Paul de Maleingreau (1887 - 1956) Symphonie de Noël op. 19 Suite op. 14 Toccata op. 73,4 Booklet: 28 pages, français, deutsch, english, nederlands Peter Van de Velde, organ recorded at Our Lady's Cathedral, Antwerp (B), march 2006 Organ by Pierre Schyven, 1891 This new release is Vol.2 of two SACDs dedicated to the large scale symphonic organ works of belgian composer Paul de Maleingreau (1887-1956). The ‘Symphonie de Noël’ opus 19 was composed in 1919. The beginning of the first movement is reminiscent of the introduction on Louis Vierne's 3rd Symphony. The harmonic language shows modernity and cromatisms. The four-movements ‘Suite’ opus 14 (1920), is written in a cyclic form. The harmonic language is sometimes rather close to Franck here. ‘Toccata’ opus 73,4 was written towards the end of Maleingreau's life. The musical language is close to Joseph Jongen's music. Peter Van de Velde (*1972) is organist of the romantic Schyven organ of Antwerp Cathedral. It is his third recording for AEOLUS, after an impressive recital CD published in 2004 (AEOLUS AE-10491) and the first volume of Paul de Maleingreau in July 2006 (AE-10611).
The Pierre Schyven organ (1891) is the most important and most beautiful big romantic organ in Belgium. Pierre Schyven could be called "the Cavaillé-Coll from Belgium". |