Organ
SKU:
CA.1817900
Composed
by Charles Marie Widor.
Edited by Georg Koch.
Free organ music. Full
score. Op. 42,1. 80
pages. Duration 35
minutes. Carus Verlag #CV
18.179/00. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.1817900).
ISBN
9790007188979. Language:
all languages.
It
is no coincidence that
the Toccata from Widor's
Vth Organ Symphony is his
best-known composition.
Who can resist its
thrilling verve? Not only
this, but also the other
movements of this unique
work of the organ
repertoire win you over
immediately - the first
with its march-like,
majestic, much-varied
theme; the second with
its wonderfully elegiac
oboe melody, flowing
along over staccato
sixteenth notes; and the
two slow movements, of
which the melancholy,
almost static Adagio
forms the greatest
contrast imaginable to
the following triumphal
Toccata. The Carus Urtext
edition is based on the
Paris edition of 1928/29,
the last one to be
published during Widor's
lifetime. The corrections
which the composer made
after the publication of
this edition have also
been taken into
consideration. As well as
this, earlier editions
have been consulted for
comparison to clarify
individual variant
readings. Editorial
suggestions on the
performance of individual
passages complete the new
edition. Great organ
works: Series A: -
Symphony II op. 13 no. 2
- Symphony IV op. 13 no.
4 - Symphony V op. 42 no.
1 - Symphony VI op. 42
no. 2 - Symphony Romane
op. 73 in preparation
Subscription offer for
Series A: 20% discount
off the retail price.
