The organ used for this recording is a new Brondino Vegezzi-Bossi instrument, designed with an Italian, symphonic concept and features stops typical of the northern musical tradition.
Cultural Impact
Pietro Alessandro Yon's composition Gesù Bambino (The Infant Jesus) became a musical 'hit' with over 300,000 copies of its score sold within a year of its release.
Performer Biography
Tommaso Maria Mazzoletti, the organist on this recording, is the titular organist at the Protestant churches of Gland and Vich in the Vaud Canton, having won a contest for the post in 2016.
Composition History
The Concerto Gregoriano, featured on the first volume of Yon's complete organ works, was originally written for organ and orchestra and dedicated to Marco Enrico Bossi, a renowned organist.
Composer Biography
Pietro Alessandro Yon, the composer, was an organist at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City for many years, a pivotal institution for a multicultural society.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Yon's compositions often embody a degree of ostentation in their virtuosic brilliance, even when the subject is ostensibly liturgical.
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