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Jean Guillou
12+ albums
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Jean Victor Arthur Guillou (18 April 1930 – 26 January 2019) was a French composer, organist, pianist, and pedagogue. Guillou was born in Angers. Following his first studies in piano and organ, he became organist at the church St. Serge in Angers at the age of 12. He studied then at the Paris Conservatoire under Marcel Dupré, Maurice Duruflé and Olivier Messiaen. In 1955, he accepted a position as professor of organ and composition at the Institute of Sacred Music in Lisbon. In 1958 he moved to Berlin, where he lived for the following five years, during which he composed and premiered his first works. In 1963 he returned to Paris, having been appointed Titular Organist at Saint Eustache church in succession to André Marchal. Appointed Organiste Titulaire Emerite at St. Eustache in September 2014, Guillou completed 52 years as organist of that church in March 2015, when he was succeeded by two co-titulaires. He has a worldwide reputation as a concert organist and improviser. Additionally, he often performs as a pianist; for example, he gave the English and French premieres of Julius Reubke's neglected piano Sonata in B-flat minor. Guillou's engagement in organ building led to collaborations with several organ builders and the construction of new instruments in l'Alpe d'Huez( F) (1978, Kleuker), in the Chant d'Oiseau church in Brussels (1981, Kleuker), in the Zürich's Tonhalle (1988, Kleuker-Steinmeyer) in the Conservatory of Naples (2006, Tamburini-Zanin) in the Auditorio d
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Concerto in D Minor, BWV 596: First Movement
4922Badinerie - Suite for Orchestra No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067
2243Concerto in A Minor, BWV 593: Allegro
2224Concerto in D Minor, BWV 596: Largo e spicatto
2145Concerto in A Minor, BWV 593: Adagio
2096Concerto in D Minor, BWV 596: Fifth Movement
1897Concerto in D Minor, BWV 596: Fuga
1888Concerto in C Major, BWV 594: First Movement
1759Concerto in C Major, BWV 594: Recitativo - Adagio
17410Concerto in D Minor, BWV 596: Grave
170albums
Vivaldi for Organ
Organ Encores
Bach : L'Oeuvre pour Orgue
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Mussorgsky : M.P.: Pictures at an Exhibition - Stravisnki : 3 Movements From Petrushka
The Goldberg Variations
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Mussorgsky, M.P.: Pictures at an Exhibition / 3 Movements From Petrushka
The Sonatas of Julius Reubke
The Organ Works of Johann Sebastian Bach, Volume 1
visions cosmiques
Les premiers enregistrements - 1966-1973 Les classiques (Vol. 1)
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Mussorgsky : M.P.: Pictures at an Exhibition - Stravisnki : 3 Movements From Petrushka (Jean Guillou)
Bach : Grandes toccatas
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