2019 Ruffatti Pipe Organ at Buckfast Abbey
2019 Ruffatti Pipe Organ at Buckfast Abbey
The Diapason Magazine

Pondering Penitence #2608

. . . a collection of Lenten music that may help lead to thoughtful introspection.

Hour 1

MENDELSSOHNAus tiefer Not (chorale), Op. 23, no. 1Christ Church S chola Cantorum/Stephen Kennedy; David Baskeyfield (2008 GOArt-Yokota/Christ Church, Rochester, NY) Loft 1119

FELIX MENDELSSOHNOrgan Sonata No. 3 in A, Op. 65, no. 3Peter Planyavsky (1985 Pirchner/St. Augustine Church, Perchtoldsdorf, Austria) Motette 11281

J. S. BACHAus tiefer Not, BWV 686Ute Gremmel-Geuchen (1741 J-A Silbermann/St. Thomas Church, Strasbourg, France) Aeolus 10761

FLOR PEETERSAria, Op. 51Roberto Marini (1930 Klais-1988 Pels/Kristus-Koningkerk, Antwerp, Belgium) Brilliant Classics 95637

DAVID McGREGORAve verum corpusCECILIA McDOWALLAsh WednesdayJESSICA FRENCH:  The CallCathedral Choir & Choristers/Maxine Thévenot; Jordyn Tatum, soprano; Laura Chang, violin; Edmund Connolly/Maxine Thévenot (2001 Reuter/Cathedral of St. Johnn, Albuquerque, NM) Raven 202

JOHANN PACHELBELPartita, Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetanBruce Stevens (1980 Taylor & Boody/Westminster Presbyterian Church, Charlottesville, Virginia) Raven 203

Filler – MENDELSSOHN:  Sonata No. 3, 2nd Movement (see above)

Hour 2

J. S. BACHWenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein, BWV 641Francesco Cera (2009 Mascioni/Church of St. Maria Assunta, Giubasco, Switzerland) Brilliant Classics 94639

OLIVIER MESSIAENDiptyqueDame Gillian Weir (1964 Möller/Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC) Decca 484 1435

HERBERT HOWELLS:  Psalm 23.  HOWELLSPsalm Prelude, Op. 32, no. 3 (Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death) –Cathedral Choir/Daniel Cook; David Hill (1877 Willis-1970 Harrison/Durham Cathedral, England) Regent 586

CHRISTIAN GEISTAus tiefer NotManuel Tomadin (2011 Dell’Orto & Lanzini/Our Lady of Fatima Church, Pinerolo, Italy) Brilliant Classics 95310/16

JOHANN GOTTFRIED MÜTHELHerzlich tut mich verlangenMatteo Venturini (2008 Ghilardi/St. Ignatius Loyola Church, Pistoia, Italy) Brilliant Classics 95310/21

JAMES MacMILLANGaudeamus in loci paceStephen Farr (1992 Rieger/St. Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh, Scotland) Resonus 10266

ANTON HEILLERIn festo corporus Christi (4 verses) –Charles Maxtone-Smith (2019 Ruffatti/Buckfast Abbey, England) Ad Fontes 014

Filler - MENDELSSOHN: Sonata No. 3/conclusion of 1st movement (see above)

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