
Going On Record #8601
…A selective quarterly sampling of recent organ recordings, with emphasis on the unusual and the unusually attractive. This potpourri covers a wide variety of musical types, performance styles, and organ-building attitudes, as displayed on LP's and CD's of foreign and domestic vintage. Host Michael Barone provides revealing commentary.
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR: Symphony No. 6, Op. 42, No. 2 (1st movement) Jean Guillou (1984 Ruffatti/Davies, San-Francisco, California)
Benaut: Organ mass (excerpts) Chantal de Zeeuw (St. Nicolas Church, Pertius)
Boellmann: Scherzo Herman van Vliet (Memorial Church, Speyer)
J.S. BACH: Trio Sonata No. 5 in C 91st movement) John Stansell (Rye Presbyterian Church, Rye, New York)
J.S. BACH: Concerto after Johann Ernst, S. 592 Bernard Foccroulle (1655 Schonat/Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, The_Netherlands)
BERNARDO PASQUINI: Sonata and 5 Variations Philip Swanton (St. Micolo Church, Treviso)
Swann: Hymn Improvisations ("Nun danket"; "Schoenster Herr Jesu") Frederick Swann (1962 Aeolian-Skinner; 1977 Ruffatti/Crystal Cathedral, Garden-Grove, California)
Soedersten: Ecclesia Reformata, from Organ Symphony No. 5 Gunno Soedersten (Immanuel Church, Stockholm)
Johnson: Louisiana (improvisation) Ruby Braff, cornet; Dick Hyman, theatre organ (Keystone Oaks High School, Dormon, Pennsylvania)
Winter: Grand Canyon Sunrise Paul Winter, sax; Glen Velez, drum; Paul Halley, organ (St. John the Divins)
RICHARD PURVIS: Vexills Regis Leander Claflin (Trinity Cathedral, Trenton, New Jersey)
SAMUEL WESLEY: Fugal Duet for Organ Hans Fagius, David Sanger (Oesterhaninge Church, Sweden)
CÉSAR FRANCK: Piece Heroique (from manuscript, different ending)