Jan Lehtola, Paula Malmivaara, Anna-Leena Haikola, Anna-Leena Haikola

Marie Joseph Erb: Marie Joseph Erb: Sonata Mater Salvatoris, Op. 82: I. O Sanctissima
Marie Joseph Erb: Marie Joseph Erb: Sonata Mater Salvatoris, Op. 82: II. Flos de Radice Jesse
Marie Joseph Erb: Marie Joseph Erb: Sonata Mater Salvatoris, Op. 82: III. Magnificat
Marie Joseph Erb: 1ère Sonatine for organ and cor anglais
Marie Joseph Erb: 1ère Sonatine for organ and cor anglais: I. Prèlude (Con moto)
Marie Joseph Erb: Marie Joseph Erb: 1ère Sonatine for organ and cor anglais: II. Larghetto (Molto tranquillo)
Marie Joseph Erb: 1ère Sonatine for organ and cor anglais
Marie Joseph Erb: 1ère Sonatine for organ and cor anglais: III. Finale (Allegro vivace)
Marie Joseph Erb: Méditation for organ and cello, Op. 88
Marie Joseph Erb: Méditation for organ and cello, Op. 88
Marie Joseph Erb: Marie Joseph Erb: 2ème Sonatine for organ and cor anglais: I. Allegretto amabile
Marie Joseph Erb: Marie Joseph Erb: 2ème Sonatine for organ and cor anglais: II. Grave pastorale
Marie Joseph Erb: Marie Joseph Erb: 2ème Sonatine for organ and cor anglais: III. Finale
Marie Joseph Erb: Marie Joseph Erb: Prière sur le motif du ‘Pater’ for organ and violin, Op. 71
Marie Joseph Erb: Marie Joseph Erb: 3ème Sonate Veni Creator: I. Veni creator spiritus
Marie Joseph Erb: Marie Joseph Erb: 3ème Sonate Veni Creator: II. Verbum supernum
Marie Joseph Erb: Marie Joseph Erb: 3ème Sonate Veni Creator: III. Pange lingua (Tantum ergo)

The enormously prolific Marie Joseph Erb (1858–1944) has somehow escaped the attention of posterity, although the quality of his music is on a par with contemporary organist-composers whose works are far better known. Erb’s long life – he heard Berlioz conduct in 1863 and was still composing in 1944 – was focused on Strasbourg, where he was active as pianist, organist and professor, though he had studied in Paris, with Faure, Gigout, Saint-Saëns and Widor, and later with Liszt in Weimar. This first album devoted to his organ music in almost 30 years sandwiches four lyrical chamber works between two towering sonatas.