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Marcel Dupré is considered to be one of the father of the famous French improvisation school. To be very honest, his rather intellectual and very controlled improvisations have never been my cup of tea.

Nevertheless this unreleased recording is a witness of his art. At the time of this recording, he was already "an old man" and his performance deserves our greatest respect. Listen for example his final Toccata from 13:28.

The organ (79/IV/P) of the Fraumünster Zürich was built in 1953 by Orgelbau Genève in a neo-classical style, as "orgue à tout jouer". Marcel Dupré himself drafted the stop-list. This type of organ are nowadays not anymore in fashion, that's why this is the last large one of this era to be still in place in Switzerland.
Since everybody admits that this organ is well built and has been carefully harmonized and well balanced, the State of Zürich should have now decided to classify this instrument as a historic monument.