Jeanne Demessieux (1921-1968)

The Art of Jeanne Demessieux

These are recordings of Jeanne Demessiuex early in her career playing the organs of the Victoria Hall, Geneva and St Mark's, North Audley Street, London. Her concert career took off after she separated late in 1946 from her teacher Marcel Dupre. The recordings made in St Mark's in May 1947 were the first of her recordings for Decca made in St Marks and subsequently in the Victoria Hall, Geneva.

• Recorded in St Mark's North Audley Street:
  • Charles-Marie Widor Symphony No. 5 in F minor Op.42 No 1 - Toccata (allegro) [listen]
  • Jeramiah Clarke (ascribed to Henry Purcell) Trumpet Tune in D [listen]
  • Felix Medelssohn Organ Sonata No 3 in A major Op.65 No. 3 - 1. Con moto maestoso [listen]
• Recorded in the Victoria Hall, Geneva:
  • J. S. Bach Fantasia and Fugue in G minor BWV 542 [listen]
  • J. S. Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565 [listen]
  • Franz Liszt Fantasie und Fuge uber den "Ad nos ad salutarem undam" [listen]
  • Charles-Marie Widor Variations on Symphony No. 9 "Gothique" Op.70 [listen]

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