VINCENT DUBOIS

Press Notices

CONCERT REVIEWS

BONN (An all-Duruflé recital) “Not only is Dubois an experienced and well qualified organist, but he belongs with the best ones. Dubois’ interpretation is served by technical ease and natural musicality and expression. Before all things, Dubois allowed the subtle pastel colors, which Durufle often uses as composer of the quiet tones, to light up in numerous shadings.”

GeneralLanzeiger, Germany

CALGARY “… Dubois set a new standard for Bach performance, the freedom and accuracy of his playing captivating from start to finish; the tempo relationships judged to perfection.”

The Calgary Herald

“Fluency and freedom characterize Dubois’ playing in everything he played. Clearly he is an organist who has long since moved beyond the ranks of the dutiful, well-coached keyboardist to the ranks of those for whom the organ in its widest dimension is an instrument for the conveying of musical ideas in a kaleidoscope of colors. The applause was loud and long …”

The Calgary Herald

NASHVILLE “Dubois delivered the D Major (Bach), grand, sinewy and affirmative, with dazzling relaxed poise …” “… Dubois’ improvised finale … technically and structurally brilliant … an astonishing tour de force.”

Nashville Scene

RECORDING REVIEWS

VIERNE AND DUPRÉ (Tempéraments TEM 316037)

(on the 1885 Caviallé-Coll Organ at l’Abbatiale St-Etienne de Coen)

“Vincent Dubois gives us two major works of the French masters Vierne and Dupré that are transcended by his playing. The very nice cache of sound amplifies the success of this major recording.”

Radio Notre-Dame, June 2007

“Ambitious program, blameless interpretation of these two cycles of pieces. Everything is very held, very controlled, in brief perfection, on an organ which all say is prodigious.”

The Diapason, July 2007

VINCENT DUBOIS PLAYS THE CAVIALLÉ-COLL AT SAINT-SULPICE, PARIS (JAV 166, SACD)

“Vincent Dubois, who enjoys a well-deserved reputation as one of the world’s leading young concert organists, shows [the Saint-Sulpice Caviallé-Coll] to marvelous effect on this disc. He begins with one of the finest renditions of Mozart’s Fantasia in F minor, K. 608, in recent memory.”

“Duruflé’s Suite fits this organ like a glove, especially in the hands of Dubois. The three movements are performed with angst, poetry, and breathtaking brilliance respectively.”

“This is a highly recommended addition to other recordings of the instrument …”

The American Organist, June 2008

FRANZ LISZT: ORGAN WORKS (Vox Coelestis CD 200415)

“Vincent Dubois turns in absolutely stunning performances of the “big three” Liszt organ works … These performances stand up to or possibly surpass the best on the market. Dubois possesses maturity far beyond his years. He plays with consummate passion and breathtaking virtuosity, yet with absolute technical control. He also knows how to spin a phrase. The quieter sections afford moments of delightful delicacy and poetic introspection. In short, Dubois evokes the spirit of Liszt himself. This is worth adding to your collection.”

The American Organist, March 2006