ALAmericana #8441
…An appealing collection of new and not-so-new works for organ by American composers, recorded in concert.
EARLY AMERICAN MINIATURES: Airs, Voluntaries and Marches from Revolutionary Times John Spong (1978 Sipe/Luther College, Decorah, Iowa)
PHILIP BAYLES: 2 Organ Preludes and Fugues Terry Van Nelson (1972 Juergen Ahrend/University of Oregon, Eugene)
BRUCE SIMONDS: Dorian Prelude on Dies Irae George Markey (1980 Moeller organ/Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota)
GARTH EDMUNDSON: Humoresque Fantastique. MYRON ROBERTS: Prelude and Trumpetings Robert Scoggin (1967 Robert Sipe/Christ United Methodist Church, Rochester, Minnesota)
DANIEL PINKHAM: Man's Days are Like the Grass John Obetz (1979 Sipe/Hennepin UMC, Minneapolis, Minnesota)
LEONARD DANEK: Three Meditations on the Gospel of Saint John (1983) (premiere) Leonard Danek (1983 Karl Wilhelm organ/Christ Presbyterian Church, Edina, Minnesota)
Theme music from discs:
ANONYMOUS (arr. Charles McDermott): Medieval Motet Transcription, from the Robertsbridge Codex (1360) Guy Bovet (1390 Anonymous/Basilica, Sion, Switzerland)
GERRY HANCOCK: Improvisation on America the Beautiful Gerry Hancock (1968 Adams; 2005 Mann & Trupiano/St. Thomas, New-York, New York)
CHARLES IVES: America variations Günther Kaunzinger (1977 Klais/Cathedral, Ingolstadt, Germany)
