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Celebrating the pipe organ, the King of Instruments |
a quarterly review of recent organ recordings, drawing from the incredible variety of new and interesting materials which are available to music lovers these days.
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DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE: Praeludium in d –James David Christie (1985 Taylor & Boody/Holy Cross College, Worcester, MA) JAV CD-110
LENNON & McCARTNEY: Michelle. JOHANN STRAUSS II: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka –Hannes Meyer (1968 Genf/City Casino, Basel, Switzerland) Tudor CD-7062
EMMA LOU DIEMER: Scherzo for Flute and Organ. Psalm 42 for Trumpet and Organ –Sue Harris, flute; John Anthony, trumpet; Joan DeVee Dixon (1991 Reuter/Munger Chapel, University of the Ozarks, Clarksville, AR) RBWCD-015
REGINALD PORTER-BROWN: Tuba Tune –Stuart Forster (1931 E.M. Skinner/Cathedral of our Lady Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, Toledo, OH) JAV CD-113
HARM HOEVE: Psalm 116 –Nortje van Middelkoop, panflute; Anja van der Maten, ob; Harm Hoeve (1845 Naber/Sint Joriskerk, Amersfoort, The Netherlands) CMR CD-106
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU: Les Indes Galantes Overture –Franck Besingrand (1741 Moucherel; 1754 Lépine/Église de la Nativité de la Sainte-Vierge, Cintegabelle, France) Pavane ADW 7421
NICOLAS de GRIGNY: Verse 1 of Veni Creator Spiritus –Saint Nikolaus Schola; Thiemo Janssen (1989 Woehl/St. Nikolaus Church, Friedrichshafen, Germany) Psallite CD-60121
FRANKLIN ASHDOWN: A Tuscan Adagio. RAMÓN NOBLE: La Bamba, from Triptico Mexicano –James Welch (1986 Schoenstein/St. Elizabeth RCC, San Francisco, CA) Arkay AR6169
J.S. BACH: Praeludium in C, S. 531; Chorale-prelude, Vom Himmel hoch, S. 701 –Gerhard Weinberger (1714 Gottfried Silbermann/Freiberg Cathedral, Germany) cpo 999 633
J.S. BACH: 3 Chorale-preludes: Nun ruhen alle Wälder, S. 756; Herr Jesu Christ, Anh. 55; Nun lasst uns den Lieb, S. 1111 –Kevin Bowyer (1962; 1987 Marcussen & Søn/St. Hans Church, Odense, Denmark) Nimbus NI 5606/7
J.S. BACH: Chorale-prelude, Wir glauben all, S. 765; Fugue in D, S. 580 –Christopher Herrick (1975 Metzler/St. Michael Church, Kaisten, Switzerland) Hyperion CDA67139
GERRE HANCOCK: Improvisation on Go, tell it on the mountain –Gerre Hancock (1996 Taylor & Boody/St. Thomas Episcopal, New York, NY) Gothic G49109
CÉSAR FRANCK: Piece héroïque –Diane Meredith Belcher (1998 Glatter-Götz; Rosales/Claremont UCC, Claremont, CA) JAV CD-115