SYMPHONIE GOTHIQUE FOR ORGAN OP. 70

COMPOSER: WIDOR CHARLES-MARIE
FOR ORGAN
EDITION TYPE: URTEXT EDITION
EDITION INFO: EDITED FROM THE SOURCES BY FELIX FRIEDRICH; COMMENTS ON INTERPRETATION BY DANIEL ROTH
OPUS: OP. 70

-DESCRIPTION URTEXT EDITION
THE SYMPHONY GOTHIQUE OP. 70 BY CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR IS AMONG THE MOST IMPORTANT COMPOSITIONS FOR ORGAN CREATED AT THE TURN OF 19TH TO 20TH CENTURY. THE NEW WIENER URTEXT EDITION NOW PUBLISHED IS BASED ON THE FIRST EDITION - THERE ARE NO EXISTING HAND-WRITTEN SOURCES - AND ON ITS REPRINTS AS LONG AS THEY WERE PUBLISHED DURING WIDOR`S LIFETIME. IN ADDITION TO THE PRINTED SOURCES, WIDOR`S OWN RECORDINGS DATING BACK TO 1932 WERE ALSO TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. THEIR MODIFIED ENDING IS INCLUDED AS AN ALTERNATIVE. DANIEL ROTH`S DETAILED NOTES ON INTERPRETATION ARE AN IMPORTANT SOURCE FOR THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE WAY WIDOR`S WORKS FOR ORGAN SHOULD BE PLAYED AS WELL AS AN INTRODUCTION INTO THE SYMPATHETIC WORLD OF SOUND THE ORGANS BY CAVAILLÉ-COLL PROVIDE.

CONTENTS:
SYMPHONIE GOTHIQUE FOR ORGAN
SYMPHONIE GOTHIQUE POUR ORGUE OP. 70

REVIEWS
'(…) LOOKING AT THE MUSIC ITSELF, IT IS VERY CLEAR AND WELL LAID OUT. (…) FOR ANYONE STARTING OFF PLAYING WIDOR, THIS WOULD BE THE EDITION TO BUY.'
SYDNEY ORGAN JOURNAL (MARK QUARMBY) SUMMER 2004

REVIEWS:
(...) THE MUSIC IS PRINTED TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS
AND IS CLEARLY LAID OUT. THERE IS A DETAILED CRITICAL COMMENTARY AT THE END OF THE SCORE. THIS IS A BARGAIN FOR THE PRICE AND IS WELL WORTH ACQUIRING, EVEN IF YOU ALREADY HAVE ANOTHER EDITION OF THIS WONDERFUL PIECE.
THE ORGAN NO. 329