Marie-Claire Alain
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Biography
A world-renowned organist, Marie-Claire Alain divides her passion between performing and teaching. First prize organist at the Geneva Competition in 1950, she succeeded her father Albert Alain as organist of the church of Saint-Germain-en-Laye in 1971, then taught at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris from 1994 to 2000. As a concert artist, she gives concerts all over the world (around 2,500) and has recorded over 280 discs, including three completeworks for organ by Johann Sebastian Bach and numerous complete works from the Baroque repertoire (Buxtehude, Couperin, Pachelbel, C. P. E. Bach, Handel, Vivaldi). Open to all classical styles, she is also renowned for her recordings of Mozart, Liszt, Mendelssohn and Messiaen, and of her brother Jehan Alain. Marie-Claire Alain has been made a Commandeur in the Ordre de la Légion d'honneur and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Marie-Claire Alain, nicknamed "The Lady of the Organ" abroad, died on February 26, 2013 at the age of 86, after a career spanning six decades.
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Marie-Claire Alain
Dumage, D'Agincourt, Dandrieu & Clérambault: Suites pour orgue (à l'orgue de la cathédrale Saint-Théo
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Bach: Orgelbüchlein, Preludes and Fugues & Fantasias (At the Organ of the Laurenskerk in Alkmaar)
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Marie-Claire Alain
Lebègue & Marchand: Pièces pour orgue (à l'orgue de l'église Notre-Dame de Caudebec-en-Caux)
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Marie-Claire Alain
Couperin: Messe à l'usage des paroisses & Messe pour les couvents (à l'orgue de la cathédrale Saint-P
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Marie-Claire Alain
Bach: Clavier-Ãbung III, Leipzig Chorales & Preludes and Fugues (At the Organ of the Martinikerk in G
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Marie-Claire Alain
Grigny: Premier livre d'orgue (à l'orgue de la cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Poitiers)
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Marie-Claire Alain
Franck: Grandes Åuvres pour orgue (à l'orgue de l'église Saint-Ãtienne de Caen)
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Marie-Claire Alain
Daquin: Noëls pour orgue (Aux grandes orgues de la cathédrale Saint-Théodorit d'Uzès)
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Marie-Claire Alain
French Organ Music from the 19th and 20th Centuries: Widor, Vierne, Alain, Boëllmann & Gigout
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Alain: L'Åuvre pour orgue, vol. 1. Litanies, Trois danses, Intermezzo (à l'orgue de la cathédrale Sai
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Marie-Claire Alain
Alain: L'Åuvre pour orgue, vol. 2. Fantaisies, chorals, variations (à l'orgue de la cathédrale Saint-
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Widor : Organ Symphonies Nos 4 - 6 & 9, Organ Symphonies 1 - 3 [Excerpts]
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Top Tracks
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- Première fantaisie
- Messe pour les couvents: I. Kyrie: e. Dialogue sur la trompette du grand clavier
- Chorales from the Neumeister Collection: No. 8, O Lamm Gottes unschuldig, BWV 1095
- 18 Chorale Preludes "Leipzig Chorals": No. 4, Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 654
- Messe pour les couvents: II. Gloria: c. Duo sur les tierces - Gratias agimus tibi
- Fugue in A Major, BWV 949
- 24 Pièces de fantaisie, Suite No. 3, Op. 54: No. 6, Carillon de Westminster
- Messe pour les couvents: V. Sanctus : a. Plein jeu - Sanctus
- Messe pour les couvents: V. Sanctus : b. Récit de cornet - Benedictus
- Widor : Organ Symphony No.2 in D major Op.13 No.2 : VI Finale - Allegro
- Das Orgel-Büchlein: No. 33, Komm, Gott Schöpfer, heiliger Geist, BWV 631
- Messe pour les couvents: III. Offertoire sur les grands jeux
- Fugue in C Major, BWV 946
- 3 Rhapsodies sur des cantiques bretons, Op. 7: No. 2, in D Major
- Litanies
- Messe pour les couvents: VIII. Agnus Dei: a. Plein jeu - Agnus Dei
- Organ Symphony No. 4 in G Minor, Op. 32: V. Final
- Organ Symphony No. 4 in G Minor, Op. 32: IV. Romance
- Petite Pièce, JA 33
- Bach, JS: Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn, BWV 698
- Bach, JS: Herr Gott, dich loben wir, BWV 725
- Bach, JS : Chorale Prelude, 'Herzlich tut mich verlangen' BWV727
- Ballade en mode phrygien, JA 9
- Trois Danses, JA 120 A et 120 bis: I. Joies
