Organ Plus #1007
…a diverse collection of other musical friends teams up with the King of Instruments to make a glorious noise.
Hour 1
G.F. HANDEL: Organ Concerto in B-flat, Opus 7, number 1 –Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr (1998 Goetze & Gwynn/St. Jude’s-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden, London, England UK) Harmonia Mundi CD-807447/8
TAKASHI SAKAI: Fantasia for Organ, Shakuhachi and Koto, Opus 25 –Yukihiko Mitsuka, shakuhachi; Mihoko Ono, koto; Takashi Sahai, organ; Tecla 009
JOSEPH CLOKEY: Symphonic Piece, Dialogue-Scherzo-Fugue –Andrew Gordon, piano; Brian Jones (1930 Aeolian/Longwood Gardens, Dupont Estate, Kennett Square, PA) AFKA SK-506
RUDOLPH BIBL: 2 Adagios, Opus 39 –Donald Moline, cello; Randall Swanson (1983 Casavant Frères/St. Clement RCC, Chicago, IL) Dorian DOR 80148
EUGÈNE GIGOUT (orchestrated by Joseph-Guy Ropartz): Grand Choeur Dialogué –Ingolstadt Philharmonic, Alfredo Ibarra, conductor; Franz Hauk (1977 Klais/Ingolstadt Münster, Germany) Guild GMCD 7185
Hour 2
GEORGE GURDJIEFF & THOMAS de HARTMANN: Seekers of Truth Number 5. J.S. BACH: Air, from Concerto in d, BWV 1053. G.F. HANDEL: Royal Fireworks Music Overture –Brian Neal, trumpet; Thomas Schuster (2001 Ruffatti/Epiphany RCC, Miami, FL) SingingTrumpet 2007
IMPROVISATION: Gott ist gegenwärtig –Thomas Klemm, saxophone; Wolfgang Schmiedt, guitar; Karl Scharnweber (1990 Schuke/Johanniskirche, Neubrandenburg, Germany) Nabel 4642
ARTHUR HONEGGER: 3 Psalms –Margaret Roest, soprano; Ben van Oosten (1981 Oberlinger/St. Joseph Church, Bonn-Beuel, Germany) Dabringhaus und Grimm MDG 316 0991
JOHANNES BRAHMS (arranged by Olson): Let nothing ever grieve thee, Opus 30 –Boston Brass; J. Melvin Butler (1965 Flentrop/Episcopal Cathedral of St. Mark, Seattle, WA) Loft LRCD-1022
RICHARD POPPLEWELL: Organ Concerto Number 1 in D –Ulster Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, conductor; Jane Watts (1861 Hill, restored 1978 by Mander/Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK) Priory PRCD874
