Edition |
4 disc pack. |
Description |
2 videodiscs (297 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (84 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (chiefly color) ; 18 cm) |
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2 audio discs (141 min. : digital, audio) ; 4 3/4 in. |
Medium of Performance |
organ 1 1 |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
digital |
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optical |
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surround |
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Dolby |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
Note |
Title from container. |
Contents |
DVD 1. Part 1. Introduction ; Widor's unlikely predecessor ; Widor's youth and education ; An itinerant organist ; Provisional organist of Saint-Sulpice. Part 2. Symphonies 5 and 6 ; Beyond the Toccata ; Symphonies 7 and 8 ; Professor of organ. Part 3. The influence of plainchant ; Professor of composition ; A new career ; Marriage ; A beautiful life -- DVD 2. Symphonie no. 5, Opus 42/1 ; Symphonie No. 6, Opus 42/2 ; Symphonie No. 3, Opus 13/3. Marcia ; Symphonie No. 3, Opus 13/3. Prélude ; Symphonie No. 2, Opus 13/2. Adagio ; Symphonie No. 1, Opus 13/1. Méditation ; Symphonie No. 7, Opus 42/3. Finale, Choral ; Symphonie No. 4, Opus 13/4. Scherzo ; Symphonie No. 3, Opus 13/3. Final ; Symphonie Gothique, Opus 70. Andante sostenuto. |
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CD 1. Symphonie No. 6, Opus 42/2 ; Symphonie No. 1, Opus 13/1. Méditation ; Symphonie No. 3, Opus 13/3. Prélude ; Symphonie No. 2, Opus 13/2. Adagio ; Symphonie No. 3, Opus 13/3. Final -- CD 2. Symphonie no. 5, Opus 42/1 ; Symphonie Gothique, Opus 70. Andante sostenuto ; Symphonie No. 7, Opus 42/3. Choral, Finale. |
Credits |
Produced in associaton with the Organ Historical Society ; associate producer, Peter Bassett ; narrator, Eric Lebrun ; camera, Simon Still ; sound, David Hinitt. |
Performer |
Organists: Gerard Brooks, Daniel Roth, Carolyn Shuster-Fournier. |
Note |
Accompanying booklet in Dutch, English, French, German, Italian and Spanish inserted in container. |
Summary |
This set of 2 DVDs, 2 CDs, and an 84-page booklet develops a complete portrait of Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937), the most famous composer of organ music since Bach. Widor composed ten revolutionary organ symphonies that established the organ as a rival of the orchestra and pioneered the use of symphonic forms for the instrument. On one DVD, a magnificent three-part documentary shows how Widor came to write his organ symphonies, how his compositional style developed and matured, and how these works fit into his career as a performer, teacher and writer. Presented by Gerard Brooks and Widor scholars Daniel Roth, John Near and Anne-Isabelle de Parcevaux, the documentary sets Widor's organ music in the context of his work as a mainstream composer of operas, ballets, chamber music and orchestral symphonies. Widor's life was intertwined with that of the great French organ builder Aristide Cavaillé-Coll. Therefore, Widor's greatest organ works are recorded in surround-sound on the three best surviving Cavaillé-Coll instruments, Saint-Sulpice in Paris, where Widor himself was organist for almost sixty years, Orléans Cathedral and Saint-Ouen in Rouen. Widor's fifth and sixth symphonies are included in their entirety on both CD and DVD, performed by Gerard Brooks. Daniel Roth, the current organist at Saint-Sulpice, performs a range of movements from the other symphonies. Other Cavaillé-Coll organs are also seen and heard. |
System Details |
DVD; NTSC; Region Free; 16:9 widescreen; Dolby Digital & DTS Digital Surround. |
Subject |
Widor, Charles-Marie, 1844-1937 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Widor, Charles-Marie, 1844-1937. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Organists -- France -- Biography.
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Organists. |
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France. |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Subject |
Organ music.
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Organ music. |
Genre/Form |
Organ music.
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Subject |
Organ (Musical instrument) -- Performance.
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Organ (Musical instrument) -- Performance. |
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Organ (Musical instrument) |
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Symphonies (Organ)
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Symphonies (Organ) |
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Symphonies (Organ) -- Excerpts.
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Symphonies (Organ) -- Excerpts. |
Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Documentary films.
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Documentary films.
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Symphonies.
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Symphonies.
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Excerpts.
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Excerpts.
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Biographical films.
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Biographical films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Biographies.
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Added Author |
Widor, Charles-Marie, 1844-1937, composer.
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Fraser, Will (Director), film director.
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Bassett, Peter (Documentary television producer), film producer.
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Brooks, Gerard, performer, presenter, writer of added commentary.
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Roth, Daniel, 1942- performer, presenter.
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Shuster-Fournier, Carolyn, performer.
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Near, John Richard, presenter, writer of added commentary.
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Parcevaux, Anne-Isabelle de, presenter.
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Container of (work): Widor, Charles-Marie, 1844-1937.
Symphonies, organ, no. 1, op. 13, no. 1, C minor. Selections.
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Container of (work): Widor, Charles-Marie, 1844-1937.
Symphonies, organ, no. 2, op. 13, no. 2, D major. Selections.
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Container of (work): Widor, Charles-Marie, 1844-1937.
Symphonies, organ, no. 3, op. 13, no. 3, E minor. Selections.
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Container of (work): Widor, Charles-Marie, 1844-1937.
Symphonies, organ, no. 4, op. 13, no. 4, F minor. Selections.
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Container of (work): Widor, Charles-Marie, 1844-1937.
Symphonies, organ, no. 5, op. 42, no. 1, F minor.
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Container of (work): Widor, Charles-Marie, 1844-1937.
Symphonies, organ, no. 6, op. 42, no. 2, G minor.
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Container of (work): Widor, Charles-Marie, 1844-1937.
Symphonies, organ, no. 7, op. 42, no. 3, A minor. Selections.
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Container of (work): Widor, Charles-Marie, 1844-1937.
Symphonies, organ, no. 9, op. 70, C minor. Selections.
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Organ Historical Society, production company.
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Fugue State Films, film distributor.
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Added Title |
Widor : Maître de la symphonie pour orgue |
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Widor : Meister der Orgelsymphonie |
Standard No. |
0721762375426 |
Music No. |
FSFDVD010 Fugue State Films |
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