Preludes to the Christmas Festival #9050
…An international potpourri of holiday surprises for the organ.
Newman: 3 Christmas Hymn Settings (Hark, the herald angels sing; O little town of Bethlehem; Angels we have heard) Anthony Newman (1987 Rieger organ/Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, New York City)
Louis d'Aquin: Noel en Duo No. 4 in G Pierre Bardon (1772 Isnard/St. Maximin-en-Provence)
JEAN GUILLOU: 2 Christmas Improvisations (Invention on Rejoice, rejoice this happy morn; Toccata on Jingle Bells) Jean Guillou (1988 Kleuker-Steinmeyer/Tonhalle, Zurich, Switzerland/Tonhalle, Zurich, Switzerland)
G.J. Vogler: Hoosianna Ilkka Kuusisto, organist; Tapiola Choir; Erkki Pojhola, cond.
Tchaikovsky (trans. Dale): The Nutcracker Suite James Dale (1981 Moeller/Naval Academy Chapel, Annapolis)
CONRAD SUSA: Serenade for a Christmas Night Lynne Aspnes, h. David John Olsen, vibraphone; Philip Brunelle (1981 Holtkamp/Plymouth Congregational, Minneapolis, Minnesota)
EMMA LOU DIEMER: Joy to the World Philip Brunelle, organist
GARDNER READ: Chorale-Fantasia on good King Wenceslas, Op. 50 Leonard Raver (1985 Casavant/Marsh Chapel, Boston University)
CÉSAR FRANCK: Noel Angevin Thierry Mechler (1985 Moench & Prachtel/St. John's Abbey, Duisburg-Hamborn)
HAROLD DARKE: In the Bleak Midwinter. MARCEL DUPRÉ: Adeste fidelis Toccata St. Paul's Cathedral Choir, Worcester, Massachusetts; Joseph Policelli, cond; Thomas Holland, Michelle Graveline (1864 E. & G.G. Hook/Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts)
