Organ and Orchestra #1749
…ever since Bach and Handel, this combination of instruments has continued to engage and excite.
Hour 1
J.S. BACH: Sinfonia, Cantata No. 29 –Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra/Ton Koopman, director & organ (Klopp trunk organ) Challenge Classics 72230
G. F. HANDEL: Organ Concerto No. 12 in B-flat, Op. 7, no. 6 –Concerto Amsterdam/Jaap Schroeder, conductor; Daniel Chorzempa (1780 Künckel/St. Anne’s Oude Katholicke Kerk, Haarlem, Netherlands) Pentatone Classics 5186-109.
JOSEPH JONGEN: Hymne, Op. 78 –Symphony in C/Rossen Milanov, conductor; Peter Conte (Wanamaker Organ, Macy’s, Philadelphia, PA) Gothic 49293
JOHN WELLS: Organ Concerto No. 1 (1996) –Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra/Adrian Sylveen, conductor; Woosug Kang (1972 Gress-Miles/South Congregational Church, New Britain, CT) Pipedreams Archive (. 5/8/2016)
Hour 2
PERCY GRAINGER: 2 Songs (The Power of Love; Lord Peter’s Stable-boy), fr Danish Folksong Suite –Danish National Radio Orchestra/Richard Hickox, conductor (2009 van den Heuvel/Danish Radio Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark) Chandos 9721
THOMAS TRACHSEL: Concertino for Organ and Symphonic Band (2009) –Saxon Wind Philharmonic/Thomas Clamor, conductor; Daniel Beilschmidt (1932 Jehmlich/St. Mary’s Cathedral, Wurzen, Germany) Genuin 16445
THIERRY ESCAICH: Organ Concerto No. 1 (1995) –Liege Philharmonic Orchestra/Pascal Rophé, conductor; Olivier Latry (Cavaille-Coll/Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris) Accord 472-216
