Anniversary Accolades 2025 (II) #2537
. . . more music by composers who achieved significant mileposts this year.
Hour 1
EUGENE GIGOUT (d. 1925) (arr. Ropartz): Grand Choeur Dialogué –Symphony in C/Silian Kirov; Peter Richard Conte (Wanamaker Organ, Philadelphia, PA) Raven 195
GIGOUT: Prelude, Chorale & Allegro in c, fr 10 Pieces –Didier Matry (1899 Cavaillé-Coll/Church of St. Augustin, Paris, France) Calliope 9938
GIGOUT: Piece jubilaire –Diane Meredith Belcher (2001 Fisk/Finney Chapel, Oberlin College, OH) PD Archive (r. 7/9/09)
ERIC SATIE (d. 1925): Messe des Pauvres (Commune que mundi nefas - Chant Ecclesiastique-Priere pour les voyageurs-Priere pour le salut de mon ame) –Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (1987 Kuhn/Hofkirche, Lucerne, Switzerland) ECM 1495
RAYNOR TAYLOR (d. 1825): Divertimento II –Eugene Roan (1849 Beach/Farmer’s Museum, Cooperstown, NY) OHS 2006
SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR (b. 1875): 3 Impromptus, Op. 78 –Simon Nieminski (1877 Hill/Barossa Regional Gallery, Tanunda, South Australia) Pro Organo 7313
Filler – GIGOUT: Grand Choeur Dialogue (see above)
Hour 2
GEORGES BIZET (d. 1875) (trans. Kiviniemi): Carmen Overture –Kalevi Kiviniemi (1980 Virtanen/Turku Cathedral, Finland) Ars Libra 107
BIZET (trans. Hastings): Farandole, fr L’Arlesienne –Aaron Tan (2004 Rieger/Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA) Pro Organo 7284
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (d. 1975): Credo & The Cathedral Service, fr The Gadfly, Op. 97 –Iain Quinn (1851 Willis-1988 Harrison/Winchester Cathedral, England) Chandos 10043
SHOSTAKOVKCH: 2 Pieces for (Organ) 4-Hands (Waltz & Polka, fr The Golden Age; The Chase, fr The Adventures of Korzinkina) --Hervé Désarbre & Pascal Ianco (1845 Cavaillé-Coll/La Madeleine, Paris, France) Mandala 5028
ENRICO BOSSI (d. 1925): Siciliana & Gigue, Op. 73 –Massimo Nosetti (1952 Balbaiano-Vegezzi-Bossi/Alessandria Cathedral, Italy) Syrius 141338
BOSSI: Ave Maria, Op. 50, no. 1 –Ilaria Torciani, soprano; Marco Bianchi, violin; Andrea Macinanti (1905-1979 Vegezzi-Bossi/Trinity Cathedral, Aosta, Italy) Tactus 862701
BOSSI: Piece héroique, Op. 128; Hora gaudiosa/Hour of Joy, Op. 132, no. 5 –Pier Damiano Peretti (1916 Furtwängler-Hammer/Verden Cathedral, Germany) Naxos 8.572177
Filler – BIZET: Farandole (see above)
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