A Transcription Transfusion #2542
. . . though the pipe organ has generated centuries of specifically written music, its palette of colors invites others to paint differently.
Hour 1
JOHANN ERNST (trans. Bach as BWV 982; arr. Volostnov): Concerto in B-flat –Konstantin Volostnov (2010 Grenzing/Tauride Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia) Melodiya 10 02677
PAUL DUKAS (trans. Dupré): The Sorcerer’s Apprentice –David Baskeyfield (1951 Aeolian-Skinner/1st Baptist Church, Longview, TX) East Texas Pipe Organ Festival 30858. You can watch the original Disney animation of this tone-poem, part of the famous film Fantasia.
NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Procession of the Nobles, fr Mlada –Andrew Ennis, flugelhorn; Peter Richard Conte (Wanamaker Organ/Philadelphia, PA) Gothic 49294
CLAUDE DEBUSSY: Premiere Rhapsodie –Christopher Pell, clarinet; Nathan Laube (Skinner Concert Organ/Museum Center, Cincinnati, OH) PD Archive (r. 1/24/24)
RICHARD WAGNER (trans. Lemare): Song to the Evening Star, fr Tannhäuser & Ride of the Valkyries, fr Die Walküre –Ken Cowan (Skinner Concert Organ/Museum Center, Cincinnati, OH) PD Archive (r. 4/24/24)
Filler – DUKAS (see above)
Hour 2
ALAN MENKEN (arr. Lapwood): The Bells of Notre Dame, fr The Hunchback of Notre Dame –Anna Lapwood (1930 Steinmeyer-2014 Kuhn/Nidaros Cathedral, Norway) Sony Classical 19802809272
SERGEI PROKOFIEV (trans. Guillou): Toccata, Op. 11 –Olivier Latry (Cavaillé-Coll/Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France) DG 474 8162
AMBROISE THOMAS: Raymond Overture –Earl Miller (1931 Bartholomay/Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Richmond, VA) Raven 194
EDOUARD BATISTE: Offertoire in Bb, Op. 32 (after Beethoven’s Pastorale Symphony) -Diego Innocenzi (1857 Merklin & Schütze/St. Mary’s Cathedral, Murcia, Spain) Aeolus 10731
JOHANNES BRAHMS (trans. Lemare): Adagio, fr Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 108 –Robert Quinney (1922-32 Willis/Westminster Cathedral, London, England) Signum Classics 089
ANTON BRUCKNER (trans. Horn): Finale, fr Symphony No. 3 –Hansjörg Albrecht (2003-2011 Klais/Old St. Peter’s Church, Munich, Germany) Oehms 479
Filler – ERNST (see above)
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