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Celebrating the pipe organ, the King of Instruments |
A visit with convivial scholar-performer John Butt of Cambridge, England, who plays in recital in Boston and on instruments in the O’Neill Collection of the University of California-Berkeley.
J.S. BACH: Prelude & Fugue in G. S. 541 (1971 C.B. Fisk/Old West Church, Boston. MA) recorded in recital November 15, 1997
HENRY PURCELL: Voluntary in G; Trumpet Tune from The Indian Queen; March in C, from The Married Beau; Trumpet Tune in C, Cibell (1982 Greg Harrold German Style organ [Opus 7]/Alfred Hertz Memorial Hall, UC Berkeley, CA) (1988 Greg Harrold Spanish Style organ [Opus 11]/Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley, CA) Harmonia Mundi CD-907103
JOHANN PACHELBEL: Aria Quarta, Variations in g, from Hexachordum Apollinis (1982 Greg Harrold German Style organ [Opus 7]/Alfred Hertz Memorial Hall, UC Berkeley, CA) (1988 Greg Harrold Spanish Style organ [Opus 11]/Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley, CA) Harmonia Mundi CD-907029
J.S. BACH: Vivace, from Trio Sonata Number 6 in G, S. 530 (1982 Greg Harrold German Style organ [Opus 7]/Alfred Hertz Memorial Hall, UC Berkeley, CA) (1988 Greg Harrold Spanish Style organ [Opus 11]/Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley, CA) Harmonia Mundi CD-907055
GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI: Capriccio sopra l’aria Or che noi rimena; Capriccio cromatico; Capriccio sopra la, sol, fa, re, mi (1982 Greg Harrold German Style organ [Opus 7]/Alfred Hertz Memorial Hall, UC Berkeley, CA) (1988 Greg Harrold Spanish Style organ [Opus 11]/Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley, CA) Harmonia Mundi CD-907178
JUAN CABANILLES: Tiento de falsas de octavo tono; Tiento de segundo tono por Gesolruet (1988 Greg Harrold Spanish Style organ [Opus 11]/Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley, CA) Harmonia Mundi CD-907047
MARCEL DUPRÉ: Variations on a Noel (1971 C.B. Fisk/Old West Church, Boston. MA) recorded November 15, 1997
Organbuilder Gregg Harrold, a meticulous craftsman, lives and works in Los Angeles. John Butt’s has made several recordings for the Harmonia Mundi label.