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1865 Hook at First Congregational Church in Orwell, VT
It may seem that organs can never be too large, but the music on this week’s show reveals the beauty in smaller things—music played on instruments with only a single manual keyboard!
MARC ANTONIO CAVAZZONI: Ricercare –Ingemar Melchersson (1475 da Prato/Basilica di San Petronio, Bologna, Italy) Christophorus CD-77141
GIOVANNI TRABACI: Versets on the 8th Tone –Sergio Vartolo (1702 Felice Cimino positive organ from a private collection) Naxos CD-8.553553/6
J. S. BACH: 3 Kyrie Verses, from Clavierübung III –Dietrich Wagler (1714 Gottfried Silbermann/Freiberg Cathedral, Germany) Motette CD-12451
JOHANN MATHESON: 3 Dances (Allemande; Seriosita; Gavotta) –Gerd Zacher (1714 König/Saint Leodegar Monastery, Niederehe, Germany) Aeolus CD-10161
JOHN STANLEY: Volungary in a, Op. 6, no. 2 –Jennifer Bate (1790 England/Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood, Hampstead, England, UK) Regis CD-5002
MIGUEL LOPEZ: Seis Versos de Medio Registro –Francis Chapelet (1777 Ortega/Church of San Sebastian, Abarca de Campos, Spain) Valois CD-4653
ALESSANDRO GRAZIOLI: 2 Organ Sonatas –Alberto Guerzoni (1787 Callido/Saint Bartholomew’s Church, Contarina, Porto Viro, Rovigo, Italy) Tactus CD-770701
THOMAS ADES: Preambulum, from Under Hamelin Hill, Op. 6 –David Goode (4-stop Mander chamber organ) EMI Classics CD-69699, #3
MASTER NEWMAN: A pavyan –André Isoir (1681 DeFontaine/Parish Church of Lorris-en-Gatinais, France) Triton CD-331121, #30
JOHANN KRIEGER: Passacaglia in d. ABRAHAM van den KERCKHOVEN: Fantasia in d –Gustav Leonhardt (1696 Goltfuss/Saint John the Baptist Church, Leuven, Belgium) Sony Classical CD-57963
LEON BOELLMANN: Ronde Française, Op. 37. EUGENE THAYER: Variations on The Star-spangled Banner, from Sonata No. 2 –Karl Moyer (1865 Hook/First Congregational Church, Orwell, VT) Raven OAR-290