Jan Hage recorded the complete organ works of Jehan Alain (1911-1940) at Angoul\u00e8me cathedral. In recent years, a number of relatively minor works by Alain that were unpublished have appeared in print.<\/p>\n
Notes<\/p>\n
Expressing the mystery of life was what Alain did in his short life in texts, drawings and especially music. Sometimes in short sketchy 'impressions' of the shimmering mysticism of the moment, life itself. Then, especially later, in larger works that incorporated big life questions like life and death in a personal, unique way, sometimes with an ambivalent mix of humour and seriousness. And in a spontaneous way, often inspired by the uncultivated, straightforward music-making of extra-European cultures. His music balances between the serene lullaby and the ecstatic, obsessive dance, and between serious and grotesque. Jehan Alain's oeuvre is a vast collection of 'signs of life' that bring his person, his feelings, experiences and ideas almost tangibly close.<\/p>\n
CD 1<\/p>\n
01 Berceuse sur deux notes qui cornent
\n02 Ballade en mode phrygien
\n03 Lamento
\n04 Postlude pour l'Office de Complies
\n05 Verset-choral<\/p>\n
Variations sur Lucis Creator
\n06 Choral
\n07 Variation I
\n08 Variation II: Theme fugatum
\n09 Chant donn\u00e9
\n10 Fugue en mode de fa
\n11 Complainte \u00e1 la mode ancienne
\n12 Grave
\n13 Petite pi\u00e8ce
\n14 Climat
\n15 1st Pr\u00e9lude profane
\n16 2nd Pr\u00e9lude profane
\n17 1st Fantaisie
\n18 Deux danses \u00e0 Agni Yavishta
\n19 El\u00e9vation
\n20 Le jardin suspendu<\/p>\n
CD 2 Suite monodique 011 1. Animato<\/p>\n
02 II. Andante
\n03 III. Vivace
\n04 De Jules Lemaitre
\n05 Phantasmagoria
\n06 Intermezzo
\n07 Choral dorien
\n0.8 Choral phrygien<\/p>\n