In a 2009 article, Gilles Laprévote discusses the booklet accompanying a box set of three Pathé-Marconi LPs featuring recordings made between 1929 and 1957 by Édouard Commette on his organ at the Primatial Church of Saint John in Lyon – some of these recordings were included in the box set Orgues et organistes français du […]
30 years of the festival Toulouse les Orgues
Various CDs allow us to appreciate Edouard Commette’s talent as both a performer and a composer. But who was this French organist, whose name adorns a small, shaded square on the south side of Lyon’s Saint-Jean Cathedral?Gilles Laprévote reminded us of this in an early issue of Orgues Nouvelles (2009). Born in Lyon in 1883, […]
A major representative of what we call the ” your English “
A year ago, we were saddened to learn of the passing of Odile Bailleux at the age of 84. A student of Helmut Walcha, whom she remembered fondly, Odile Bailleux was an organist and harpsichordist with a passion for early music who, following in the footsteps of Chapuis, Chapelet and Saint-Arroman, helped to revive many organ works from […]
Louis Robilliard performs an excerpt from Claude Ballif’s Imaginaire IV.He is playing the organ in Studio 104 at Maison de Radio-France. Franck Vaudray, a loyal contributor to our magazine, had the opportunity to study with these two great musicians: composer Claude Ballif and organist Louis Robilliard. He shares this rare video with us. Excerpt from […]
