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Marie-Claire Alain

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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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  2.   Première fantaisie
  3.   Messe pour les couvents: I. Kyrie: e. Dialogue sur la trompette du grand clavier
  4.   Chorales from the Neumeister Collection: No. 8, O Lamm Gottes unschuldig, BWV 1095
  5.   18 Chorale Preludes "Leipzig Chorals": No. 4, Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 654
  6.   Messe pour les couvents: II. Gloria: c. Duo sur les tierces - Gratias agimus tibi
  7.   Fugue in A Major, BWV 949
  8.   24 Pièces de fantaisie, Suite No. 3, Op. 54: No. 6, Carillon de Westminster
  9.   Messe pour les couvents: V. Sanctus : a. Plein jeu - Sanctus
  10.   Messe pour les couvents: V. Sanctus : b. Récit de cornet - Benedictus
  11.   Widor : Organ Symphony No.2 in D major Op.13 No.2 : VI Finale - Allegro
  12.   Das Orgel-Büchlein: No. 33, Komm, Gott Schöpfer, heiliger Geist, BWV 631
  13.   Messe pour les couvents: III. Offertoire sur les grands jeux
  14.   Fugue in C Major, BWV 946
  15.   3 Rhapsodies sur des cantiques bretons, Op. 7: No. 2, in D Major
  16.   Litanies
  17.   Messe pour les couvents: VIII. Agnus Dei: a. Plein jeu - Agnus Dei
  18.   Organ Symphony No. 4 in G Minor, Op. 32: V. Final
  19.   Organ Symphony No. 4 in G Minor, Op. 32: IV. Romance
  20.   Petite Pièce, JA 33
  21.   Bach, JS: Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn, BWV 698
  22.   Bach, JS: Herr Gott, dich loben wir, BWV 725
  23.   Bach, JS : Chorale Prelude, 'Herzlich tut mich verlangen' BWV727
  24.   Ballade en mode phrygien, JA 9
  25.   Trois Danses, JA 120 A et 120 bis: I. Joies
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