Les ombres heureuses: Les organistes français de la fin de l’Ancien Régime Olivier Baumont (1748 Dom Bedos organ, Bordeaux & 1791 Érard-Fréres piano organize)
Radio France TEM316053.   63′ 31″ 

Music by Balbastre, Beauvarlet-Charpentier, Benaut, Corrette, A-L Couperin & Lasceux

The CD was so tightly jammed into the central jaws that it snapped in half as I tried to get it out of the box.  However I found snippets of all the pieces on the internet. The period leading up to the French Revolution formed the technical peak of the French Classical organ although the music written for it didn’t reach similar heights.  In France, the musical highlight came around 1700 with De Grigny, after which Continue reading →