Len Fehskens wrote:

>The Saint-Saens 3rd is an orchestral symphony with a prominent part for
>organ.  I do not know the Dupre work, but I would guess it is more like
>the organ symphonies of Widor and Vierne, both of whom I believe predate
>Dupre.

Just to tie the two together, Dupre was the organist on Paul Paray's
Detroit Symphony version of Saint-Saens' 3rd on Mercury, the first version
of the work I heard.  It still sounds terrific.

Richard Pennycuick
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