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Celebrating the pipe organ, the King of Instruments |
1965 Metzler at St. Peter’s Cathedral, Geneva
1996 Saint–Martin at the Collegiate Church, Neuchatel
1986 Saint-Martin at the Collegiate Church, Saint-Imier
1914 Welte at the Museum of Mechanical Musical Instruments, Seewen
2003 Fisk at Lausanne Cathedral
…for those who stayed at home, a musical diversion to accompany the current PIPEDREAMS group tour.
Listen to the program
J. S. BACH: Toccata in F, BWV 540 –Lionel Rogg (1965 Metzler/St. Peter’s Cathedral, Geneva) EMI Classics 64289
MICHEL CORRETTE: Magnificat Versets (4) –Guy Bovet (1996 Saint-Martin/Collegiate Church, Neuchatel) Gallo 987
GUY BOVET: 3 Ecclesiastical Tangos (No. 1, Ave maris stella; No. 7, In the Mode of a Habanera; No. 6, Batalla) –Elisabeth Zawadke (1986 Saint-Martin/Collegiate Church, Saint-Imier) Gallo 1136
ISAAC FLAGLER: Alpine Fantasy with Storm –Johannes Geffert (1977 Kuhn/Hofkirche, Lucerne) Querstand 0313
JOSEF RHEINBERGER: Agitato, fr Sonata No. 11 in d, Op. 148 (1888) –Esther Sialm (1877-1926 Goll/Abbey Church, Engelberg) Motette 20331. With more than 9000 pipes, this is the largest organ in Switzerland.
J. S. BACH: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 –Anne-Caroline Prenat (1975 Füglister/Church of St. Martin, Lutry) Gallo 628
J. L. KREBS: 2 Chorale-preludes (Jesu, meines Lebens Leben; Herr, ich habe missgehandelt)–Albert Bolliger (1763 Aichgasser/Cloister Church, Fischingen) Sinus 6002
J. S. BACH: Prelude & Fugue in c, BWV 549 –Carl Hofner, via organ roll (1914 Welte/Museum of Mechanical Musical Instruments, Seewen) Oehms 840
FRANZ LISZT: Evocation of the Sistine Chapel –Jean-Christophe Geiser (2003 Fisk/Lausanne Cathedral) Organ 72102
LIONEL ROGG: Concert de Flutes, fr Nouvelles Etudes (1999) –Lionel Rogg (1965 Metzler/St. Peter’s Cathedral, Geneva) Organ 7103
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR: Scherzo, fr Symphony No. 4, Op. 13, no. 4 –Lionel Rogg (1993 van den Heuvel/Victoria Hall, Geneva) Organ 7005
J. S. BACH: Fugue in F, BWV 540 –Lionel Rogg (1965 Metzler/St. Peter’s Cathedral, Geneva) EMI Classics 64289
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