Op. 736, Church of the Blessed Sacrament/Worcester, MA
Op. 736, Church of the Blessed Sacrament/Worcester, MA
A. Thompson-Allen

Going On Record #8714

…Another quarterly selective sampling of recent organ recordings, with emphasis on the unusual and the unusually attractive.

Poulenc: Concerto in g for Organ, Strings & Timpani  Berj Zamkochian, organist

G.F. HANDEL: Organ Concertos, Op. 4  Peter Hurford, organist; Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra

G.F. HANDEL: "Awake the Trumpet's Lofty Sound" (and other music for organ and trumpets)  Hannes, Wolfgang & Bernhard Laeubin, trumpets; Simon Preston, organist

J.S. BACH: Chorale-prelude, "Nun danket alle Gott", S. 657 (plus "Leipzig 18 and "Schuebler" chorale-preludes)  Hans Fagius, organist

J.S. BACH: Trio Sonata No. 6 in G, S. 530  Wolfgang Kreuzhuber, organist

MARCEL DUPRÉ: Te Deum, Op. 43  Daniel Roth, organist

DANIEL ROTH: Improvisation on "Ave Maria"  Daniel Roth

LOUIS VIERNE: Sortie, from Messe basse, Op. 30  Marie-Andree Morisset-Balier, organist

Meyer: Suite Paysanne  Hannes Meyer, organist with string ensemble

Traditional: Swiss waltz (for organ, dulcimer, violin)  Juerg Neuenschwander Ensemble

Hampton: "Everyone Dances", from 5 Dances for Organ  Cherry Rhodes, organist

MAX REGER: Chorale-prelude, "Jesu Leiden, Pein und Not"  Robert Parris, organist

Gigout: Grand-Choeur Dialogue (2 versions played)  Joan Lippincott, John Scott

FRANZ LISZT: Variations on "Weinen, klagen, sorgen, zagen"  Gabor Lehotka, organist; Marie-Claire Alain

FRANZ LISZT: Prelude, "Excelsior"  Martin Hazelboeck

FRANZ LISZT: "Ave Maria"  Zsigmond Szathmary

Rembt: Chorale-prelude, "Now thank we all"  Ewald Kooiman

Kabelac: Fantasy (1957)  Kathryn Moen, organist

PAUL HINDEMITH: Sonata No. 1  Robert Noehren