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Celebrating the pipe organ, the King of Instruments |
A summer survey of recent releases of organ music on compact disc.
J.S. BACH: Toccata in d, S. 565 –Fernando Germani (1954 Harrison & Harrison/Royal Festival Hall, London, England, UK) EMI Classics CDC 69328
J.S. BACH: Chorale-prelude, Wir glauben all, S. 1098 –Kevin Bowyer (1962; 1987 Marcussen & Søn/St. Hans Church, Odense, Denmark) Nimbus NI 5500/1
FRANZ SYBERG: Fugato, from Praeludium, Intermezzo og Fugato –Kevin Bowyer (1965 Marcussen/Odense Domkirke, Denmark) Nimbus NI 5468
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS: Fantasy in Eb –Richard Morris (1991 Casavant Frères; 1996 Rodgers/Bel Air Presbyterian, Los Angeles, CA) Gothic G49090
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS: Laurels, from Cypres et Lauriers, Opus 156 –Toulouse Symphony Orchestra, Michel Plasson, conductor; Matthias Eisenberg (1888 Puget/Notre Dame de la Dalbade, Toulouse, France) EMI Classics CDC 56362
HAYDN WOOD: Sketch of a Dandy. COLE PORTER: It’s de-lovely –Simon Gledhill (1928 Kimball/Dickinson High School Auditorium, Wilmington, DE) DTOS CD-366
LYNNWOOD FARNAM: Toccata on O filii et filiae –Frederick Swann (1953 Aeolian-Skinner/Riverside, New York, NY) Gothic G49082
SETH BINGHAM: Bells of Riverside –Frederick Swann (1953 Aeolian-Skinner/Riverside, New York, NY) Gothic G49086
JOHANN LUDWIG KREBS: Fantasia in F; Chorale-prelude, In allen meinen Taten –Mathias Schmutzler, trumpet; Felix Friedrich (1739 Trost/Altenburg Castle Chapel, Germany) Motette CD MOT 20261
JOHANN PACHELBEL: Magnificat Fugues, 3rd Tone –Boychoir of Ann Arbor; Marilyn Mason (1985 C.B. Fisk/Moore Hall, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI) MHS CD-514371
J.S. BACH: Sinfonia to Cantata Number 29. JEAN-JOSEPH MOURET: Rondeau –David Arcus (1976 Flentrop/Duke University Chapel, Durham, NC) Gothic G49087
JOSEPH BONNET: Concert Etude –Nicolas Kynaston (1871 Henry Willis; 1924; 1933 Harrison & Harrison; 2004 Mander/Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK) EMI Classics CFP 68842
BERNARDO PASQUINI: Toccata and Ricercare, 2nd Tone –Ennio Cominetti (18th C. anonymous instrument/St. Mary Church, Montepulciano, Italy) Dabringhaus und Grimm MDG 606 0646
MAURICE DURUFLÉ: Fugue on the Name of Alain, Opus 7 –David Patrick (1962 Harrison & Harrison/Coventry Cathedral, England, UK) ASV CD-993
Filler –J.S. BACH Chorale-prelude, Wir glauben all, S. 1098 (see above)