GASTON LITAIZE (1909-1991): Toccata on "Veni Creator", Lied, Prelude et danse fuguée, Improvisation über das lothringische Volkslied "Légende de Saint-Nicolas", Improvisation über das Kempener Martinslied "Zint Märte ös all we'r op Rett", Variations sur un noël angevin, Improvisation über "O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf".
Catalogue Number: 10J101
Label: Motette
Reference: MOT 10431
Format: CD
Price: $16.98
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Description: Three studio and four live recordings (from 1979, 1984 and 1989) of another of the long string of French organist-composers descending from Franck. Litaize was organist at St. François Xavier in Paris and counted both Vierne (blind like Litaize) and Tournemire among his teachers while he was a great friend of Jehan Alain and Messiaen, both of whose works he promoted tirelessly. Gaston Litaize (Albiez organ of Propsteikirche, Kempen