L'Orgue Soliste: Music for Organ & Orchestra, Bossi, Jongen, Poulenc
6/28/2023, 11 Tracks, 1:04:34
Featuring
Eugène Carmona
Tommaso Maria Mazzoletti
Helvetica Orchestra
Marco Enrico Bossi
Joseph Jongen
Francis Poulenc
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Instruments
The organ used for this recording is a Brondino Vegezzi-Bossi Op.376, built in 2021, and features an electric mobile console with three keyboards and pedal, using an optical fiber transmission system.
Composer Biography
Marco Enrico Bossi died from a cerebral haemorrhage in 1925 while returning to Italy from a tour to New York and Philadelphia, where he had won an organ competition.
Composition History
Francis Poulenc's Organ Concerto was commissioned by Princesse de Polignac in 1934, who requested a piece with chamber orchestra and an easily playable organ part, but Poulenc disregarded this for a grandiose and demanding work.
Performer Biography
Tommaso Maria Mazzoletti, the organist on this album, is supervising the construction of a new Brondino Vegezzi-Bossi organ at the Church of St. Paul in Gland, Switzerland, based on his own designs.
Compositional Technique
Poulenc's Organ Concerto, though a single movement, is divided into seven sections and covers a wide range of styles, alternating sacred and profane passages, as well as Baroque idioms with modern innovations.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Marco Enrico Bossi, a pioneer of symphonic organ music in Italy, viewed the organ not just as a church instrument but as a genuine concert instrument suited for modern virtuosic style.
