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Celebrating the pipe organ, the King of Instruments |
An autumn quarterly review of recent recordings.
FRYE: Tout a par moy, from Buxheimer Organbook –Joseph Payne (1706 Rindt/Emmaus Church, Hatzfield, Germany) Naxos CD 8.553467
GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI: Aria detto Balletto –Ton Koopman (1726 Camerino/San Bernardino Basilica, L’Aquila, Italy) Erato CD 96544
DAVID N. JOHNSON: Voluntary in D-flat. ROBERT SCHUMANN: Study in A-flat, Opus 56, number 4 –Katharine Pardee (1950 Holtkamp/Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College, Syracuse, NY) Pro Organo CD 7082
FRANZ LEHRNDORFER: Fugue on Grosser Gott, wir loben dich –Franz Lehrndorfer (1994 Georg Jann/Frauenkirche, Munich, Germany) Calig CD-50944
D’AGINCOURT: Processional for the Feast of the Assumption –Gregorian Antiphona Choir; Jean-Patrice Brosse (1982 Lacroix/Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, France) Pierre Verany CD-96014
GIUSEPPE VERDI: Aria, Peaceful was the night, from Il Trovatore –Roberto Cognazzo (1860 Lingiardi/St. Giaume, Nice, France) ADDA CD-581181
PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY: Nutcracker Ballet Overture –David Briggs (1898 Henry Willis; 1971 Hill, Norman & Beard; 1999 Nicholson/Gloucester Cathedral, England, UK) Priory PRCD568
FLOR PEETERS: Scherzo, from Suite Modale –Christopher Monks (1981 Klais/Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, England, UK) OxRecs Digital CD-59
PERCY GRAINGER: Blithe Bells –Robert Ampt and Amy Johansen (1979 Sharp/Opera House, Sydney, Australia) Move Digital 3170
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR: Finale, from Symphony Number 4 in f, Opus 13, number 4 –Herman van Vliet (1890 Cavaillé-Coll/Église Saint-Ouen, Rouen, France) Festivo FECD-143/144
RIVIER: Aria for Trumpet and Organ –Pascal Vigneron, tpt; Vincent Warnier (1989 van den Heuvel/Église Saint-Eustache, Paris, France) Quantum CD-6952
JEHAN ALAIN: 2 Dances for Agni Yavishta –Wolfgang Rübsam (1970 Rieger/Marienstatt Abbey, Germany) Bayer BR100 198/9
GEORGI MUSHEL: Toccata –Valeri Rubacha (1891 Walcker/St. Petersburg Cappella, Russia) Olympia CD-554
HARRY WARREN: With plenty of money and you –Lyn Larsen (1927 Wurlitzer/Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO) Musical Contrasts CD-206
GEORGE GERSHWIN: Someone to watch over me –Jonas Nordwall (1921 Wurlizter/Howard Vollum Studio, Portland, OR) Organ Grinder CD-111
SHELLEY: Scherzo, Dragonflies –Frederick Hohman (1912 Skinner/Grand Avenue UMC Temple, Kansas City, MO) Pro Organo CD-7042
ARLEN/PAPADAKOS: Somewhere over the rainbow –Dorothy Papadakos (1954 Aeolian-Skinner; 2008 Quimby/Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York, NY) Pro Organo CD-7080
Filler –J.S. BACH: Fugue in G, S. 541 –David Briggs (1898 Henry Willis; 1971 Hill, Norman & Beard; 1999 Nicholson/Gloucester Cathedral, England, UK) Priory PRCD568