1999 Kuhn organ at the Bern Münster [Cathedral of Saint Vincent], Switzerland.
1999 Kuhn organ at the Bern Münster [Cathedral of Saint Vincent], Switzerland.
Photo–Mike Lehmann

Going On Record #9847

An extravagantly colorful autumn collection of recent recordings in review.

BUXHEIM ORGANBOOK: 3 Pieces: Pange lingua gloriosi; Magnificat octavi toni; Praeambulum super DJoseph Payne (2000 Kuhn/Berner Münster, Switzerland) Naxos 8.553466

NICOLAUS BRUHNS: Praeludium in G –Jan Willem Jansen (1981 Ahrend/Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, France) Temperaments CD-316011

JOHANN LUDWIG KREBS: Chorale-prelude, Zeuch ein zu deine TorenFelix Friedrich (1739 Trost/Altenburg Castle Chapel, Germany) Overtone CD-9712/3

JOHANN LUDWIG KREBS: Fugue in a –Felix Friedrich (1737 Silbermann/Friedenskirche, Ponitz, Germany) Overtone CD-9712/3

DALE WOOD: 3 Hymn-preludes: All things bright and beautiful; I need thee every hour; Blessed assuranceJames Welch (1987 Schoenstein/Sts. Peter & Paul RCC, San Francisco, CA) Arkay AR6165

JOHANN CHRISTIAN HEINRICH RINCK: Variations on God Save the King –Ludger Lohmann (1750 Gabler/Weingarten Abbey, Germany) Naxos 8.553925

STEPHEN PAULUS: Impassioned, from Three Temperaments –James Higdon (1996 Wolff/Bales Recital Hall, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS) DCD Records CD-2001

MARCEL DUPRÉ: Largo, movement 2, from Organ Concerto in e, Opus 31 –Columbus Philharmonic, David Bowden; Daniel McKinley (1942 Aeolian-Skinner/First Christian Church, Columbus, IN) Naxos 8.553922

LEROY ANDERSON: Belle of the Ball. HARRY WARREN: Remember Me? –Jelani Eddington (1928 Kimball/Dickinson High School Auditorium, Wilmington, DE)

GERRE HANCOCK: Anthem, Judge Eternal –Choir of Saint Thomas Church, Gerre Hancock, conductor; Peter Stoltzfus Berton (1956 Aeolian-Skinner/St. Thomas Episcopal, New York, NY) Koch CD-7285

JEAN LANGLAIS: Theme and Variations, from Hommage a Frescobaldi, Opus 70. GEORGE THALBEN-BALL: Elegy –Christopher Herrick (1954 Harrison/The Temple Church, London, England, UK) Hyperion CDA67060

SIR HUBERT PARRY: Chorale-prelude on Saint Anne –Robert Benjamin Dobey (1930 E.M. Skinner/Girard College Chapel, Philadelphia, PA) Pro Organo CD 7059