Organ Works

France plays Switzerland Tuesday. I have very little French music and no music to represent Switzerland. I do have a collection of organ music by French composer Jehan Alain (1911-1940), performed by Eric Lebrun on the Cavaillé-Coll Organ of the Church of Saint-Antoine des Quinze-Vingts in Paris, France. It's on the Naxos label, which produces quality classical recordings at very decent prices. According to their guide, "The A to Z of Classical Music":

"Son of the composer Albert Alain and brother of the famous organist Marie-Claire Alain, the French composer and organist Jehan Alain left a fascinating body of music for piano and for organ, much of it published after his premature death in action in 1940. A pupil of Marcel Dupré, Paul Dukas and Roger-Ducasse, Alain wrote music of originality, within the French tradition to which he belonged."

That doesn't really tell me anything. All I know is I like organ music and I like this recording, and it's French. If you want to read more about Jehan Alain, you can do so on the Naxos site. I offer, for your listening pleasure, Alain: Organ Works Vol. 1

http://rapidshare.de/files/22902461/organ.rar.html
pw = france