Recordings

BACH: CLAVIER-ÜBUNG III | THE PEDAL SETTINGS

Renée Anne Louprette, organist
Acis Productions

Released on September 24, 2023, Louprette’s third recording on the Acis label coincides with the 15th anniversary of the Craighead-Saunders organ of Christ Church (Episcopal), Rochester, New York, a landmark instrument designed according to the specifications of the organ by Adam Gottlob Casparini in 1776 for the Church of the Dominicans in Vilnius, Lithuania. The instrument displays many of the qualities Johann Sebastian Bach desired in an organ, especially during the late period of his compositional output when the monumental Clavier-Übung III collection was published (1739). This recording aims to present the latest research on the Clavier-Übung pedal works, including revisions and additions in Bach’s own hand, published by Bach scholar George B. Stauffer in an authoritative new edition (Wayne Leupold editions, 2010). The recording project was made possible by Stephen Kennedy, Director of Music and Organist of Christ Church, and David Higgs, Chair of the Organ Department at the Eastman School of Music. Ms. Louprette and Acis Productions wish to acknowledge Matt Parsons and Parsons Pipe Organ Builders of Canandaigua, New York for their care of the instrument in preparation for the recording.

RENÉE ANNE LOUPRETTE: “Une voix française | A French voice”

Renée Anne Louprette, organist
Acis Productions

“Une voix française | A French voice” features 20th-century French masterworks performed on the N. P. Mander Organ of the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in Manhattan. Louprette served for six years as Associate Director of Music at St. Ignatius and curator of the N. P. Mander organ recital series there. This recording features compositions by female composers Jeanne Demessieux and Nadia Boulanger, works by Jacques Ibert, Jehan Alain, André Isoir, and the complete Pièces de Fantaisie – Deuxième Suite by Louis Vierne.

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BRIGHT VISION

Renée Anne Louprette, organ
Ivan Goff, uilleann pipes & Irish flute

Recorded on the N. P. Mander pipe organ in the spectacular acoustical setting of the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York, Louprette and Goff have captured some of the unique repertoire they have been cultivating in their recent artistic collaboration. The album features original compositions by Louprette and Goff for uilleann pipes, Irish flute, and organ, as well as captivating arrangements of Irish traditional music for this unusual combination of instruments rarely ever heard together.

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BACH: ‘THE GREAT EIGHTEEN CHORALES’

Renée Anne Louprette, organist
Acis Productions, two CDs

Classical Critics Pick the Top Music Recordings of 2014, The New York Times

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OLIVIER MESSIAEN: La Nativité du Seigneur

Renée Anne Louprette, Organist
Rev. Louis Nuechterlein, Reader
Recorded live in concert at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Hartford, Connecticut

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