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Jeanne Demessieux
Bach's Instrumental Works

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Recordings of Organ Works
Recordings of Solo Keyboard Works
Recordings of Chamber Works
Recordings of Orchestral Works
Recordings of Arrangements & Transcriptions
Recordings of Vocal Works, see: Short Biography

Jeanne Demessieux - Short Biography

Discography

Recordings of Organ Works


R-1

Organ Recital

Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 []
Prelude & Fugue in D major ("Little"), BWV 532 (?) []

Jeanne Demessieux (Organ)

Decca/London LL-319
Decca LXT-2578

Oct 19-20, 1950

LP / TT:

Recorded at St. Mark's Church, North Audley Street, London, England.
Other releases:
BWV 565: Decca K-1635 [mx. AR-11234/11235] (78 rpm)


R-2

Bach: Organ Music
The Art of Jeanne Demessieux

 

Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 []
Fantasia & Fugue in G minor ("Great"), BWV 542 []
Chorale Prelude Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein, BWV 641 []
Chorale Prelude Jesus Christus, unser Heiland (VI), BWV 688 []
Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C major, BWV 564 []
Fugue in G major ("Jig"), BWV 577 []
Prelude & Fugue in A minor ("The Great"), BWV 543 []

Jeanne Demessieux (Organ)

Decca/London LL-946
Ace Of Clubs ýACL-242
Decca Eclipse ECS-528

Oct 1953

LP / TT:

Recorded at Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland.
Other releases & identifiers:
BWV 565, 542: Decca LW-5095 / Decca MC-55.10 (10", 33rpm)
Matrix / Runout (Run-out area Side-A [Stamped]): TRL 230-1B RT 1 N B
Matrix / Runout (Run-out area Side-B [Stamped]): TRL 229-1B RT 2 N BK
Matrix / Runout (Center-label area Side-A [Upside-down]): TRL.230
Matrix / Runout (Center-label area Side-B [Upside-down]): TRL.229
BWV 565, 542: Beulah 1PD-29 (CD)
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R-3

Hændel | Bach-Vivaldi: Concertos Pour Orgue et Orchestre
Vivaldi-Bach: Concerto No. 2 in A minor; Franck: Trois Chorals

 

Concerto No. 2 in A minor (after A. Vivaldi), BWV 593 [11:50]

Jeanne Demessieux (Organ)

Decca LL-1433
Decca ý220.071
Decca Ace Of Clubs ACL-246

May 5-6, 1955

LP / TT:

Recorded at Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland. Producer: Walker/Wallace.
Other identifiers:
Matrix / Runout: EAL 1423 A D1
Matrix / Runout: EAL 11565 B D1


R-4

The Legendary Jeanne Demessieux: The Hamburg Organs

 

Prelude & Fugue in A minor ("The Great"), BWV 543 [10:04]
Chorale Prelude Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier (V), BWV 731 [4:12]
Jeanne Demessieux: Improvisation on the Chorale O großer Gott der Treu (Mvt. 6) from Cantata BWV 46 [7:44]

Jeanne Demessieux (Organ)

Festivo FECD-6961/862

Jun 1958 [BWV 46]
May 1959 BWV 543, 731]
Nov 1962

CD / TT: 71:00

Recorded at St. Sophienkirche (May 1959), St. Michaelis (Nov 1962), Christianskirche (Jun 1958), Hamburg, Germany.
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CD (2004): Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
CD (2005): Amazon.de


R-5

Jeanne Demessieux aux grandes orgues de l'Eglise de la Madeleine à Paris, Vol. I: Bach, Mozart, Liszt, Widor

 

Bach-Dupré (?): Sinfonia (Mvt. 1) from Cantate BWV 29, arranged for organ [3:48]
Chorale Prelude Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott, BWV 721 [3:59]
Chorale Prelude O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sünde gross, BWV 622 [6:27]
Chorale Prelude Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam (I), BWV 684 [2:54]
Franz Liszt: Prelude & Fugue on the name BACH [12:06]

JJeanne Demessieux (Organ) [Cavaillé-Coll Organ]

Festivo FECD-131

Jul 1958

CD / TT: 49:59

Recorded at La Madeleine, Paris, France.
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R-6

Jeanne Demessieux aux grandes orgues de l'Eglise de la Madeleine à Paris, Vol. II: Bach, Mozart, Mignan, Berveiller, Demessieux

 

Toccata & Fugue in F major, BWV 540 [13:35]
Pièce d'orgue (Fantasia) in G major, BWV 572 [13:01]

Jeanne Demessieux (Organ) [Cavaillé-Coll Organ]

Festivo FECD-132

Jul 1958

CD / TT: 49:03

Recorded at La Madeleine, Paris, France.
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R-7

The Legendary Jeanne Demessieux, Vol. III.

 

Chorale Prelude Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier (V), BWV 731 [3:31]
Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C major, BWV 564 [16:17]

Jeanne Demessieux (Organ)

Festivo FECD-141

BWV 564: Jul 23, 1963
BWV 731: 1967

CD / TT: 70:22

Recorded at the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, the Netherlands [BWV 564]; the Metropolitan Cathedral, Liverpool, England [BWV 731].
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CD (2002): Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de


The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (November 2013)

Jeanne Demessieux: Short Biography | Recordings of Instrumental Works


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