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Celebrating the pipe organ, the King of Instruments |
1755 Silbermann organ at the Hofkirche, Dresden, Germany
1998 Gober organ at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Brooklyn, Ohio
…a modest miscellany of recent compact discs, a representative sampler of the incredible flood of current offerings.
Listen to the program
W.A. MOZART: Overture in C, K. 399 –Christian von Blohn (1755 Silbermann/Hofkirche, Dresden, Germany) Organ CD ORG7221
W.A. MOZART: Church Sonata in C, K. 263 –Olivier Charlier, Florin Szigeti, violin; Dorel Fodoreanu, cello; Unal Erte, double-bass; Jean-Pierre Lecaudey (1982 Grenzing/St. Cyprien Abbey, Périgord, France) Pavane ADW 7507/8
FRANZ SCHUBERT (arranged by Gibbs): Allegro molto, 3rd movement, from Symphony Number 5 in B-flat, D. 485 –Greg Morris, David Gibbs (1969 J.W. Walker & Sons/Blackburn Cathedral, England, UK) Lammes CD-197
DANIEL GAWTHROP: 2 Pieces: Nocturne; Toccata Brevis –Mary Mozelle (1992 Mander/Princeton University Chapel, Princeton, NJ) MSR Classics MS1185
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR: Kyrie, from Messe, Opus 36. MAURICE DURUFLÉ: Sanctus, from Requiem, Opus 9 –Choir of Church of the Incarnation, Dallas, TX, Kevin Clarke, conductor; Richard Haigh (1961 Aeolian-Skinner; 1994 Noack/Incarnation Episcopal, Dallas, TX) CD-2992 Two French Masses
PATRICK HADLEY: My beloved spake. TRADITIONAL (arranged by Scott): Come ye faithful, raise the strain –Choir of Saint Thomas Church, New York, NY, John Scott, conductor; Jeremy Bruns (1956 Aeolian-Skinner/St. Thomas Episcopal, New York, NY) Pro Organo CD 7209
ADOLF HESSE: Fantasia in e, Opus 52 –Craig Cramer (1998 Gober/Good Shepherd Lutheran, Brooklyn, OH) Dominant Music WRC8-7986
SIR EDWARD ELGAR (arranged by Martin): Imperial March –Massimo Nosetti (Messina Cathedral, Italy) Syrinx CD-141403
FRANZ XAVER MURSCHHAUSER: Fuga tertia septimi toni; Aria Prima mit Variationen –Jürgen Essl (1777 Rosa/Lübeck Cathedral, Germany) IFO 00 218
HERBERT HOWELLS: Intrata, Number 2 –Robert Costin (1919 Hill, Norman & Beard/Dunedin Town Hall, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand) Atoll ACD-606
Filler –W.A. MOZART: Overture in C (see above)