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With Peggy Reynolds. Organist Marie-Claire Alain has been acclaimed worldwide, with her recordings of Bach attracting particular critical praise. Her father Albert studied the organ with Vierne and Guilmant, brother Olivier was a pupil of Messiaen at the Paris
Conservatoire, and composer Jehan, another brother, wrote over 120 works but was killed by a sniper's bullet during the Second World War. Marie-Claire has succeeded in keeping the family name alive and establishing an independent reputation of her own. Albert Alain Scherzo
Marie-Claire Alain (organ) Olivier Alain Souvenances
Francoise Gyps (flute),
Georges Guillard (organ)
Jehan Alain Le Jardin Suspendu Eric Lebrun (organ)
Bach Fugue in G minor, BWV578 Marie-Claire Alain (organ)

Contributors

Organist:
Peggy Reynolds.
Organist:
Marie-Claire Alain
Unknown:
Albert Alain Scherzo
Unknown:
Marie-Claire Alain
Unknown:
Olivier Alain Souvenances
Flute:
Francoise Gyps
Flute:
Georges Guillard
Unknown:
Eric Lebrun
Unknown:
Marie-Claire Alain

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