After many attempts to obtain the rights to all the scores, we now at long last are able to release Auguste Fauchard’s complete organ works in the congenial interpretation by Friedhelm Flamme. Fauchard was highly successful as a student in Paris, where Vincent d’Indy was his composition teacher and Andr Marchal and Louis Vierne were his organ teachers. Vierne doubtless had the greatest influence on Fauchard the composer. Four symphonies representing the highest compositional standards and the most demanding playing technique form the heart of Fauchard’s organ oeuvre, and in them we repeatedly catch glimpses of his model Vierne in matters of thematic design and compositional-technical details. This applies in very special measure to Fauchard’s harmonies, to which he nevertheless succeeds in lending a thoroughly individual coloration through amalgamation with modulations reminiscent of Sigfrid Karg-Elert. As a result, it may be claimed that Auguste Fauchard with his four symphonies once again made a very important contribution to the genre of the organ symphony.

Tracklist:

1. Symphonie No. 1: I. Allegro Maestoso
2. Symphonie No. 1: II. Adagio
3. Symphonie No. 1: III. Scherzo
4. Symphonie No. 1: IV. Final
5. In Memoriam
6. Symphonie No. 2: I. Prlude
7. Symphonie No. 2: II. Cantilne
8. Symphonie No. 2: III. Divertissement
9. Symphonie No. 2: IV. Final
10. Le Mystre De Nol: Theme. L’ineffable Mystre
11. Le Mystre De Nol: Var. 1, Le Divin Enfant
12. Le Mystre De Nol: Var. 2, Les Bergers
13. Le Mystre De Nol: Var. 3, La Vierge Mre
14. Le Mystre De Nol: Var. 4, L’toile
15. Le Mystre De Nol: Var. 5, Prire De La Souffrance
16. Le Mystre De Nol: Var. 6, Le Cantique De L’univers
17. Le Mystre De Nol: Var. 7, Final. L’hymne De L’humanit
18. Choral For Organ
19. Symphonie No. 3 “Symphonie Mariale”: I. Andante Con Moto
20. Symphonie No. 3 “Symphonie Mariale”: II. Choral Et Fugue
21. Symphonie No. 3 “Symphonie Mariale”: III. Intermde
22. Symphonie No. 3 “Symphonie Mariale”: IV. Pice Symphonique
23. 5 Chorals Sur “Vexilla Regis”: Thme. Vexilla Regis
24. 5 Chorals Sur “Vexilla Regis”: Var. 1, Choral Canonique
25. 5 Chorals Sur “Vexilla Regis”: Var. 2, Choral Fugu
26. 5 Chorals Sur “Vexilla Regis”: Var. 3, Choral Harmonique
27. 5 Chorals Sur “Vexilla Regis”: Var. 4, Choral Orn
28. 5 Chorals Sur Vexilla Regis: Var. 5, Choral Contrapunt
29. Symphonie No. 4 “Symphonie Eucharistique”: I. Invitatoire
30. Symphonie No. 4 “Symphonie Eucharistique”: II. Sacrifice
31. Symphonie No. 4 “Symphonie Eucharistique”: III. Communion
32. Symphonie No. 4 “Symphonie Eucharistique”: IV. Procession

UPC: 761203550623
Label: CPO RECORDS
Release Date: 2.18.22
Format: CD