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Celebrating the pipe organ, the King of Instruments |
1907 Walker–1989 Manders at Bristol Cathedral, England
2014 Marshall & Ogletree Touring Organ
1927 Casavant–2001 Schantz at St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, Mahtomedi, MN
2012 Fisk at Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2008 Alexander Schuke at Magdeburg Cathedral, Germany
…a selective international survey and review of some of the many recently released compact discs of organ music.
Listen to the program
WILLIAM WALTON (arr. Palmer & Gower): Prologue, fr A Wartime Sketchbook –Paul Walton (1907 Walker-1989 Manders/Bristol Cathedral, England) Regent 431
CAMERON CARPENTER: Elaboration (after a Cello Suite Prelude by Bach). CARPENTER: Pure Imagination (after a song by Newley & Bricusse) – Cameron Carpenter (2014 Marshall & Ogletree International Touring Organ) Sony Classical 3796882
CLARENCE MADER: Fangle –Jacob Benda (1949 Aeolian-Skinner/1st Presbyterian Church, Kilgore, TX) Centaur 3361
MARCEL DUPRÉ: Final, fr Suite in f, Op. 39 –Raymond Nagem (1953 Aeolian-Skinner-2008 Quimby/Cathedral of St. John the Divine, NYC) Pro Organo 7265
BRIAN CHAPPLE: Adagio & Molto ritmico, fr 6 Bagatelles –Margaret Phillips (2006 Beckerath/Marlborough College, Wiltshire, England) Regent 419
ROBERT FROST: Poem, Not to keep –Gabrielle Bullock, speaker. DAVID BRIGGS: Benedictus, fr Messe pour Notre-Dame –Proteus Ensemble/Stephen Shellard, director; Christopher Allsop (2008 Tickell/Worcester Cathedral, England) Regent 435
GASTON LITAIZE: Piece en trio –Gerben Budding (1993 Seifert/St. Gangolf, Heinsberg, Germany) VDGram 20140530
JOHANNES BASTIAANS: Allegro impetuoso, fr Fantasy Sonata in c –Gerben Budding (1853 Witte/Grote Kerk, Gorinchem, The Netherlands) LG Organ Classics 20140510
JEAN LANGLAIS: Fete –Ken Cowan (1933 Kilgen/Our Lady of Refuge Church, Brooklyn, NY) JAV Recordings (special issue)
MAX DRISCHNER: Lobe den Herren –Steve Rosenberg (2007 Casavant/Nativity of our Lord Church, Saint Paul, MN) Kurtzman 2014
J. ROBERT HANSON: Fanfare Prelude (O how shall I receive Thee) –Lake Wobegon Brass Band/Michael Halstenson, conductor; Bill Chouinard (1927 Casavant-2001 Schantz/St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, Mahtomedi, MN) LWBB 2014
GEORGE SHEARING: Come away to the skies, fr Sacred Sounds. GASTON LITAIZE: Prelude –Christian Lane (1930 Skinner & 2012 Fisk/Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA) Memorial Church 852678
ANTONIO DIANA: Sonata in d –Christopher Howerter (1843 Appleton/Acme Organ Institute, Acme, IN) Acme Organ 2014
MAX REGER: Theme and Fugue, fr Opus 73 –Faythe Freese (2008 Alexander Schuke/Magdeburg Cathedral, Germany) Raven 948
JOSEF RHEINBERGER: Confitebor tibi –Christ’s College Choir, Cambridge/David Rowland, director; Mark Roberts (2007 Kuhn/Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge, England) Regent 417
HILDIGUNNUR RÚNARSDÓTTIR: The Woman and the Dragon –Lára Bryndis Eggertsdóttir (1992 Klais/Hallgrimskirkja, Reykjavik, Iceland) Gateway 1401
MALCOLM WILLIAMSON: Fantasy on O Paradise (1976) –Tom Winpenny (1912 Harrison/St. Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, England) Toccata Classics 0246
PIERRE COCHEREAU (trans. Filsell): Scherzo symphonique –Daryl Robinson (1997 Fisk-Rosales.Rice University, Houston, TX) Pro Organo 7261