Honoring Anniversaries #1843
…of composers and performers who reached significant milestones in the year 2018.
Hour 1
CHRISTIAN ERBACH (b. 1568): Toccata settimi toni –Reinhard Jaud (1558 Ebert/Silver Chapel, Innsbruck, Austria) ORF 259
ABRAHAM van den KERCKHOVEN (b. 1618): Fantasia –Gustav Leonhardt (1756 Bedos-1985 Quoirin/Holy Cross Church, Bordeaux, France) Alpha 017
FRIEDRICH WILHELM MARPURG (b. 11/21/1718): Prelude & Caprice –Martin Haselböck (1731 Silbermann/Parish Church, Reinhardtsgrimma, Germany) Querstand 0220
CHARLES GOUNOD (b. 6/17/1818): Allegro con fuoco, fr Suite Concertante –Ingolstadt Philharmonic/Alfredo Ibarra; Franz Hauk (1977 Klais/Ingolstade Cathedral) Guild 7185
OSKAR MERIKANTO (b. 8/5/1868): Passacaglia, Op. 80 – Tauno Äikää (1921 Walcker-2005 Scheffler/St. John’s Church, Helsinki, Finland) Finlandia 700
M. SEARLE WRIGHT (b. 4/4/1918): Introduction, Passacaglia & Fugue –Frederick Swann (Ruffatti & Aeolian-Skinner/Crystal Cathedral, Garden Grove, CA) Gothic 49049
Filler – GOUNOD (see above)
Hour 2
KERCKHOVEN: Prelude in d –François Houtart (1995 Westenfelder/Notre Dame Cathedral, Luxembourg) Pavane 7381
ERBACH: Canzona in E –Gustav Leonhardt (1642 Freundt/Klosterneuburg Abbey, Austria) Sony 68262
JOHN COOK (b. 10/11/1918): Fantasy on a Scottish Hymn Tune (Martyrs) –Marian Ruhl Metson (1987 Bozeman/Eliot Congregational Church, Newton, MA) Raven 210
CLAUDE DEBUSSY (d. 3/25/1918): Nuages, fr Nocturnes –Thomas Weisflog & Scott Kumer (1928 Kimball, enlarged/St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Chicago, IL) Meridian 84372
DEBUSSY: Arabesque No. 1 –Gerard Brooks (1914 Mutin-Cavaillé-Coll/St. Peter’s Church, Douai, France) Priory 637
RENÉ VIERNE (d. 3/29/1918): Messe basse (Entrée-Elevation-Communion-Sortie) –Marie-Thérèse Jehan (1896 Debierre/St. Peter Cathedral, Nantes, France) Edition Lade 007
JOSEPH BOULNOIS (d. 10/20/1918): Choral in f# –Jane Parker-Smith (1998 Goll/St. Martin’s Church, Memingen, Germany) Avie 34
GOUNOD: Ave Maria (after Bach) –Arnaud Sourisseau, treble; Pascale Mélis (1877 Cavaillé-Coll/Church of St. Clodoal, St. Cloud, France) Forlane 16759
HUBERT PARRY (d. 10/7/1918): Fantasy on St. Anne –James Lancelot (1905-1970 Harrison/Durham Cathedral, England) Priory 692
Filler – COOK (see above)
