Fresques Symphoniques Sacrées Daniel Roth

• Daniel Roth (b. 1942):
• 1 La Méditation dans la nef 03:35
• 2 Promenade I 00:54
• 3 L'Autel 02:53
• 4 La Croix 04:00
• 5 Promenade II 01:19
• 6 Samson et le Lion 02:12
• 7 Promenade III 00:40
• 8 L'Enfant prodigue 04:22
• 9 Le Retour 06:47
• 10 Promenade IV 01:20
• 11 L'Annonciation 01:56
• 12 La Nativité 02:30
• 13 Promenade V 02:47
• 14 Le Couronnement de la Vierge 07:46
• 15 Promenade VI 02:54
• 16 La Procession 11:23
• Total Runtime 57:18

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A new masterpiece of one of the most famous representatives of the french school of organ improvisation!

«At my first visit to Dudelange Church, I was immediately fascinated by its impressive decorations... » with these words Daniel Roth describes his feelings when entering the St-Martin's church in Dudelange for the first time: in fact the mural paintings by Notker Becker and Dominique Lang are amongst the most important examples for sacral art in Luxemburg. When we got invited by the « Association des Amis de l'orgue de Saint-Martin » to produce a CD in Dudelange on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the restauration of the important symphonic Georg Stahlhuth organ (built in 1912), we immediately had the idea to invite Daniel Roth to make a recording of illustrative improvisations on some of these paintings. According to Charles Tournemire we called this new album « Fresques symphoniques sacrées ». The result is a beautiful impressionistic tone picture which musically describes a round tour through the St-Martin's church by an imaginative visitor.

This exclusive new album has been recorded in stereo and surround sound using state of the art technique. It comes in an elegant DPac with a 28 pages full color and three languages booklet containing color photos of all the mural paintings Maestro Daniel Roth got inspired by.

Daniel Roth, organ

Daniel Roth
is "titulaire" at the famous organ of Saint Sulpice.

Widely acclaimed as one of the leading French organ virtuosos, he has held several prestigious positions as both performer and teacher. At the age of twenty he made his debut at the organ of the Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre in Paris, as assistant of his teacher, Rolande Falcinelli. He later succeeded her as titular organist, a post which he held until 1985 when he was appointed titular organist at St-Sulpice, the famous Paris church where his predecessors were Widor, Dupré‚ Grunenwald.

A former student at the Paris Conservatory, Daniel Roth’s teachers have included Marie-Claire Alain and Maurice Durufé. He has won several competitions, among them the Grand Prix de Chartres 1971, interpretation and improvisation. After teaching positions at the Conservatories of Marseille, Strasbourg and the Saarbrücken Musik- hochschule, he is currently Professor of organ at the Musikhochschule in Frankfurt am Main where he is successor to E.Krapp and H.Walcha.

Daniel Roth has been also Artist in residence at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and chairman of the organ department at Catholic University in Washington D.C.. He is invited to play concerts as a soloist and with famous orchestras. Furthermore he teaches master classes and participates on juries for organ competitions throughout the world.

A composer as well as performer, Daniel Roth has several works for organ published by Leduc, Bärenreiter, Schott (Mainz), Novello, for flute and organ, choir an organ (Messe Brève) published by Schott. For his compositions he received the Florent Schmitt prize awarded by the Académie des Beaux-Arts (Institut de France).

Daniel Roth is also well known for his brilliant improvisations which are regularly included in his concerts programs. He has several recordings to his credit with numerous record labels.

Booklet for Fresques Symphoniques Sacrées