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[Joaquin Rodrigo]

It is possible this has been discussed before - I'm relatively new here and haven't manged to read ALL of the posts yet <chuckle>

Often a particular composer becomes known (and even well-known) for one or two standout works...  sadly, often they have written many OTHER wonderful pieces.  Here are a few that come to mind:

Joaquin Rodrigo - probably most famous for Concierto de Aranjuez, but wrote a number of concertos for other instruments and several hours of solo piano music (which I am listening to right now, as I got the discs from the local library...  WONDERFUL!)
Charles Marie Widor - most famous for his 10 solo orgna symphonies, yet author of MANY other works for other forces
Enescu - for many years a "one -hit wonder" with the Romanian Rhapsody, in actuality a wide range of other finely-wrought scores (with far more musical depth!)
Camille Saint-Saens - Primarily known for his 3rd Symphonie and piano concertos, plenty of other fine works

I'm sure I will think of others as soon as I post...

Best to all - G

Just received a CD of Yves Castagnet's Messe "Salve Regina", which I was moved to purchase after hearing this movement on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZABdMkZRzM

This young composer (choir organist @ Notre-Dame de Paris) has written a stunning work here - some mild dissonances but in all a very powerful and romantic work.  Keep an eye on this young fellow - I hope to hear more from him!

I have the Reinhard Kluth MDG set of the organ Sonatas, as well as a score or two.  It is very well-written music, and I've always wanted to hear more from him.  Looks like my bank account will take a hit as well!

A death anniversary - Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)

Although a 20thC composer, some of Dupré's music is very expressive and romantic.  Most of it is for organ solo, but he left also a symphony for Organ and Orchestra as well as some fine chamber music and piano works.

Hmmm....

I'd have to say

As an audience member: Hearing Paul Paray's Mass this summer at the Washington National Cathedral (part of the 2010 American Guild of Organists Convention).  It was 30 minutes of High calorie romantic/impressionist feast/lush harmonies..... it ends on a ppp unison "amen" Sheer magic.
As a performer: Finally mustering the courage to play for my peers in a members recital... I felt like I played well and I really wasn't nervous
As a composer: Beginning work on an imposing set of pieces (numerically speaking) and feeling greater inspiration than I ever have before.
As a collector: Visiting the Library of Congress in Washington DC and getting to see and photograph several rare and unpublished scores.

IMHO one of my more memorable years musically...

- G

It's a pity that hardly anyone has heard of Abbé Auguste Louis Joseph Fauchard...

He studied with Aleandre Guilmant, Louis Vierne and Vincent d'Indy, and later was bot a priest and organist at Laval Cathedral.  He composed 4 Symphonies for Organ as well as some other fine works.  Probably because he was an organist/composer (and not in Paris) he is virtually forgotten.  I have heard nearly all of his works (except the 3rd and 4th Symphonies) and have been much impressed.  I so enjoyed his Choral for organ that I took the time and effort to orchestrate it...  such gorgeous harmonies!

CHORAL

If anyone is interested in hearing the organ version also, I can probably upload that as well.
Friedhelm Flamme has made a couple of recordings of Fauchard's music - I encourage you to check them out!

No, not I....    My current project is a book about the solo Organ Symphonie, hence my interest in Labole.
I have found it difficult to get much information about her - not much beyond what I posted above.

If you do want to hear a recording, you can try the links in my earlier post...

Re Labole, I believe the symphonie has been recorded commercially (by Julian Bewig on Classicophon) and is available in score here (may only be downloadable in Canada etc., maybe some other places, not US or EU, for copyright reasons, at this time) by the way - knew the name sounded familiar, unfortunately information about her seems somewhat scarce?

Germaine Marie Labole (b.1896, Bordeaux; d. 1942, Bordeaux)  Pupil of Marcel Dupré, organist of Saint-Martial in Bordeaux.

I have seen the Bewig disc on jpc.de, I have another of his, so I'm sure he does a fine job.  I u/l the score to IMSLP, so I have it in my posession 
Probably one  of the most unsung categories of unsung composers is that of women composers for organ...  not surprising, as there is a staggering list of unsung organ composers and music! 

Mostly an organ/choral composer, but I'd add Germaine Labole...  she wrote some nice pieces, among them this organ Symphonie:

Prélude

Fugue

Adagio

Final

I've heard one mvt of her Tryptique which is nice also, and understand there is some nice choral stuff as well.

Don't know if the Berveiller suite is available anywhere for free- rather doubt it since it's not out of the public domain anywhere yet (composer died 1976, so not PD-CA until 2027, or PD-EU for some while after that; piece composed 1947, so not PD-US for some while yet either...) but there is a site offering to sell the score for 20 euros...
Eric

No worries - it is in my Interlibrary Loan que 

One of my favorites is the adagio from Jean Berveiller's Suite for Organ...

While the other movements of the Suite are exciting and enjoyable, it appears that the adagio has the most emotional and compositional substance (IMHO, of course).  It doesn't quite bring me to tears, but....

Another piece is the Rosace of René Blin http://imslp.org/wiki/Rosace_%28Blin,_Ren%C3%A9_Louis%29, a piece I've become rather obsessed with (probably far in excess of its actual musical value, but...)

I've actually performed the Blin, have yet to get the score to the Berveiller

Best,

- G

I'd say my most memorable was my first hearing of Saint-Saen's 3rd Symphonie... I was glued to the radio (and had providentially just pressed record on the tape deck....

After that, I simply could not hear the piece too many times, and it has become one of my all-time favorite orchestral works.

- G