Pierre Cochereau - GIGUE from “Suite de Danses Improvisées"

Roberto Bertero at the Great Organ Dominique Oberthür of Saint-Étienne Cathedral, Auxerre (F).
In this video I am playing the flamboyant Gigue improvised by the famous French organist Pierre Cochereau. In fact this Gigue is taken from a “Suite of Dances” that he created extemporaneously with the collaboration of percussionists!
This piece is now playable thanks to the precious reconstruction work accomplished by the English organist David Briggs, who put on paper the recording of that time, made by François Carbou.
Pierre Cochereau has been a pupil of Marcel Dupré and Maurice Duruflé. After 13 years as organist at Saint-Roch, Paris, he became titular organist of the famous organ of Notre-Dame, a position he held for 29 years, until his death.
An unique artist, to say the least, especially concerning the art of improvisation, who has been also very active in relaunching the image of the organ to the general public, particularly in France.
I did not record this video at the Consolata Sanctuary, but at the Dominique Oberthür organ, located in the Cathedral of Auxerre (France) on the occasion of a concert of mine in that wonderful venue.
Here is the tech equipment I’ve used in order to capture this live recording:
DAT recorder Aiwa HD-s1
Microphones Sennheiser K3U + ME80
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Great Organ Dominique Oberthür (year 1986)
Stoplist
I - GRAND-CHOEUR
Chamades (basses) 16'
Chamades (dessus) 16'
Chamades (basses) 8
Chamades (dessus) 8'
Chamades 4'
Chamades 5 1/3'+2 2/3' II
II - GRAND-ORGUE
Bourdon 16'
Montre 8'
Bourdon conique 8'
Prestant 4'
Grosse tierce 3 1/5'
Doublette 2'
Cornet V
Grosse Fourniture III
Grosse Cymbale III
Fourniture III
Cymbale III
Bombarde 16'
Trompette 8'
Clairon 4'
III - POSITIF
Principal 8'
Bourdon 8'
Montre 4'
Flûte 4'
Nasard 2 2/3'
Quarte 2'
Tierce 1 3/5'
Piccolo 1'
Mixtur IV
Cromorne 8'
IV - RÉCIT (expressif / enclosed)
Dulciane 8'
Voix céleste 8'
Bourdon 8'
Flûte 4'
Principal 2'
Larigot 1 1/3'
Cornet III
Scharff III
Basson 16'
Trompette 8'
Voix humaine 8'
Clairon 4'
PÉDALE
Soubasse 32'
Soubasse 16'
Flûte 16'
Flûte 8'
Flûte 4'
Basson 32'
Bombarde 16'
Other details:
Manual compass: 51 notes (C-c4)
Pedal compass: 32 notes (C-g1)
Electronic combinator

[@Batouk64]

Bravo Mr Bertero for this wonderful rendition of this Gigue ! Moreover the recording is excellent and all the dynamics of this great organ are preserved ! Would you have the other pieces of this concert to share ?

[@OrganoConsolata]

Dear sir, many thanks for your kind appreciation! Yes, I have various other organ works recorded live during some concerts of mine performed on this splendid instrument that will be my pleasure post in due time, alternating with recordings made on other organs as well. Have a nice day :-)

[@Batouk64]

@@OrganoConsolata Thank you very much for your answer ! Living in Auxerre, I used to go to these summer concerts each time I could, having always been mesmerized by the beautiful sound and power of this organ. So it's a real pleasure to find again what I could hear 25 years ago ☺️ Thanks again and all the best 🙏

[@OrganoConsolata]

You are absolutely lucky to live in Auxerre, that organ is fabulous! I've played about three concerts there, at the time when the parish priest was the dearest Abbé Gabriel Boisseau :-)@@Batouk64

[@Batouk64]

Fabulous is the word ! Wow, that's great ! I can't wait to listen to this ! Exactly, Abbé Boisseau did a lot for the International Organ Festival, and I had the chance to listen some incredible organists like Helmut Deutsch, D'arcy Trinkwon, Massimo Nosetti, or Christopher Herrick to name a few. At that time (I was only 10-12 years old) it was a big success and the organ was used to its full possibilites ! Since Abbé Boisseau left us it's quite sad, the festival isn't international anymore and is just a shadow of itself... Let's hope it will revive in the near future 🤞 @@OrganoConsolata