Gaston Gilbert Litaize, born on August 11, 1909 in Ménil-sur-Belvitte, Vosges, France, was an organist, improviser, composer, and teacher. Born blind, he began his musical education at the National Institute for Blind Youth and later studied at the Paris Conservatory under Marcel Dupré and Henri Büsser. Litaize won first prizes in organ, improvisation, fugue, and composition, as well as the Prix Rossini for his cantata Fra Angelico. He began working as an organist at Saint-Cloud in 1934 and later at Saint-François-Xavier, Paris until his death. His career included extensive touring across France, western Europe, the United States, and Canada. Litaize's compositions include works like Douze pièces (1931-1937), Grand-Messe pour tous les temps (1948), and Vingt-quatre préludes liturgiques (1953-1955). He died on August 5, 1991 in Bruyères, Vosges.
| Gaston Litaize • Organ Recital: Bach • Couperin • Marchand • Messiaen • De Grigny • Daquin • Dupré • Vierne • Franck • Litaize |
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Messiaen: La nativité du seigneur
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Messes des paroisses avant Vatican II : A la campagne, à la ville
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| Heroic and Ceremonial Music for Brass & Organ |
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Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 "Organ"
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| Vierne: 24 Pièces de fantaisie (Aux grandes orgues de l'église Saint-François-Xavier de Paris) |
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Les sommets de l'orgue, Organ masterpieces, Bach, Buxtehude, Couperin, Grigny
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Les sommets de l'orgue romantique, Romantic organ masterpieces, Franck, Liszt, Schumann, Mendelssohn
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Bach: Les grandes oeuvres d'orgue
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Johann Sebastian Bach : Toccata e fuga in Re minore, BWV 565 / Preludio - Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 (1685-1750)
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| Gaston Litaize e Guy Bovet: All'organo di Carasso (Ticino) |
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Saint-Saens: Symphony No.3 "Organ"; Bacchanale from "Samson et Dalila"; Prélude from "Le Déluge"; Danse macabre
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Defunts-Dedicaces
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| Saint-Saens: Le Carnaval des Animaux; Organ Symphony |
| French Flavours |