Noël in the Musiikkitalo

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Catalogue No: TOCN0048
EAN/UPC: 5060640070486
Release Date: 2026-09-04
Composer: Gaston Litaize, Jean Langlais, Jean-Jacques Grünenwald, Marcel Dupré, Martin Stacey, Naji Hakim
Artists: Jan Lehtola

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The Rieger organ recently installed in the Musiikkitalo (Music Center) in Helsinki is the largest modern concert-hall organ in the world. In its first-ever solo recording Jan Lehtola puts the instrument through its paces. His unusual programme consists of nine sets of variations on Christmas melodies by four French composers, one Franco-Lebanese and an Englishman using what is probably the only well-known Ukrainian tune. The meeting of old and new in these variations shows off the splendours of the new instrument, the virtuosic writing ranging from gossamer delicacy and sumptuous harmonies to statements of colossal power.

Jan Lehtola, Rieger organ in the Helsinki Musiikkitalo

Naji Hakim (b. 1955)

Fantaisie sur Adeste fidèles (1986) (10:02)

Jean-Jacques Grünenwald (1911–81)

Variations brèves sur un noël du XVIe siècle: Je me suis levé par un matinet (1949) (2:57)

Gaston Litaize (1909–91)

Noël Basque (1949) (5:08)

Douze Pièces (1931–37)
No. 12, Variations sur un Noël angevin (7:04)

Thème. Moderato (0:40)

Var. 1, Moderato (0:33)

Var. 2, Allegretto – (0:43)

Var. 3, A tempo – (0:42)

Var. 4, Moderato (1:01)

Var. 5, Allegretto (0:34)

Var. 6, Allegretto (2:48)

Martin Stacey (b. 1976)

Variations on a Ukrainian theme: Carol of the Bells* (10:48)

Jean Langlais (1907–91)
Noëls avec Variations, Op. 204 (1979) (26:15)
Noël I: Noël provençal

Theme (0:30)

Var. 1, L’istesso tempo (0:36)

Var. 2, Più vivo (0:44)

Var. 3, L’istesso tempo (1:16)

Var. 4, Più lento (0:43)

Var. 5, [without tempo marking] (0:35)

Var. 6, Vivo (3:01)

Var. 7, Lento (0:46)

Var. 8, Allegro vivo (1:21)

Noël II: Il est né le Divin Enfant

Andantino – Vif (5:12)

Variation (2:30)

Noël III: Ihr Hirten, erwacht

Ihr Hirten, erwacht (3:04)

Noël pour l’amour de Marie (6:01)

Marcel Dupré (1886–1971)
Variations sur un Noël, Op. 20 (1922)

Thème, Moderato (0:49)

Var. 1, Larghetto (0:52)

Var. 2, Poco animato (0:37)

Var. 3, Cantabile (1:20)

Var. 4, Vif (0:32)

Var. 5, Vivace (0:54)

Var. 6, Plus modéré (0:53)

Var. 7, Vivace (0:44)

Var. 8, Cantabile (1:25)

Var. 9, Animé (0:50)

Var. 10, Fugato. Non troppo vivace – (1:37)

Presto (1:22)

*First Recording

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