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Celebrating the pipe organ, the King of Instruments |
1714 Silbermann at Cathedral, Freiberg, Germany
2000 Fritts at Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ
…a selective summary of some intriguing and unusual albums of organ music issued on CD.
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J. S. BACH: Prelude & Fugue in G, BWV 541 –Robert Quinney (1976 Metzler/Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge, United Kingdom) Coro 16132
J. S. BACH: 4 Orgelbüchlein Chorale-preludes (Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 633; Wer nur den lieben Gott, BWV 642; Durch Adams Fall, BWV 637; Es ist das Heil, BWV 638) –Joan Lippincott (2000 Fritts/Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ) Gothic 49297
GEORG BÖHM: Partita, Wer nur den lieben Gott –Ilona Kubiaczyk-Adler (1749 Hildebrandt/St. Bartholomew Church, Paslek, Poland) Kubiaczyk 2015
DICK HYMAN: Thinking About Bix –Benjamin Saunders (2010 Klais/Leeds Cathedral, United Kingdom) Pro Organo 7269
JAMES WOODMAN: Basilica Triptych –Greig Schearer, flute; Christa Rakich (2014 Richards, Fowkes/Somers Congregational Church, Somers, CT) Loft 1146
RACHEL LAURIN: Petite Suite sur un Motet de Gerald Bales, Op. 41 –Brenda Portman (1990 Casavant/Hyde Park United Methodist Church, Cincinnati, OH) Raven 975
JOHANN KUHNAU: Prelude a la breve in G; Fugue and Prelude in g –Stefano Molardi (1714 Silbermann/Cathedral, Freiberg, Germany) Brilliant Classics 94089
J. S. BACH: Toccata in C, BWV 564 –David Enlow (1993 Mander/St. Ignatius Loyola, New York City) Pro Organo 7274
OLIVIER MESSIAEN: Prélude (1928) –Tom Winpenny (1992 Rieger/St. Giles Cathedral, Glasgow, Scotland) Naxos 8.573471
MESSIAEN: Communion, fr Messe de la Pentecote (1951) –SharonRose Pfeiffer (Skinner-Barden/Church of the Transfiguration, Orleans, MA) Gloriae Dei Artes 044
JEAN LANGLAIS: Gloria-Sanctus-Benedictus, fr Mass “Grant us Thy Peace” –Gloriae Dei Cantores/Elizabeth Patterson, director; James Jordan (Skinner-Barden/Church of the Transfiguration, Orleans, MA) Gloria Dei Artes 041
VYTAUTAS BACEVICIUS: Deuxieme mot, Op. 21 –Matthew Lewis (1957 Aeolian-Skinner/Church of the Incarnation, New York City) Toccata Classics 0134