Jean Guillou

In his 'Art of Fugue' Bach himself introduced a theme based on the four letters of his name: the notes we know as Bb A C B correspond to the German note names B A C H. Since that time, many composers...

Jean Guillou, born 18 April 1930 in Angers, studied organ at the Conservatoire in Paris with Dupré, Duruflé and Messiaen and is a leading organ vituoso. 'Alice in Organ Land' for Organ and Narrator is...

Der XIII. Psalm gilt als eines der großartigsten und zugleich berührendsten Chorstücke Liszts. Die Solopartie ist ein Musterbeispiel für innigsten romantischen Ausdruck und atmet reinsten 'Bel Canto'-...

Kompositionsjahr: 1967

Franz Liszt's 'Première Valse oubliée' is known and popular as a subtle and delicately beautiful piece for the piano. This romantic gem has now been arranged by Jean Guillou for the organ in his inimi...

The orchestral suite Symphonic Dances Op. 45 from 1940 is Rachmaninoff's last work. Almost at the same time, he wrote an arrangement of the piece for two pianos which he played with Vladimir Horowitz...

The orchestral suite Symphonic Dances Op. 45 from 1940 is Rachmaninoff's last work. Almost at the same time, he wrote an arrangement of the piece for two pianos which he played with Vladimir Horowitz...

This Toccata Opus 9, an early work dating from 1963, is one of Guillou's most often-played works. This brilliant piece works through three themes whose individual character creates a progressive incre...

In his 'Art of Fugue' Bach himself introduced a theme based on the four letters of his name: the notes we know as Bb A C B correspond to the German note names B A C H. Since that time, many composers...

A transcription justifies itself only by forgetting that it is a transcription and by incorporating the 'new' instrument into the work, as it were, Jean Guillou writes in the preface to this edition.E...

A transcription justifies itself only by forgetting that it is a transcription and by incorporating the 'new' instrument into the work, as it were, Jean Guillou writes in the preface to this edition.E...

The third movement (Allegro molto vivace) from Tchaikovsky's 'Symphonie pathétique' is - though not specially designated as such - a typical scherzo and, what is more, actually one of the most brillia...

Still leading a shadowy existence, Schumann's works for pedal piano are most likely performed on the organ today. This requires, however, that the music is set for the organ in accordance with the ins...

The French composer Jean Guillou (born 1930) has composed a whole series of works for the organ plus a single instrument which are collectively entitled Colloques. This is all that needs to be said on...

Jean Guillou is regarded as an important organist and composer. As such, he has created a comprehensive oeuvre, especially for solo instrument(s) and organ, including Intermezzo Op. 17 composed in Ham...

In Impulso Jean Guillou regards the flute as a person who appears and asks a short, yet compelling question in front of the public. This question is followed by a statement. And when the question is a...

Jean Guillou is one of todays' most important organ virtuosos and composers. A pupil of Dupré, Duruflé and Messiaen, he embodies the living tradition of French organ music. The concerto L'Ébauche d'un...

Co-incidence is a work that opens onto an anacrusi made of two notes, the main element of everything that will happen. These first two notes falling like two short blasts thrown into space will evolve...

Die Ruhe und innige Tiefe der Stille, ihre grenzenlose Unendlichkeit, die innere Seelenruhe und Leidenschaft des Dichters im Vergessen sowie das unsichtbare Drama der Sehnsucht: all dies versucht die...

Gerard Manley Hopkins was reputed to be a poet of semantic ambiguity and, in the opinion of Guillou, therefore comes closest to the art of musical expression. Guillou has already 'translated' 'Peace'...

Jean Guillou is one of the most important organ virtuosos and composers of today. A pupil of Dupré, Duruflé and Messiaen, he embodies the living tradition of French organ music.