The 1st work is a reconstruction of improvisations originally performed at vepsers on the Feast of the Assumption, Aug. 15, 1939, at Notre-Dame de Paris.
Recorded Oct. 6, 1996, West End United Methodist Church, Nashville, Tenn.
15 versets sur les vêpres de la Vierge : op. 18 (41:00) -- Lamento : op. 24 (7:56) -- Chorales, op. 28, nos. 13-18. Christ our Lord to Jordan came (1:16) ; Give praise to Christ Jesus (1:09) ; Christ Jesus who maketh us glad (2:08) ; Jesus on the cross (1:17) ; The old year is passed away (1:10) ; The Holy Child shall be my consolation (:59) -- Élévation : op. 2 (4:44) -- Triptyque : op. 51. Chaconne ; Musette ; Dithyrambe (17:00)