VIERNE & LEGUAY: Grand Masses of the 20th Century for 2 organs & choir - Cathedrale Notre Dame de Paris

The two pieces that make up this programme, composed a hundred years apart, are closely related to the musical life at Notre Dame Cathedral. Louis Vierne’s Messe solennelle was premiered in 1900, exactly a hundred years before Jean-Pierre Leguay’s Missa Deo Gratias, which was commissioned by the Maîtrise Musique sacrée à Notre Dame de Paris. The Messe solennelle became one of Notre Dame cathedral’s staple repertory pieces... as it were, its musical visiting card.

Nicole Corti, direction
Jean-Pierre Leguay, orgue
Yves Castagnet, orgue
Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris

Grand orgue de l'Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris
Orgue de chœur Merklin | Boisseau de l'Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris

Louis VIERNE (1870-1937)

Messe solennelle, op. 16 pour 2 orgues et choeur
1.    Kyrie    5'19
2.    Gloria    6'42
3.    Sanctus    2'13
4.    Benedictus    3'14
5.    Agnus Dei    4'57

Jean-Pierre Leguay (1939--)

Missa Deo Gratias pour soprano solo, choeur mixte, deux orgue, deux trompettes, deux trombones et percussions
6.    Kyrie    12'10
7.    Sanctus    7'16
8.    Agnus Dei    11'00