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Celebrating the pipe organ, the King of Instruments |
1871 Ladegast organ at Schwerin Cathedral, Germany
…the collaborative efforts of performers and recording engineers, and the splendid sonorities of fine instruments in good rooms, work in accord to reveal unusual repertoire.
Listen to the program
FRANCOIS d’AGINCOURT: Prelude on the 1 st Ton. HENRY DUMONT: Allemande. LOUIS MARCHAND: Tierce en taille. JEAN-FRANÇOIS DANDRIEU: Offertoire on the 1 st Tone –Michel Chapuis (1710 Clicquot; 1995 Boisseau et Cattiaux/Chapelle du château de Versailles, Versailles, France) Plenum Vox 004
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS (arranged by Kalevi Kiviniemi): Morceau de Concour for Harp and Organ, Opus 154 –Kirsi Kiriharju, harp; Kalevi Kiviniemi (1993 Paschen/Kerava Church, Kerava, Finland) Fuga 1938
SIGFRID KARG-ELERT: Harmonies du Soir, from 3 New Impressions, Opus 142 –Ken Cowan (1997 Schoenstein/First Plymouth Congregational, Lincoln, NE) Raven OAR-903
FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Aria, Jerusalem, die du tötest den Propheten, from Paulus. FRANZ LISZT: Prelude & Fugue on B-A-C-H [first version] –Monique Simon, mezzo-soprano; Yves Rechsteiner (1871 Ladegast/Schweriner Dom, Schwerin, Germany) Alpha 059
Filler –CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS (see above)
FRANZ TUNDER: Canzona in G; Chorale-fantasy, Auf meinen lieben Gott; Praeludium in g –Friedhelm Flamme (1724 Vater; 2000 Edskes/St. Petri Kirche, Melle, Germany) cpo 777 370
JEAN TITELOUZE: Versets on Ut queant laxis –Les Chantres du Roy; Yves-G. Prefontaine (1699 Tribuot; 1991 Aubertin/Église Saint-Martin, Seurre, France) ATMA ACD2558
JOSEPH JONGEN: Le bon chival. PAUL GILSON: Prelude on an Old Flemish Song –Els Biesemans (1910 van Bever/Dominican Church, Brussels, Belgium) Etcetera 1299
SIR EDWARD ELGAR: Light out of darkness, from The Light of Life, Opus 29 –Worcester Cathedral Choir, Sir David Willcocks, conductor; Adrian Lucas (1978 Rushworth & Dreaper/Worcester Cathedral, England, UK) Priory PRCD5035
ALEXANDRE GUILMANT: Marche-Fantasie on 2 Church Chants, Opus 44 –BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba, conductor; Ian Tracey (1926 Henry Willis & Sons/Anglican Cathedral, Liverpool, England, UK) Chandos CD-5048
Filler –ALEXANDRE GUILMANT (see above)