.

Compact Disc CD11671$14.98