Going On Record

A spring survey of recent releases of organ music on compact disc.

Program Broadcast dates:

• April 13, 1998

Music played in the program

HAGEN: Prelude on Psalm 150 –Joop van der Louw, trumpet; Toon Hagen (1639 Bader-1813 Timpe/Sint Walburgiskerk, Zutphen, The Netherlands) VLS Recordings CD-1097

HANDEL: Concerto No. 5 in F, Op. 4 (movements 1/2) –The Brandenburg Consort; Paul Nicholson (1994 Goetze & Gwynn/Saint Lawrence, Whitchurch, Edgware, England, UK) Hyperion 2CD-67291/2

GHERARDESCHI: Rondo –Margaret Irwin-Branson (1852 Hook/United Church of Westville, New Haven, CT). ELGAR: Carillon –Thomas Murray (1929 Skinner/Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT) OHS 4CD-94

BACH: Prelude in D, S. 532 –Michael Murray (1721 Schnitger/Saint Michael’s Church, Zwolle, Netherlands) Telarc CD-80385

REICHE: Fanfare. CLARKE: Trumpet Voluntary. WEBBER: Pie Jesu, from Requiem. TELEMANN: Rejoicing, from Heroic Music –Gerald Webster, trumpet; Paul Klemme (1995 Reuter/Heinz Memorial Chapel, University of Pittsburgh, PA) Pro Organo CD-7057

FIRMIN SWINNEN: Chinoiserie –Peter Conte (1930 Aeolian/Longwood Gardens, Kennet Square, PA) DTR CD-9703

NEWELL CHASE: Midnight in Mayfair –Carol Williams (1927 Wurlitzer/Brentford Musical Museum, Middlesex, England, UK) Melcot CD-014  

FLORENCE PRICE: 2 Pieces (Little Melody; Allegretto) –Calvert Johnson (1972 Harrison/Christ Church Episcopal, Savannah, GA) Calcante CD-014

WIDOR: Intermezzo, from Symphony No. 6 –Peter Baicchi (Aeolian-Skinner+Ruffatti/Crystal Cathedral, Garden Grove, CA) PBCD-1001

DUPRÉ: 2 Versets (Et exultavit; Speciosa es), from Les Vepres de la Vierge, Op. 18 –Keith Toth (1996 Guilbault-Therien/Brick Presbyterian Church Chapel, New York, NY) Ethereal CD-103

FRANCK: Allegro non troppo, from Grand Piece Symphonique, Op. 17 –Janet Hunt (1992 Jaeckel/Pilgrim Congregational Church, Duluth, MN) CALLAHAN: Magnificat, from The Harvard Service –Harvard University Choir; Murray Somerville (1932 Aeolian-Skinner/All Saint’s Episcopal Church, Worcester, MA) Pro Organo CD-7085

VIERNE: Scherzo, from Symphony No. 2, Op. 20 –Frederick Hohman (1996 Austin/Saint John’s Episcopal Church, West Hartford, CT) Pro Organo CD-7070

GIGOUT: Grand Choeur Dialogue –Cathedral Brass; Dorothy Papadakos (1954 Aeolian-Skinner/Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York, NY) Pro Organo CD-7098