Going On Record #8740
…A quarterly review of recent releases of organ music on LP, CD and tape, with emphasis on the exceptional and deserving. This sampler covers many musical styles, and offers a splendid buyer's guide reference for personal collection building. Michael Barone is host and arbiter of taste.
J.S. BACH: Prelude in C, S. 531; chorale-prelude, "Liebster Jesu", S. 731 Hans Fagius (Cahman organ/Leufsta bruk, Sweden)
J.S. BACH: Chorale-prelude, "In Dir ist Freude", S. 615 Hans Fagius (Arvudsson organ/Mariefred Church, Sweden)
J.S. BACH: Fugue in A, S. 536 George Ritchie (Bedient organ/Cornerstone, Lincoln, Nebraska)
J.S. BACH: Chorale-prelude, "Wachet auf!" Susan Armstrong (1892 Johnson & Son/Sacred Heart Church, Waterbury, CT/Sacred Heart, Waterbury, Connecticut)
GASTON LITAIZE: Double Fugue Pamela Decker (1981 Rieger organ/Pacific Union College)
Bergamo: Sinfonia Giancarlo Parodi (1832 Serassi organ/St. Mary's Church, Valli del Pasubio, Italy)
A. Gabrieli: Toccata on the 10th Tone Roberto Micconi (1790 Callido organ/St. Zaccaria Church, Venice, Italy)
Arne: Flute Tune J. Thomas Mitts (1912 Tellers-Sommerhof organ/Holy Trinity Church, New Orleans, Louisiana)
DANIEL ROTH: Improvisation on "Wachet auf!" Daniel Roth (1898 Cavaillé-Coll/Basilique Sacre Coeur, Paris, France)
FRANÇOIS COUPERIN: "La Precieuse" Marcel Perrin, saxophone; Klaus Weber, organ
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS: Prelude & Fugue in B, Op. 99 John Rose (Austin organ/Hartford Cathedral, Connecticut)
MAURICE DURUFLÉ: Prelude & Fugure Todd Wilson (1978 Schudi/St. Thomas, Dallas, Texas)
MAURICE DURUFLÉ: "Veni Creator" Variations Olivier Latry (1956 Beuchet-Debierre/St. Etienne Du Mont, Paris, France)
