Pierre Cochereau
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Biography
Pierre Eugène Charles Cochereau (9 July 1924 â 6 March 1984) was a French organist, improviser, composer, and pedagogue. Cochereau was titular organist of the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris from 1955 to his death in 1984 and was responsible for a controversial renovation of the cathedral's organ in the 1960s. He was greatly renowned as an improviser and organist in his lifetime and still is today. After his death, the Conservatory of Nice was renamed in his honour.
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- Pachelbel: Toccata in G Minor, P.468
- Froberger: Toccata 19 in D Minor, FbWV 119
- J.S. Bach: Toccata (Prelude) and Fugue in F, BWV 540: 1. Toccata
- Giroud: Toccata pour l'Elévation
- G. Muffat: Apparatus Musico-Organisticus: 11. Toccata undecima in C Minor
- Gigout: 10 Pieces for Organ: 4. Toccata in B Minor
- Frescobaldi: Il Primo Libro di Toccate, F 2: 12. Toccata duodecima, F 2.12
- Vierne: Organ Symphony No. 4, Op. 32 in G Minor: 1. Prélude (Toccata)
- Delalande: Symphonies pour les soupers du roy II: Air en trio I featuring Claude Maisonneuve
- Delalande: Symphonies pour les soupers du roy II: Entrée des matelots featuring Claude Maisonneuve
- Delalande: Symphonies pour les soupers du roy II: L'heureux séjour featuring Claude Maisonneuve
- Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78 "Organ Symphony": IIb. Maestoso â Allegro featuring Pierre Cochereau
- Messiaen: Le banquet céleste
- Messiaen: Apparition de l'Ãglise éternelle
- Messiaen: La Nativité du Seigneur: 8. Les mages
- Messiaen: La Nativité du Seigneur: 9. Dieu parmi nous
- Cochereau: Suite à la francaise
- Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78 "Organ Symphony": Ib. Poco adagio featuring Pierre Cochereau
- Traditional, Cochereau: Improvisations sur "Alouette, gentille alouette"
- Racquet, Cochereau: Boléro sur un thème de Charles Racquet
- Traditional, Cochereau: Variations sur "Frère Jacques"
- Mozart: Fantasy in F Minor, K.594
- Franck: Trois Pièces pour Grand Orgue: 2. Cantabile (Non troppo lento) in B Major, FWV 36
- Mozart: Andante in F Major, K.616
