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Celebrating the pipe organ, the King of Instruments |
1871 Ladegast organ at Schweriner Dom - Sankts Maria und Johannes, Germany
1977 Kuhn organ at the Hofkirche - St. Leodegar, Luzerne, Switzerland
1886 Merklin; 1960 Kuhn; 1985 Nicolle, Valentin, Meslé organ at Sanctuaire Saint-Bonaventure, Lyon, France
2003 Dobson organ at the Cathedral of our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles, California
…continuing our Franz Liszt Bicentennial tribute with original scores and arrangements by Liszt and others that further realize the pipe organ’s promethean potential.
Listen to the program
FRANZ LISZT (arranged by Guillou): Prometheus [1850-55] –Jean Guillou (Tamburini-Zanin/Naples Conservatory, Italy) Philips 480 0989
FRANZ LISZT (arranged by Guillou): Orpheus [1853-54] –Cherry Rhodes (2003 Dobson/Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles, CA) Delos DE 3346
FRANZ LISZT (arranged by Geffert): Valée d’Obermann, from Annnées de Pélerinage-Suisse [1855] –Johannes Geffert (1977 Kuhn/Hofkirche St. Leodegar, Luzern, Switzerland) Querstand CD-0313
FRANZ LISZT: Hosannah [1862]–András Virágh (1991 Váradi/Cathedral of Pécs, Hungary) Hungaroton CD-131701-05
Filler –Les Preludes (see below)
FRANZ LISZT: Ave Maria after Archadelt [1862] –Zsigmond Szathmáry (1907 Seifert/St. Mary Basilica, Kevelaer, Germany) EMI Classics CDC 47533
FRANZ LISZT (transcribed by Imbert): Les Preludes [1856] –Jean-Paul Imbert (1886 Merklin; 1960 Kuhn; Nicolle, Valentin, Meslé/Sanctuaire Saint-Bonaventure, Lyon, France) Festivo 6941 752
FRANZ LISZT: Angelus! Priere aux Anges Gardiens [1877] –Martin Haselböck (1871 Ladegast/Schweriner Dom, Schwerin, Germany) NCA 60146-215
FRANZ LISZT: The Battle of the Huns [1857] –soloist unidentified, Cincinnati Symphony, Erich Kunzel, conductor (Baldwin Opus XV electronic organ/Springer Auditorium, Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH) Telarc CD-80079
FRANZ LISZT: In festo transfigurationis domini nostri Jesu Christi [1880] –Martin Haselböck (1871 Ladegast/Schweriner Dom, Schwerin, Germany) NCA 60161-319
Filler –The Battle of the Huns (see above)