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André Raison
12+ albums
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André Raison (c. 1640 – 1719) was a French Baroque composer and organist. During his lifetime he was one of the most famous French organists and an important influence on French organ music. He published two collections of organ works, in 1688 and 1714. The first contains liturgical music intended for monasteries and a preface with information on contemporary performance practice. The second contains mostly noëls (variations on Christmas carols). The exact date and place of Raison's birth are unknown. He was born in the 1640s, possibly in or near the town of Nanterre (today a suburb of Paris). He was educated there at the seminary of the Church of St. Geneviève (today a commune of Paris). Raison's later life was evidently greatly influenced by the experiences at St. Geneviève. Writing in 1687 or 1688 (in the preface to his Premier livre d’orgue, published in 1688) the composer mentioned that he found the purpose of his life while studying at the seminary. Around 1665–66 Raison was appointed organist of the Abbey of St Genevieve in Paris, another place connected to St Genevieve and one that owned the land on which the Nanterre church stood. In Paris Raison first lived in a room in "The Guardian Angel", a house in Rue Saint Etienne des Grez, two city blocks away from the abbey. Apparently this was a very modest accommodation, yet Raison remained there for more than twenty years. After 1687–88 he moved to a much larger house at the intersection of the Rue Saint Etienne des Gre
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Noël poitevin "Au saint Nau"
1832Messe du Deuxième Ton: Christe
273Offerte du cinquième ton le vive-le-Roy des parisiens
184Raison: Livre d'orgue: Offerte du cinquième ton "Le Vive le Roy des Parisiens"
185Messe du premier ton: Premier Kyrie (orgue J-F. Lépine de la Cathédrale Saint-Sacerdos de Sarlat)
166Messe du premier ton: Gloria, Benedicimus te (orgue J-F. Lépine de la Cathédrale Saint-Sacerdos de Sarlat)
147Messe du premier ton: Christe (orgue J-F. Lépine de la Cathédrale Saint-Sacerdos de Sarlat)
138Messe du Premier Ton: I. Premier Kyrie - Live
139Messe du Deuxième Ton: I. Premier Kyrie - Live
1210Extraits du Livre d'Orgue
12albums
Noël baroque
Raison: Messe du premier ton, Messe du deuziesme ton (orgue J-F. Lépine de la Cathédrale Saint-Sacerdos de Sarlat)
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Early French Organ Music, Vol. 2
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Vive le roi!
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Messes pour les couvents - Messes pour les paroisses
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André Raison & Louis-Nicholas Clérambault: Works for Organ
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Dernières lueurs du Grand Siècle
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Les Maîtres de l'Orgue Français - CD2 - Livres d'Orgue
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Charpentier: Œuvres pour le Port-Royal
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Alte französische Orgelmeister (An der Orgel der Poitiers Kathedrale) (Stereo Version)
Charpentier: Messe de minuit pour Noël, H. 9 - Handel: Organ Concertos
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Les organistes du Roy Soleil