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Celebrating the pipe organ, the King of Instruments |
Willis–Mander at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London
…common sense tells us that the pipe organ’s most important ‘stop’ is the room in which it speaks.
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AARON COPLAND: Fanfare for the Common Man –Dorothy Papadakos (1954 Aeolian-Skinner/Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City) B&V 100
WILLIAM MATHIAS: Fanfare –John Scott (Willis-Mander/St. Paul’s Cathedral, London) Nimbus 5367
JEAN BERVEILLER: Mouvement. OLIVIER MESSIAEN: Transports de joie, fr L’Ascension –Jeanne Demessieux (1967 Walker/Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, England) Festivo 141
J.S. BACH (arr. Gade): Variations on Sei gegrüsset Jesu gütig, BWV 768 (arranged for four hands and four feet) –Olivier Vernet & Cedrick Meckler (1979 Tambourini/St. Charles Church, Monte Carlo, Monaco) Ligia Digital 0104200-09
JOSEPH RENNER: Theme and Variations, Op. 58 –Franz Josef Stoiber (2009 Rieger/Regensburg Cathedral, Germany) Motette 13791
HERBERT HOWELLS: Psalm Prelude No. 1 (Lo, the poor crieth), fr Op. 32 –Christopher Dearnley (Willis-Mander/St. Paul’s Cathedral, London) Hyperion 66394
BASIL HARWOOD: O how glorious –Choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral/John Scott, conductor; Andrew Lucas (Willis-Mander/St. Paul’s Cathedral, London) Hyperion 66618
BERNARDO STORACE: Balletto. OLIVIER MESSIAEN: Apparition de l’Eglise eternelle –Lorenzo Ghielmi (2004 Mascioni/St. Mary’s Cathedral, Tokyo, Japan) CR Studio 2004
FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Allegro, Chorale & Fugue in d/D –Thomas Murray (1938-1962 Aeolian-Skinner/St. Paul’s Chapel, Columbia University, New York, NY) Pipedreams 1001
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU (trans. Rechsteiner): Dardanus Prelude; Fuguette & Tempete, fr Hippolyte et Aricie; Air, fr Castor et Pollux –Henri-Charles Caget, percussion; Yves Rechsteiner (1741 Moucherel-1754 Lépine/Church of the Nativity of Mary, Cintegabelle, France) Alpha 650
THÉODORE DUBOIS: Chant pastoral, fr Douze Pieces Nouvelles. GEORG DERX: Fantasy in Free Style –Jan Ernst (1871 Ladegast/Scherwin Cathedral, Germany) Fagott 3903
SIGFRID KARG-ELERT: Harmonies du soir, fr Op. 72. JOSEPH JONGEN: Toccata –Marsha Heather Long (1954 Aeolian-Skinner/Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY) Koch 7008