Henri Mulet was born in the immediate vicinity of the SacrÃ©-Coeur Basilica in 1878 and studied organ with Charles-Marie Widor and Louis Vierne at the Paris Conservatory. Vierne ranked his student with the "most brilliant of musical personalities" and described him as "an outstanding virtuoso and a very fine improviser." From 1923 to 1931 Mulet was a professor at the Schola Cantorum in Paris; Camille-Saint-SaÃ«ns was one of his colleagues, and Gabriel FaurÃ© merits mention as one of his first students. Mulet's oeuvre focused first and foremost on the organ, and the Esquisses byzantines composed from 1914 to 1919 and published in 1920 has continued to be his most frequently performed collection of pieces. While the rhythms and meters in most of his pieces - the "quadrature of the compositional structure" castigated by Richard Wagner - were rather conventional, the harmonies negotiating between Debussy, Wagner, and Vierne are very appealing.

Tracklist:

Esquisses Byzantines: No. 1, Nef
Esquisses Byzantines: No. 2, Vitrail
Esquisses Byzantines: No. 3, Rosace
Esquisses Byzantines: No. 4, Chapelle Des Morts
Esquisses Byzantines: No. 5, Campanile
Esquisses Byzantines: No. 6, Procession
Esquisses Byzantines: No. 7, Chant Funèbre
Esquisses Byzantines: No. 8, Noël
Esquisses Byzantines: No. 9, In Paradisum
Esquisses Byzantines: No. 10, Tu Es Petra Et Portæ Inferi Non Prævalebunt Adversus Te
Méditation Religieuse
Angelus
Petit Offertoire
Sortie Douce
Prière
Offertoire Funèbre
Offertoire Pour La Fête Du Très Saint Rosaire
Carillon-Sortie

UPC: 761203504022
Label: Cpo Records
Release Date: 9.7.18
Format: CD

Mulet / Flamme - Complete Organ Works (2 CD)