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The French composer Charles-Marie Widor wrote a total of ten organ symphonies – but sadly, it is only the Toccata from No.5 that retains any kind of popular appeal today.

With Thomas Trotter at the organ of Saint-François-de-Sales, Lyon, France.

Take the Toccata from the Fifth Symphony, which Trotter carries off brilliantly, although this particular Cavaille-Coll has no 32-foot reeds. How ingenious to tap the lower note underneath the big ...

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