Improvisations on operatic themes. The organ of theater, concerto and opera, illustrated by an anthology of transcriptions, improvisations and the irresistible Lefébure-Wély, the Second Empire's favorite organist.
Paul Goussot is organist, harpsichordist, improviser and titular organist at Bordeaux's Ste-Croix Abbey. A graduate of the CNSM in Paris, he teaches continuo and improvisation at the Haute École de Genève, and organ at the Conservatoire de Rueil-Malmaison. A regular guest in concert in France and abroad, he has performed in prestigious venues and festivals, most recently at the Eglise St-Sulpice in Paris, the Bergamo Festival, the National Music Forum in Wroclaw (Poland), the San Diego Early Music Society Festival during a tour of the USA with Philippe Pierlot's Ricercar Consort, and at the Philharmonie de Paris with the Ensemble Correspondances. An eclectic musician, Paul Goussot has accompanied numerous silent films, cartoons and stage shows. He has won prizes at several international competitions (Bruges, Saint-Maurice, Luxembourg, Saint-Albans, Haarlem) and is a scholarship recipient of the Meyer Foundation and Adami.
