Charles Collin   Pièces pour orgue

Charles Collin : Organ works   Two volumes 9½” × 13” Volume 1 = 38 pages, Euros 38.- Volume 2 = 38 pages, Euros 38.-

All the great French organists of the XIXth century were not Parisians ; many of them could be found in the rest of the country.  Charles Collin (1827 † 1911) is an excellent example.  His father, brother and sons were themselves organists, and he was in charge of the organ of the cathedral of Saint-Brieuc during sixty-four years ; there, at the begiining of his career, Cavaillé-Coll (a close friend of him) had built an instrument which he considered as one of his best.
 
Much inspired by his organ, Collin’s works show no difficulty. They rely not on virtuosity but on the effects produced by the instrument : large chords filling the nave, charm of the Foundations 8 from the various divisions, deep low basses, tenor Trumpet solo in Franck’s maneer, etc.
 
At Saint-Brieuc the Positif was in a case behind the performer ; it was not a middle division between Great and Swell as in symphonic organs.  Collin, playing with tones and grounds, takes clever and original advantages from it.
 
 

Contents   VOLUME 1       Foreword       Marche     Communion     Elévation     Offertoire     Offertoire pour la Pentecôte     Sortie     Offertorie     Elévation       Critical Notes   VOLUME 2       Sortie     Communion     Marche     Elévation     Communion     Offertorie ou Communion     Elévation     Communion ou Offertoire     Grand-Chœur       Crtical Notes

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