1766 Riepp organ at Ottobeuren Monastery, Germany

Going On Record

This week we take a listen to new recordings that represent an exceptional survey of four centuries of music.

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Program Broadcast dates:

May 17, 2004

Featured Organs:

Music played in the program

JACOB PRAETORIUS: Magnificat primi toni (2 verses) –William Porter (2000 GoART German Organ/rgryte nya kyrka, Göteborg, Sweden) Loft 2CD-1050/1 (www.loft.cc)

JOHN GARDNER: Jig, fr Five Dances, Op. 179 –David Halls (1877 Willis/Salisbury Cathedral) Griffin CD-4038 (www.griffinrecords.co.uk)

SAMUEL ROSSEAU: Scherzo –Kurt Lueders (1889 Stoltz/Church of Saint Paul the Apostle, Bergara, Spain) Aeolus CD-10311 (www.aeolus-music.com)

NICOLAS de GRIGNY: Récit de Cromorne, fr Veni Creator Versets –Axel Flierl (1766 Riepp/Ottobeuren Monastery, Germany) IFO CD-130 (www.ifo-records.de)

FERNAND de la TOMBELLE: Toccata in e –Hans Uwe Hielscher (1982 Oberlinger/Market Church, Wiesbaden) IFO CD-79 (www.ifo-records.de)

ROBERT FRANZ: Dessus et Dessous Galop (1892 Welte Style 6 Orchestrion/Frick Art & Historical Center, Pittsburgh, PA) Frick CD-2001 (www.frickart.org)

SCOTT JOPLIN: Euphonic Sounds –Jonas Nordwall, organ THOMAS "FATS" WALLER: Handful of Keys –Simon Gledhill (1915 Austin/Spreckels Organ Pavillion, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA) Spreckels Organ Society CD-7 (www.serve.com/sosorgan)

SIGFRID KARG-ELERT: Clair de Lune, Op. 72, no. 2 –Johannes Geffert (1977 Kuhn/Court Church, Lucerne, Switzerland) Querstand CD-313 (www.querstand.de)

J. S. BACH: Prelude & Fugue in c, S. 549 –Olivier Vernet (1991 Aubertin/Church of Saint Louis, Vichy) Ligia Digital CD-0104038

JULIUS REUBKE: Fugue, fr Sonata on the 94th Psalm –Wolfgang Rübsam (2002 Jann/Saint Martin's Church, Dudelange, Germany) IFO CD-115 (www.ohscatalog.org)

FRANZ XAVER MURSCHHAUSER: Preludes & Fugues, fr Prototypon Longo-Breve Organicum –Léon Berben (1738 König/Saint Joseph's Church, Bielstein) Aeolus CD-10371 (www.aeolus-music.com)

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS: Priere for Cello and Organ, Op. 158 –Rachel Wilson, cello; Todd Wilson (1921 Skinner/Church of Saint Luke, Evanston, IL) JAV CD-140 (www.pipeorgancds.com)

CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR: Allegro, fr Organ Symphony No. 8, Op. 42, #4 –Jeremy Filsell (1967 Walker/Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, England) ASV CD-1109(www.kochint.com)

MARCEL DUPRÉ: Carillon, fr Seven Pieces, Op. 27 –Ben van Oosten (1902 Willis/Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland) MD&G CD-3160954 (www.ohscatalog.org)