NOTE: This CD is temporarily unavaiable from the manufacturer. The website is set not to accept an order for the CD. The Dom Bedos Organ at Sainte-Croix Abbey in Bordeaux, dating from the mid-1700s, was restored in the mid-1980s after many years of neglect. In a story as complicated as French political history, the organ was moved from its original home at Sainte-Croix after the Revolution and eventually came back home after a tenure at the cathedral in Bordeaux. Francis Chapelet plays French music of the period on the restored organ with versets sung briefly by a men’s ensemble in alternation with the organ. Chapelet also improvises. FRANÇOIS COUPERIN: Offertoire from Mass for the Parishes DE GRIGNY: Veni Creator: Plein jeu, fugue, duo, récit de cromorne, dialogue sur les grands jeux GUISLAIN: Suite on the 1st tone for the Magnificat Suite on the 2nd tone for the Magnificat DANDRIEU: Fugue on Ave Maris Stella Offertoire CHAPELET: Improvisation |