Marcel Dupré
Marcel Dupré was the foremost French organ virtuoso of his time, an heir to the great tradition of Romantic French organ playing and composing. Dupré was famed for his ability to improvise; he also composed substantial works and was a widely traveled recitalist and an influential teacher.
His pedigree as a French organist was impeccable. His father and two grandfathers were organists and choirmasters, and he was tutored privately by Guilmant in 1898. Dupré studied at the Paris Conservatory (1902-1914) with Vierne, Diémer, and Widor. He had already given his first organ recital at age 10, had been appointed organist at St. Vivien at 12, and had had his oratorio Le Songe de Jacob performed (in his home) at 15. As a youth he also took long walks with the organ builder Cavaillé-Coll; the two discussed organ construction. In 1914, after already having won conservatory prizes for organ and fugue, he received the Grand Prix de Rome for his cantata Psyché.
In 1920 Dupré gave a series of ten recitals in which he played from memory the complete organ works of J.S. Bach; he had learned the music during World War I, for which he had been found unfit for duty. He toured extensively as a virtuoso, giving as many as 110 recitals in a single trip and making ten tours of the U.S. alone between 1921 and 1948. Dupré celebrated his 1,900th concert in 1953. He frequently improvised fugues and organ symphonies from themes suggested by musicians in the audience; his Symphonie-Passion and Le Chemin de la croix (The Way of the Cross) were first improvised in performance (in Philadelphia and Brussels, respectively) and later notated. His written compositions include a series of 76 chorales, a concerto for organ and orchestra, and two symphonies for solo organ. Dupré also wrote several texts on organ technique and improvisation. All his music has a tonal basis overlaid with high chromaticism. His habit of using chords in rapid bunches was soon picked up by his pupils Alain and Messiaen.
Dupré's academic appointments included a professorship at the Paris Conservatory from 1926 (an institution he directed from 1954 to 1956) and oversight of the American Conservatory at Fontainebleau (1947-1954). From 1934 until his death at age 85, he also served as organist (succeeding Widor) at St. Sulpice.
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Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor (Remastered 2015)
Marcel Dupré, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray
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Marcel Dupré plays Bach
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Marcel Dupré: Symphonie-Passion
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Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78 "Organ" by Paul Paray (2024 Remastered, Studio 1957)
Paul Paray, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Marcel Dupré
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Marcel Dupré Organ Recital: Widor & Dupré (Remastered 2015)
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Marcel Dupré at Saint-Sulpice, Vol. 1: Bach (Remastered 2015)
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Marcel Dupré at Saint-Sulpice, Vol. 2: Dupré (Remastered 2015)
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Marcel Dupré at Saint-Sulpice, Vol. 4: Bach (Remastered 2015)
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Franck: Piece Heroique; Three Chorales (Remastered 2015)
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Marcel Dupré at Saint-Sulpice, Vol. 3: Franck (Remastered 2015)
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Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 'Organ' (Paul Paray: The Mercury Masters I, Volume 16)
Marcel Dupré, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray
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Marcel Dupré at Saint-Sulpice, Vol. 5: Dupré & Messiaen (Remastered 2015)
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Bach: Fantasia and Fugue in G Minor, BWV 542 "The Great" - Franck: Fantasia in C Major, FWV 28 (At the Organ of Saint Mark's Church in London) (Mono Version)
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The Alexandra Palace Organ: Complete HMV Recordings
Reginald Goss-custard, Herbert Ellingford, George Thalben-Ball, G. D. Cunningham, Marcel Dupré, Sir Walter Alcock
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Bach: Préludes et fugues, BWV 532, 543 & 548 (Aux grandes orgues de l'église Saint-Sulpice de Paris) (Mono Version)
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Franck: enregistrements 1923/1942 recordings
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Franck: Pièce héroïque & Trois chorals pour grand orgue (Aux orgues de l'Église Saint-Thomas, New York City) (Mono Version)
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Mozart: Adagio et Allegro, K. 594 & Fantaisie, K. 608 (Aux grandes orgues de l'église Saint-Sulpice) (Mono Version)
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Saint-Saëns: Symphonie No. 3 avec orgue (Mono Version)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray, Marcel Dupré
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Saint-Saëns: Symphonie No. 3 "Avec orgue" (Stereo Version)
Marcel Dupré, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray
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Die Sauer-Orgel der Thomaskirche zu Leipzig
Ullrich Böhme, Max Reger, Eugène Gigout, Franz Liszt, César Franck, Marcel Dupré
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