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Celebrating the pipe organ, the King of Instruments |
A summer quarterly review of recent releases of organ music on compact disc.
J.S. BACH: 3 Attributed Pieces: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV Anh. II 66; Sarabande in C, S. 990; Vom Himmel hoch BWV Anh. II 63 –Douglas Myers, trumpet; Stephen Rapp (1995 Richards, Fowkes/St. John Lutheran, Stamford, CT) Raven OAR-420
AARON COPLAND: Scherzo, from Symphony for Organ and Orchestra [1924] –Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton, conductor; Wayne Marshall (1992 C.B. Fisk/Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, TX) Delos DE 3221
JEHAN ALAIN: Litanies –John Balka (1992 C.B. Fisk/Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, TX) Pro Organo CD 7032
MAURICE DURUFLÉ: Scherzo, Opus 2 –Mark Laubach (1987 Berghaus/Grace Lutheran, River Forest, IL) Pro Organo CD 7052
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA: Liberty Bell March –Richard Morgan (1930 Skinner/St. Peter Episcopal, Morristown, NJ) JAV CD-102
MARCEL DUPRÉ: Esquisse, Opus 41, number 1 –Stephen Tharp (1930 E.M. Skinner/Girard College Chapel, Philadelphia, PA) Ethereal CD-108
MARCEL DUPRÉ: Invention in E, Opus 50, number 4; Chorale-prelude, Rejoice greatly, O my soul, Opus 59, number 1 –James Biery (1972 Casavant Frères/Cathedral of Saints Peter & Paul, Providence, RI) Naxos 8.553862
MARCEL DUPRÉ: Magnificat 3 Verses, from Opus 18 –Robert Delcamp (1983 Möller/West End UMC, Nashville, TN) Naxos 8.553918
EDGER LESLIE; ARCHIE GOTTLER:: America, I love you –Chris Elliott (1929 Wurlitzer/Plummer Auditorium, Fullerton, CA) CPE Productions 106
RAYMOND SCOTT: Toy Trumpet. LEW POLLACK: Two Cigarettes in the Dark –Lyn Larsen (1927 Wurlitzer/Place de la Musique, Sanfilippo Residence, Barrington, IL) Hopeful Heart CD-202
EMMA LOU DIEMER: Psalm 24. BENEDETTO MARCELLO: Psalm 18 –Emmanuel Brass; Joan DeVee Dixon (1991 Reuter/Munger Chapel, University of the Ozarks, Clarksville, AR) UO CD-1998
JOHANN PACHELBEL: Chorale-prelude, Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich. CASPAR SCHAFFNER: Dances –Philip Cooper (1787 Tannenberg/Moravian Church, Lititz, PA) AFKA SK-540
EASTHOPE MARTIN: Hail, gladdening light –Choir of Grace Cathedral, John Fenstermaker, conductor; Christopher Putnam (1934 Aeolian-Skinner/Grace Episcopal Cathedral, San Francisco, CA) Gothic G49098