Composer, performer, editor, musicologist and publisher, Félix-Alexandre Guilmant is considered, along with Charles-Marie Widor, one of the founders of the nineteenth-century French Romantic school of organ-playing. His organ music can be divided into concert works and those written for church service. Foremost among Guilmant’s concert output are the magnificent elegy, Lamentation in D minor, a lavish Scherzo symphonique, and the March on a Theme by Handel (the chorus Lift up your heads from Messiah). Guilmant’s liturgical repertoire is represented by the exquisite Noël languedocien, and a set of variations based on a well-known Easter hymn, the Offertoire ‘O filii’.
Guilmant, Alexandre
Grand Chorus in G Minor, Op. 84
1 Grand Chorus in G Minor, Op. 84 06:51
Pieces dans differents styles, Book VI: Caprice in B-Flat Major, Op. 20, No. 3
2 Pieces dans differents styles, Book VI: Caprice in B-Flat Major, Op. 20, No. 3 06:36
Pieces dans differents styles, Book V: Allegretto in B Minor, Op. 19, No. 1
3 Pieces dans differents styles, Book V: Allegretto in B Minor, Op. 19, No. 1 05:52
Lamentation in D Minor, Op 45, No. 1
4 Lamentation in D Minor, Op 45, No. 1 11:19
Offertoire sur O filii pour la fete de Paques, Op. 49, No. 2
5 Offertoire sur O filii pour la fete de Paques, Op. 49, No. 2 06:45
Organ Sonata No. 7 in F Major, Op. 89: IV. Reve: Lento assai
6 Organ Sonata No. 7 in F Major, Op. 89: IV. Reve: Lento assai 04:29
March on a Theme by Handel, Op. 15, No. 2
7 March on a Theme by Handel, Op. 15, No. 2 06:50
L’organiste pratique, Book IX: Scherzo Symphonique in C Major, Op 55, No. 2
8 L’organiste pratique, Book IX: Scherzo Symphonique in C Major, Op 55, No. 2 07:36
Christmas Carols, Book I: Noel languedocien, Communion No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 60
9 Christmas Carols, Book I: Noel languedocien, Communion No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 60 05:11
Organ Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 42: III. Finale: Allegro assai
10 Organ Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 42: III: Finale: Allegro assai 08:56
