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Celebrating the pipe organ, the King of Instruments |
1977 Klais organ at Ingolstadt Münster, Germany
Tune in as we look at battle music. Quite the opposite of peace pieces, this collection chronicles the strife between good and evil.
GUSTAV HOLST (transcribed by Peter Sykes): Mars, the Bringer of War, from The Planets –Peter Sykes (1930 E.M. Skinner/Girard College Chapel, Philadelphia, PA) Raven OAR-380
JUAN CABANILLES: Batalla Imperial - JosepMa Mas I Bonet (18th c. Bosch; 1815 Font/Church of Sa. Pobla, Mallorca, Spain) Valois 4651
FRANZ KOTZWARA: The Battle of Prague –Lois Regestein (1830 Appleton/Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY) Raven OAR-600
FRANZ SCHUBERT: Marche Militaire Number 1 in D –Noel Rawsthorne (1962 Harrison & Harrison/Coventry Cathedral, England, UK) EMI Classics CFP 72804
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD: A Song of Battle, from Bible Songs, Opus 113 –William Kendall, tenor; David Hill (1854 Henry Willis; 1988 Harrison/Cathedral, Winchester, England, UK) Hyperion CDA66965
ERIC COATES (arranged by Marsh): Dam Busters March –Kevin Bowyer (1933 Hill, Norman & Beard/Royal Hospital School Chapel, Hollbrook, Suffolk, England, UK) Regis CD-8104
JOHANN NEPOMUK DAVID: Partita, The Invincibly Strong Hero, Saint Michael, movements 2 & 3 –Elisabeth Biener (Klais/Philharmonie im Gasteig Munich, Germany) Koch-Schwann CD-31949
EUGENE HANCOCK: Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho –Robert Scoggin (1958 Möller+Sipe rebuild/Christ UMC, Rochester, MN) Pipedreams PD CD-1002
JOHANN KUHNAU: The Fight between David and Goliath –Luc Beauséjour (1993 Wolff/Presbyterian College Chapel, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada) CBC CD-1086
JOHN GARDNER: Anthem, Fight the Good Fight –Wells Cathedral Choir, Malcolm Archer, conductor; Rupert Gough (1857 Henry Willis; 1974 Harrison & Harrison/Wells Cathedral, England, UK) Lammas CD-149
GARDNER READ: David, the King, was Grieved and Moved, from Preludes on Old Southern Hymns, Opus 90 –Barbara Harbach (1983 C.B. Fisk/Downtown United Presbyterian, Rochester, NY) Gasparo CD-258
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR: Lord, save thy people/Salvum fac populum tuum [1916] –Georgian Chamber Brass; Franz Hauk (1977 Klais/Ingolstadt Münster, Germany) Guild GMCD 7264