Mechanics Hall concert hall in Worcester, Massachusetts built in 1857.
Mechanics Hall concert hall in Worcester, Massachusetts built in 1857.
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Going On Record #8627

…another selective sampling of unusual and appealing new organ recordings, with commentary by program host Michael Barone.

J.S. BACH: Fugue in c, S. 537; Chorale-preludes on "Jesus, meine Zuversicht" and "Wir glauben all an einen Gott"  -Anthony Newman (Rieger organ, State University of New York at Purchase)

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS: Improvisation, Op. 150, No. 7  -Stephen Darlington (Harrison organ, St. Alban's Abbey, England)

G.F. HANDEL: Organ Concerto in g, Op. 4, No. 1  -Ian Sadler (Casavant organ, Yorkshire Park Baptist Church, Toronto)

JOHN BULL: Prelude and "In nomine". JOHN STANLEY: Voluntary in D  -Simon Preston (historic instruments)

HORATIO PARKER: Melody and Intermezzo, Op. 20, No. 3  -David Craighead (1864 E. & G.G. Hook/Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts)

RICHARD WAGNER: Pilgrim's Chorus, from "Tannhauser"  -Daniel Chorzempa (Moeller organ, Cadet's Chapel, West Point)

J.S. BACH: Concerto in G, S. 592  -Joan Lippencott (1967 C.B. Fisk/Harvard Memorial Chapel, Cambridge, Massachusetts)

ERNST BACON: Spirits and Places  -Marion Ruhl Metson (Bozeman-Gibson organ, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Brookline, Massachusetts)

GEORGE GERSHWIN: Lady, Be Good  -Tom Hazleton (Wurlitzer organ, Alabama Theatre, Birmingham, Alabama)

GEORGE WRIGHT: Red, Hot and Blue!  -George Wright (Wright Studio Organ)

STEFAN LINDBLAD: Litanies Espagnoles  -Per Frendahl (1975 Åkerman/Katarina Kyrka, Stockholm, Sweden)

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