Along with the ARV-VOCEM Choir, the Sotto-Voce Orchestra and Loreto Aramendi, at the Cavaillé-Coll Organ, a concert was offered with music by F.Poulenc, Arvo Pärt and Maurice Duruflé.
Here are some pictures, courtesy of Santiago Hernandez.
Loreto Aramendi was presenting her last CD featuring the art of Transcriptions by Louis Robilliard, Louis Vierne and Franz Liszt.
Louis Robilliard was present to assist the interpretation on his Cavaillé-Coll organ.
The double Cd is available at httpS://loretoaramendi.com/en/cd-transcriptions-at-the-cavaille-coll-pipe-organ-of-saint-ouen-rouen/
Transcriptions. Loreto Aramendi plays Camille Saint-Saëns, Sergei Rachmaninov, F. Liszt, J.S. Bach, Richard Wagner and Gabriel Fauré at the Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (1890) pipe organ of the Saint Ouen Abbaye of Rouen (France).
CD Orgue St Ouen – Loreto Aramendi
***** 5 stars – « Highly recommended [..] Never heard the Cavaillé-Coll of St Ouen handled so adeptly [..] Loreto Aramendi gets to the heart of all these pieces with effotless style and considerable flair [..] Louis Robilliard provides masterful arrangments of works including Rachmaninov’s L’île des morts and Fauré’s suite Pelléas et Mélisande ».
“A Version of reference” […] “Magic sound” […] “Orchestral magic” […] “Réussite portée à son paroxysme avec le poème symphonique de Rachmaninov” […] “Recital accrocheur et profondément abouti”.
__Review by in ResMusica – October 2017.
“Loreto Aramendi delivers a true masterpiece” [..] “Thanks to Aramendi’s fabulous and clearly pianistic trained playing technique, which takes every hurdle of the sometimes treacherously arranged transcriptions loose. On the other hand, in view of their finely applied agogics, which misses not the slightest dramaturgical detail.Thus, Liszt’s funérailles from the Harmonies poétiques et religieuses (1853) become a visionary event, Rachmaninoff’s famous piano prelude in c sharp minor receives unimaginable greatness and apocalyptic power.
__Review by Organ – Journal für die Orgel – December 2017.
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Descripción
CD1
Camille Saint Saëns (1835-1921)
1 – Poème Symphonique “Danse macabre” Op.40 (1874). 9’00”
Transcription de Louis Robilliard
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
2 – Prélude en ut#Mineur (1892) 5’15”
Transcription de Louis Vierne
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
3 – Sinfonía de la Cantate nº29 “Wir Danken Dir, Gott, Wir Danken Dir” 13’10”
Transcription de Alexandre Guilmant
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
4 – Funérailles – Harmonies poétiques et religieuses (1849) 4’20”
Transcription de Louis Robilliard
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
5 – Choeur des pèlerins de “Tannhäuser” 6’50”
Transcription de Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
6 – Saint François de Paule marchant sur les flots (1862/63) 11’20”
Transcription de Louis Robilliard
CD2
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Suite ”Pélléas et Mélisande” Op.80
Transcription de Louis Robilliard
1 – Prélude 5’30”
2 – Fileuse 3’15”
3 – Sicilienne 4’00”
4 – La mort de Mélisande 4’45”
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
5 – L’ile des Morts (1909) 22’00”
Transcription de Louis Robilliard
Concert at the Mana Orgelbau pipe organ (1990)
Hokutopia Hall – Tokyo – April 2017
Concert at the Jäger & Brommer pipe organ (2013)
Mototera Koji Church – Sendai/Japon – April 2017
Concert at the Kuhn pipe organ (1997) – Tokyo Opera City Hall – April 2017
Un verdadero placer tocar en el órgano de la iglesia de San Ginés en Madrid. Agradecer a Felipe López su gran trabajo en la organización de este ciclo y en torno a la difusión y mantenimiento del órgano
Organ Series at San Ginés church – Sacred Music Festival – Madrid – April 2017
Thanks to Ezequiel Menendez, Director of Music, Hartford cathedral.
Information about the Austin pipe organ : http://www.cathedralofsaintjoseph.com/austinorgan.html
Music for Lent – Austin organ (1960) – Hartford Cathedral (Connecticut) – March 2017
Información about the Cavasant pipe organ of Lewiston: https://princeofpeace.me/casavantorgan
Thanks to Scott Vaillancourt, Director of music.
Concert at the Casavant organ (1938) – Cathedral of Lewiston (MN) – March 2017
Thank you to Michelle Graveline, Profesor of Music at Assumption College, Worcester for her welcoming and good organization of the Human Arts Series (https://www.assumption.edu/).
Concierto de órgano – cíclo “HumanArts” – Assumption College (Massachusetts) – Marzo 2017
Concert – Matinées – Art of fugue – March 2017
Excellent review of the double CD by “Organists’ Review” – December 2016 (reviewer : David Baker).
“This is a splendid recording” [..] “It is clear that Loreto Aramendi is a very special player performing on an outstanding instrument” [..] “Aramendi’s total command of the instrument makes these two CDs worthy of special praise”
“Exemplary nature of playing” [..] “Playing and interpretation of a very high standard thanks to the performer’s stunning technique and her command of the registrational complexities of both the organ and the composition”
Organists Review of the CD – Loreto Aramendi
Concerto Trio Su&Lo – Casa de cultura Aiete – February 2017
Concierto al órgano monumental Cabanilles de la Companía de Jesús en Valencia.
Órgano de 4 teclados manuales (56 notas) y pedalier (30 notas). Tracción mecánica y 74 registros. Fue construido por el taller G. Blancafort entre los años 1982 y 2002.
Concierto en Tabakalera,
A modo de preludio de la inauguración de la exposición Estimulantes: Circulación y Euforia comenzará con una colaboración con la Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi. Un conjunto de cámara interpretará Schweigt Stille, Plaudert Nicht, BWV 211 “Cantata del Café” o, en su versión original “Silencio, no habléis”, una de las obras las obras más logradas de Johann Sebastian Bach en el campo de la música profana y en la que el compositor expone su amor por el café.
