To mark the centenary of Pierre Cochereau, the legendary organist of Notre-Dame de Paris (1924–2024), British-American organist David Briggs—currently the Artist in Residence at St. John the Divine in New York City—has collaborated with Jake Purches of Base2 Music to produce David Briggs Plays Pierre Cochereau.
The album features a selection of Briggs’ transcriptions of Cochereau’s renowned improvisations. Briggs meticulously researched and transcribed these works from available recordings. The resulting performance took place on the Walker organ at Exeter College, Oxford, in September 2024.
David Briggs, Organ
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A/D Convertor | Steinberg Yamaha AXR4 |
Microphones | Sennheiser MKH80 series and MKH800 twin, and Schoeps Collette microphones |
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Recording Engineer | Jacob Purches |
Recording Location | Exeter college, Oxford University, Oxford |
Release Date | December 2, 2024 |
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HR Audio
This release is indeed a perfect sampler of what an amazing organist-improviser can do on an equally amazing organ and recorded by a master engineering specialist in this field: Jacob (Jake) Purches, assisted by Christoph Martin Frommen for the mastering of the physical end product.
Whether or not JW Walker sounds like a “French organ with an English accent” (dixit Olivier Latry, titular de Notre-Dame de Paris) or the other way around, as I see it: An English organ with a distinct majestic French sound, the inevitable bond between the two countries it represents remains the same, and those listeners who are not nationals of any of these two will surely enjoy it as much as I for what it is: A memorable concert by one of the world’s great organists.
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