Pier Damiano Peretti, the organist on this album, is a professor of organ at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna and has won several international organ competitions.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Thomas Daniel Schlee's compositional process is characterized by hand-written scores, as he believes the writing implement co-determines thoughts and he will never use music notation software.
Instruments
Olivier Messiaen, a famous French composer and organist, was the titular organist of the Sainte-Trinité organ from 1931 until his death in 1992.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Thomas Daniel Schlee believes that art should provide answers, stating that "Art is also meant to give answers!"
Composer Biography
Thomas Daniel Schlee, born in Vienna in 1957, studied organ with Jean Langlais and composition with Olivier Messiaen, both renowned French organists and composers.
Instruments
The organ used for this recording is the grand Cavaillé-Coll organ of the Sainte-Trinité church in Paris, originally built in 1868 and rebuilt in 1871 after damage.
Instruments
The Sainte-Trinité organ is considered unique for its Quintaton 16' stop in the Positif, which provides an original and poetic timbre.
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