Organ Music of Eugene Reuchsel
Grand Organ of St. Louis Cathedral, St. Louis, Missouri
Simon Nieminski, organist

Eugène Reuchsel is music shares the same era as the well-known Marcel Dupré. This set of impressionistic French pieces, divided into 3 books along with 2 representative samples of other works from Reuchsel's collection of organ works are entitled "Bouquet de France." Simon Nieminski has chosen St. Louis Cathedral as his recording location, because its extremely dense and resonant acoustics and the organ produce an effect with this literature that is not unlike many of the largest organs and largest cathedrals in France. It is a sonic spectacular and brings one of the largest sanctuaries in America to your stereo!

Volume 3 · Promenades en Provence
1. Jour de fête aux Saintes-Maries de la Mer
(Feast day at Saintes-Maries de la Mer )
2. Profil de la Porte d'Orange à Carpentras
(Profile of the Arch of Orange at Carpentras)
3. Le Moulin d'Alphonse Daudet à Fontvieille
(Alphonse Daudet's windmill at Fontvieille)
4. La Chartreuse de Montrieux au crépuscule
(The Carthusian monastery of Montrieux at twilight)
5. Visions à l'Abbaye de Sénanque ·
La Foi en Dieu · La Joie en Die
(Visions at the Abbey of Sénanque ·
Faith in God · Joy in God)

from Bouquet de France #6: Douce Merveille
(Noël Strasbourgeois de 1697)

Volume 2 · Promenades en Provence
1. Le Cloître de Saint-Trophime à Arles
(The Cloister of Saint-Trophime at Arles )
2. Petit Cimetière et Cyprès autour de la
vieille église de Bormes-les-Mimosas
(Little cemetery and Cypresses surrounding
the ancient church at Bormes-les-Mimosas )
3. Voiles multicolores au port de Toulon
(Multicoloured sails in the port of Toulon)
4. Les Cloches de Notre-Dame des Doms en Avignon
(The Bells of Notre-Dame des Doms in Avignon )

from Bouquet de France #8: Ma Mère m'envoie-t-au
Marché (version de l'Ouest)

Volume 1 · Promenades en Provence
1. Vieux Noëls Provençaux (Nuit de Noël à Saint-Tropez)
2. Old Carols of Provence
(Christmas Night at Saint-Tropez)
3. Les Grandes Orgues de la Basilique de Saint-Maximin
The Grand Organ in the Basilica of Saint-Maximin
4. Tambourinaires sur la place des Vieux Salins
(Drummers in the place des Vieux Salins)
5. Nuages ensoleillées sur le Cap Nègre
(Sunlit clouds on Cap Nègre)