Composer: Alexandre Guilmant
CD1:
- Organ Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 42
- Organ Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 50
CD2:
- Organ Sonata No. 4 in D minor, Op. 61
- Organ Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 80
- Organ Sonata No. 6 in B minor, Op. 86
CD3:
- Organ Sonata No. 7 in F major, Op. 89
- Organ Sonata No. 8 in A major, Op. 91
Ben van Oosten, organ
Date: 1989
Label: Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm
Alexandre Guilmant (12 March 1837 – 29 March 1911) was a French organist and composer. In 1871 he was appointed to play the organ regularly at la Trinité church in Paris, and held this organiste titulaire position for 30 years. In 1894 Guilmant founded the Schola Cantorum with Charles Bordes and Vincent d'Indy. He taught there up until his death. In addition, he taught at the Conservatoire de Paris where he succeeded Charles-Marie Widor as organ teacher in 1896. Guilmant was an accomplished and extremely prolific composer who devoted himself almost entirely to works for his own instrument, the organ.
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Ben van Oosten (born 8 April 1955 in The Hague) is a Dutch organist, pedagogue and author. He graduated from the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam in 1979, then completed advanced studies in Paris. Van Oosten subsequently became one of the greatest practitioners and interpreters of organ works of the French Romantic Organ school of the 19th century. Among his recordings are the complete works of Charles-Marie Widor, Louis Vierne and Marcel Dupré, as well as the sonatas of Alexandre Guilmant. He is titular organist of the Grote Kerk in his hometown and is an organ professor at Rotterdam Conservatoire.
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