New Year News #2601
. . . what better way to start off 2026 than with a roundup of recently received CD albums.
Hour 1
ZACHARY WADSWORTH: The Beatitudes. MIRIAM REVELEY: Adagio in c –Cathedral Choir/Maxine Thévenot & Edmond Connolly (2002 Reuter/Cathedral of St. John, Albuquerque, NM) Raven 202
DANIEL SÁNEZ: King’s Homage (improvisation) –Daniel Sáñez (2025 Juget-Sinclair/Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Richmond, VA) Raven 205
JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK: Variations Unter den Linden grüne –Bruce Stevens (1980 Taylor & Boody/Westminster Presbyterian Church, Charlottesville, VA) Raven 203
ERLAND HILDÉN: Sparkling Intensity –Stephen Price (1965 Flentrop/St. Mark’s Cathedral, Seattle, WA) Raven 204
MARCEL DUPRÉ: Inaugural Improvisations –Marcel Dupré (1687 Thierry-1957 Beuchet-Debierre/St. Louis-des-Invalides, Paris, France) Association des Amis de l’Art de Marcel Dupré 350302
FREDRIK SIXTEN: Rhapsody in E, Passacaglia in e & Finale in G, fr A Nordic Organ Book, Nos. 18-23-24 –James D. Hicks (1871 Åkerman/Uppsala Cathedral, Sweden) Pro Organo 7323
Filler – HILDÉN (see above)
Hour 2
JAMES MacMILLAN: Kenga e Krushqve (2018). MacMILLAN: Gaudeamus in loci pace (1998) –Stephen Farr (1992 Rieger/St. Giles’ Cathedral, Edinbrgh, Scotland) Resonus 10266
ELSA BARRAINE: Reflets Magyars –Lucile Dollat (2015 Grenzing/Radio France Auditorium, Paris, France) Temperaments 1057
HAMPUS LINDWALL: A bruit secret –Hampus Lindwall (2018 Mühleisen/St. Antonius Church, Düsseldorf, Germany) Ideologic 2025
MICHAEL FINNISSY: 2 Hymn-Tune Preludes (Nos. 1 & 4) –Forrest Emold (1969 Walker+2002 Wood/Blackburn Cathedral, England) Métier 77208
HERBERT HOWELLS: Psalm 139. HOWELLS: Psalm-Prelude, Set 2, no. 2 (Yea, the darkness is no darkness) –Cathedral Choir/Daniel Cook; David Hill (1877 Willis-1970 Harrison/Durham Cathedral, England) Regent 586
FLOR PEETERS: Prelude & Fugue in A (Mixolydian), Op. 72, no. 3 —Roberto Marini (1930 Klais/Kristus-Königkerk, Antwerp, Belgium) Brilliant Classics 95637
Filler – SIXTEN: Finale in G (see above)
PIPEDREAMS is supported in loving memory of Lucinda and Wesley Dudley by their family, with additional support from Walter McCarthy, Clara Ueland, and the Greystone Foundation, from Ed and Wanda Eichler, and from the Buzard Pipe Organ Builders of Champaign, IL and Casavant Freres, Ltd. of St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, members of APOBA, the Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America, a collaborative of designers, creators, and maintainers of pipe organs found in religious and educational institutions, concert halls, and residences throughout the United States and beyond. An APOBA resource guide and member prospectus is available at APOBA.COM.
