Maurice Duruflé - Op. 5 Suite (Prélude & Sicilienne)

Maurice Duruflé on the Gonzalez organ of Soissons Cathedral (Prélude) and the Beuchet-Debierre organ of the Église Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, Paris (Sicilenne).
Recorded 1968.
0:00 Prélude
8:02 Sicilienne

[@fjdyyh2542]

I'm having pretty hard night. This music is soothing, especially the second one

[@UnofficialDurufleaccentaigu]

Then this channel was not created in vain. Similarly calm pieces: The "Chant Donné" and the "Méditation".

[@JMcdon1627]

Wonderful, and I am so glad that the sheet music is scrolling. For the novice, this work sounds simple, but it is far from that. A beautiful and complex work by one of the masters. Thank you.

[@UnofficialDurufleaccentaigu]

My pleasure. There was already another score video of this work, but it did not use Duruflé's own recording, most likely due to the fact that the composer disapproved of the Toccata and therefore never recorded it.

[@pietvandijk5084]

thuis music comes from heaven

[@BarryWaterlow]

Awesome registration and playing.

[@pyraledubuis9744]

This prelude was the piece he judged the most accomplished of all the organ pieces he composed. One may easily agree. A deeply inspired work.

[@pyraledubuis9744]

@G G Yes, for the Toccata, I think he said publicly once that he "...regretted having composed it" (at least I read it somewhere). The reason is clear for me : this piece, though brilliant, has not the spiritual deepness and the mysticism he was aiming at constantly in his life, which is obvious in the Prelude. But anyway..., in spite of what he tought, the Toccata has become one of the most appreciated and aknowledged XXth c. organ work here in Europe. Young boy, I saw him once, with my organ professor, after a performance of his Requiem in his church Saint-Etienne-du-Mont in the 80's, and keep this moment as a precious treasure in my memory.

[@Doug19752533]

@@pyraledubuis9744 yes, elsewhere here on youtube is the audio of a masterclass he gives and at the end he takes questions and asks if they would like to hear one of his pieces but adds (in french of course, his wife translates) "but not the Toccata!" he is asked why he dislikes it although it is beloves by organists around the world. he replied "because he feels it has bad themes"

[@Doug19752533]

he also said it was his personal favorite work of his. amazing how he feels that despite the brilliance and popularity of the Requiem.

[@sirchoppy1810]

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[@UnofficialDurufleaccentaigu]

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[@pierrebour6833]

Sublime !

[@duqueadriano0081]

durufle is absurdly based

[@kempedkemp]

Very nice Mr. Unofficial Archive. Is this the master himself playing? ❤‍🔥💖❤💜❤‍🩹

[@UnofficialDurufleaccentaigu]

Thank you Mr. Kemped. It is indeed the composer himself playing, as is the case with most of the videos on this channel.