…a reflective survey of performance practice. As the pendulum of taste swings eternally. music of Johann Sebastian Bach remains a constant attraction. But even his work is not immune to varying interpretation as our notions of the ideal "Bach approach" shift and fluctuate. Here we explore the Bach art in its manifold variety as displayed by such noted personages as Albert Schweitzer. Anton Nowakowski. Marcel Dupre. Louis Vierne, Helmut Walcha. Carl Weinrich, E. Power Biggs, Virgil Fox and several contemporary talents.
…a reflective survey of performance practice. As the pendulum of taste swings eternally. music of Johann Sebastian Bach remains a constant attraction. But even his work is not immune to varying interpretation as our notions of the ideal "Bach approach" shift and fluctuate. Here we explore the Bach art in its manifold variety as displayed by such noted personages as Albert Schweitzer. Anton Nowakowski. Marcel Dupre. Louis Vierne, Helmut Walcha. Carl Weinrich, E. Power Biggs, Virgil Fox and several contemporary talents.
…a digital recording of a concert performance from St. Clement's Catholic Church in Chicago, by organist Wolfgang Rubsam, featuring the so-called German Organ Mass, elaborate chorale-preludes based on melodies of the Lutheran Greater Catechism. This volume is the first of Bach's organ music published in his lifetime, and represents his compositional art at its height. Commentary is provided by Bach scholar Chistoff Wolf of Harvard University.
…performances by members of the Twin Cities (Minnesota) chapter of the American Guild of Organists, digitally recorded in recital on the 1976 Casavant organ (18-stops) at the Church of the Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in St. Paul.
…a selective survey of the unique contributions to the organists' repertoire by the man who invented the organ concerto, George Frideric Handel.
…performances by Minnesota organists Howard Don Small and James Melby, recorded on the 4-manual Welte-Moller-Gould organ (1928-1983) at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
…music for organ and diverse win instruments, from bagpipe to brass ensemble.
…a rare American performance of the 1979 cantata by Peter Maxwell Davies, based on a text by George Mackay Brown evocative of the early Celtic civilization on the Orkney Islands, and some lessons for our own. Recordings were made in concert at St. John's Benedictine Abbey and University Church in Collegeville, Minnesota. Organ by Walter Holtkamp, Sr. (1962)
…a concert recorded at Christ Church Parish in Tacoma, Washington, during the 1982 national convention of the Organ Historical Society. Organ by John Brombaugh & Associates, 1979 (24 stops) and harmonium by Peter Titz.
…a potpourri of music in observance of the 300th birthday year of three renowned composers (Bach, Handel and Scarlatti), the centenary of a legendary recitalist (Lynwood Farnam), and the Feast of the Epiphany.
…a quarterly sampling of recent organ discs, with emphasis on the unusually attractive and the unusual. Our choices are wide-ranging, covering a variety of musical styles, performers and instruments. Domestic and imported LPs and CDs will be aired.
…conversation with and performances by cathedral organist Howard Don Small and his choir, recorded at the most musically prominent church in Minnesota. Assisting artists include the Minnesota Brass Ensemble led by Philip Brunelle; Nancy Grauff, soprano; Emma Small, mezzo-soprano; Andrea Schussler, soprano and the St. Mark's Cathedral Choir.
…a memorial tribute to the late American organist, an innovative and outspoken recitalist and composer, who was recorded at Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis in January 1983 (89-rank Holtkamp organ).
…a variety of music ancient and modern, in celebration of this special holiday, from domestic and imported recordings.
…a program of French organ music for the Christmas season.
…concert performances on historic instruments by American builders, recorded in Maine, Connecticut, South Carolina and New York under the auspices of the Organ Historical Society.
…the California virtuoso performs on the 1980 Robert Sipe organ at Hennepin United Methodist Church in Minneapolis. Ms. Rhodes is a faculty member of the University of California, Los Angeles.
…conversation with and performances by the unconventional Swiss artist, heard on the C.B. Fisk organ at House of Hope Presbyterian Church in St. Paul, Minnesota.
