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Celebrating the pipe organ, the King of Instruments |
…a spring quarterly survey of recent recordings.
J.S. BACH: Toccata in d, S. 565. JEHAN ALAIN: Litanies –Marie-Claire Alain (1862 Cavaillé-Coll/Église Saint-Sulpice, Paris, France) Erato ECD-94812
J.S. BACH: Chorale-prelude, Wachet auf, S. 645 –Olivier Latry (1988 Giroud/Église Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption, Grand-Bornand, France) BNL 112819
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN: Pieces for Flute-Clock Organ –Olivier Latry (1745 Stumm/Pauluskirche, Kirchheimbolanden, Germany) BNL 112792
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS: Fugue in Eb, Opus 99, number 3 –Olivier Latry (1868 Cavaillé-Coll/Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France) Sony Masterworks SK-64083
KERN/OLIVERA: Old Man River Fantasy –Hector Olivera (1929 Möller/Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA) Vantage CD-6306
GOTTFRIED AUGUST HOMILIUS: Chorale-prelude, Wachet auf –Helga Schauerte (1758 Seuffert/Pfarrkirche St. Servatius, Kirchveischede, Germany) FSM CD-97726
EMMA LOU DIEMER: 2 Hymn-preludes: Go, tell it on the mountain; I need thee every hour –Calvert Johnson (1990 Bosch/Sharp Memorial UMC, Young Harris, GA) Calcante CD-006
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD: Postlude Number 6, Opus 105 –Marek Toporowski (1883 Henry Willis/Dominican Priory, London, England, UK) Musicon CD-020
J.S. BACH: 3 Orgelbüchlein Chorale Preludes: Dies sind die heil’gen zehn Gebot’, S. 6356; Ach wie nichtig, S. 644; Alle Menschen müssen sterben, S. 643 –Murray Forbes Somerville (1958 Flentrop/Adolphus Busch Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA) Titanic CD-221
J.S. BACH: 3 Orgelbüchlein Chorale Preludes: Dies sind die heil’gen zehn Gebot’, S. 6356; Ach wie nichtig, S. 644; Alle Menschen müssen sterben, S. 643 –Wolfgang Rübsam (1976 Flentrop/Duke University Chapel, Durham, NC) Naxos 8.553031
MICHEL CORRETTE: Tambourin –Yves Castagnet choir organ/Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France) Sony Masterworks S2K-52560
CLAUDE GERVAISE: Dances –Michel Bouvard (1677 Delauney; 1982 Grenzing/St. Pierre de Chartreux, Toulouse, France) Sony Masterworks S2K-52560
LEON BOËLLMANN: Priere a Notre Dame, and Toccata, from Suite Gothique –Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin (1862 Cavaillé-Coll/Église Saint-Sulpice, Paris, France) Studio SM 1221.14
MIGNAN: Toccata Medievale –Francois-Henri Houbart (1845 Cavaillé-Coll/Église de la Madeleine, Paris, France) BNL 112724
Filler –BACH: Fugue in d, S. 565, Erato ECD-94812 (see above)