Dupré : Œuvres pour orgue. Cochereau.

   in Choir & Organ (Nov, 2014)
Cochereau, as a pupil of Dupre, brings unchallenged authority to his master’s works. a notable feature is his rhythmic discipline that carries paragraphs along in great sweeps of sound. Sometimes, it’s true, these sweeps are harmonically ambiguous thanks to the combination of mixtures and the Notre-Dame echo, but i especially enjoyed his way with the jokey dissonances of the Variations sur un vieux Noel and the wonderful breathlessness he achieves in the first movement of the Symphonie-Passion. he’s also wise in his choice of speeds: nothing drags, nothing is rushed or approximate.

Sadly, the same cannot be said of J. Thomas Mitts, whose speeds tend to be on the slow side …