The major work on this recording is a substantial composition, and justly representative of late French organ writing. The performance is altogether first-rate, and the work is gripping from the first bars. The 14 Stations of the Cross were bound to attract the interest of great organist-composers, and Dupre's composition is an excellent example of a thematic program lending interpretive guidance to a piece of music.
1 The Way of the Cross, Op. 29: I. Jesus Is Condemned to Death
2 The Way of the Cross, Op. 29: II. Jesus Recieves His Cross
3 The Way of the Cross, Op. 29: III. Jesus Falls the First Time
4 The Way of the Cross, Op. 29: IV. Jesus Meets His Mother
5 The Way of the Cross, Op. 29: V. Simon of Cyrene Helps Jesus Carry the Cross
6 The Way of the Cross, Op. 29: VI. Jesus and Veronica
7 The Way of the Cross, Op. 29: VII. Jesus Falls a Second Time
8 The Way of the Cross, Op. 29: VIII. Jesus Comforts the Women of Jerusalem
9 The Way of the Cross, Op. 29: IX. Jesus Falls a Third Time
10 The Way of the Cross, Op. 29: X. Jesus Is Stripped of His Clothes
11 The Way of the Cross, Op. 29: XI. Jesus Is Nailed on the Cross
12 The Way of the Cross, Op. 29: XII. Jesus Dies Upon the Cross
13 The Way of the Cross, Op. 29: XIII. the Body of Jesus Is Taken from the Cross and Laid in Mary's Bosom
14 The Way of the Cross, Op. 29: XIV. the Body of Jesus Is Layed in the Tomb
15 Seven Chorales from Op. 28: No. 55: My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord
16 Seven Chorales from Op. 28: No. 56: In Peace and Joy I Depart
17 Seven Chorales from Op. 28: No. 61: O Innocent Lamb of God
18 Seven Chorales from Op. 28: No. 62: O Man, Mourn for Thy Many Sins
19 Seven Chorales from Op. 28: No. 65: Hail to Thee, Blessed Jesus
20 Seven Chorales from Op. 28: No. 67: Our Father in Heaven
21 Seven Chorales from Op. 28: No. 73: He That Suffereth God to Guide Him
The major work on this recording is a substantial composition, and justly representative of late French organ writing. The performance is altogether first-rate, and the work is gripping from the first bars. The 14 Stations of the Cross were bound to attract the interest of great organist-composers, and Dupre's composition is an excellent example of a thematic program lending interpretive guidance to a piece of music.
