The Woolsey Mammoth #9202
. . . performances on the landmark 1928 E. M. Skinner at Yale’s Woolsey Hall, one of the world’s finest symphonic-style instruments.
ANTONIN DVORAK (trans. Lemare): Carnival Overture, Op. 92 –Thomas Murray (Priory 338)
PAUL HINDEMITH: Sonata for Alto Horn and Keyboard (1943) –Willy Ruff, horn; Thomas Murray, organ (Kepler Cassette SM-101; P.O. Box 1779, New Haven, CT 06507)
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR: Organ Symphony No. 2, Op. 13, no. 2 (selections) –Charles Krigbaum (AFKA 521…out-of-print)
G. F. HANDEL (arr. Best): Samson Overture. FREDERICK DEIUS (arr. Fenby): On hearing the first cuckoo in spring –Thomas Murray (PD Archive, r. 9/18/88)
JOHN KNOWLES PAINE: Concert Variations on Austria, Op. 3, no. 1 –Michael Kleinschmidt (PD Archive, r. 10/20/91)
With 166 stops and 12,592 pipes speaking into a superb auditorium from perfectly placed chambers, the Newbury Memorial Organ at Yale remains a peerless example of the art of early 20th century American orchestral organ building.
