Vierne: Organ Symphonies, Op. 47 & Op. 59 Hans-Eberhard Roß

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Album-Release:
2014

HRA-Release:
20.12.2019

Label: audite Musikproduktion

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Chamber Music

Artist: Hans-Eberhard Roß

Composer: Louis Vierne (1870-1937)

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  • Louis Vierne (1870 - 1937): Cinquième Symphonie pour Grand Orgue en la mineur, Op. 47:
  • 1Cinquième Symphonie pour Grand Orgue en la mineur, Op. 47: I. Grave07:35
  • 2Cinquième Symphonie pour Grand Orgue en la mineur, Op. 47: II. Allegro molto marcato07:11
  • 3Cinquième Symphonie pour Grand Orgue en la mineur, Op. 47: III. Tempo di scherzo ma non troppo vivo04:27
  • 4Cinquième Symphonie pour Grand Orgue en la mineur, Op. 47: IV. Larghetto09:47
  • 5Cinquième Symphonie pour Grand Orgue en la mineur, Op. 47: V. Final. Allegro moderato09:12
  • Sixième Symphonie pour Grand Orgue en si mineur, Op. 59:
  • 6Sixième Symphonie pour Grand Orgue en si mineur, Op. 59: I. Introduction et Allegro. Poco agitato e a piacere08:17
  • 7Sixième Symphonie pour Grand Orgue en si mineur, Op. 59: II. Aria. Andante quasi adagio06:18
  • 8Sixième Symphonie pour Grand Orgue en si mineur, Op. 59: III. Scherzo. Vivace04:05
  • 9Sixième Symphonie pour Grand Orgue en si mineur, Op. 59: IV. Adagio. Larghetto08:03
  • 10Sixième Symphonie pour Grand Orgue en si mineur, Op. 59: V. Final. Allegro molto07:08
  • Total Runtime01:12:03

Info for Vierne: Organ Symphonies, Op. 47 & Op. 59



The present recording completes audite‘s three-part complete recording of Louis Vierne’s six Organ Symphonies that captivate the listener with their colouring and ever-growing mysticism. The sound of the renowned Goll Organ combines poetic lyricism with symphonic fullness and power. The ideal acoustics make it possible to clarify the polyphonic structures. The fresh tempi of the interpreter bring out concise rhythms that are capable of enthralling the listener in extraordinary ways.

​​With the Fith and Sixth Organ Symphony, written in the years 1924 and 1930 respectively, the three-part complete audite recording of the six organ symphonies of Louis Vierne is completed. Both works were written when Vierne was permanently employed as organist of Notre-Dame in Paris and his life was headed towards international success - but was also being increasingly confronted with tragedy. Recorded at the Goll organ of St. Martin in Memmingen, the recording is characterised by the warm, soft and widely mensurated sound of the organ. Its sound creates unobtrusive power and fullness, making a symphonic effect in the church interior of St. Martin and yet always remaining clear. The polyphonic structures of the works become distinct and the transparency of sound permits fresher tempi than usual - both of which cannot normally be taken for granted with recordings of Vierne.

Louis Victor Jules Vierne was highly gifted and ambitious, but nearly blind. His reaction to virtuosic organ playing, such as that of César Franck, was marked by bliss and suffering, joy and fear. He studied in Paris with Charles-Marie Widor, who had founded the genre of the organ symphony. At the age of 23, a future full of hope stood before him. That was in 1894 - when the French composer, organist and instrumental pedagogue Louis Victor Jules Vierne was able to deputise for his teacher in a dual capacity: at the organ console of the Parisian Church of Saint-Sulpice and in Widor's organ class at the Conservatory. But Vierne's calling was for higher endeavours: between 1899 and 1930 he composed six organ symphonies that were to bring the genre to a hitherto unknown peak of richness in timbres, mysticism and cyclical architectonics.

Hans-Eberhard Ross, organ



Hans-Eberhard Roß
studierte Ev. Kirchenmusik an der Staatlichen Hochschule für Musik Würzburg. Er beendete 1986 sein Studium mit dem A-Examen. 1990 folgte das Meisterklassendiplom bei Prof. Günther Kaunzinger. Hans-Eberhard Roß nahm an verschiedenen internationalen Orgelwettbewerben teil, 1985 erhielt er den 1. Preis beim Wettbewerb der Musikalischen Akademie Würzburg.

Von 1987 bis 1990 war Hans-Eberhard Roß Kantor und Organist in Meerbusch. Seit 1991 ist er Dekanatskantor an St. Martin in Memmingen; 2002 wurde ihm der Titel “Kirchenmusikdirektor” verliehen. 2012 erhielt er den Kulturpreis der Stadt Memmingen. In Anerkennung seiner Verdienste um die Goll-Orgel von St. Martin würdigte die Firma Goll ihn 2018 mit der „Goll-Medaille“.

Neben seinen kirchenmusikalischen Aufgaben ist Hans-Eberhard Roß regelmäßig als Konzertorganist mit Soloauftritten wie auch in Konzerten in Duo-Besetzungen mit Trompete, Percussion, Alphorn und Rezitation tätig. Seine vielfältigen Aktivitäten finden auch Ausdruck in mehreren CD-Einspielungen, darunter weltweit erste Kompletteinspielung aller Orgel- und Harmoniumwerke César Francks sowie aller Orgelsymphonien Louis Viernes, beides beim Label „audite“.

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