…the collaborative efforts of performers and recording engineers, and the splendid sonorities of fine instruments in good rooms, work in accord to reveal unusual repertoire.
…a sample of some of the different ‘voices’ with which recently installed instruments in the United States speak.
Performances from inaugural season concerts featuring the University of Chicago’s recently renovated 1928 Skinner organ.
…selected performances recorded in conjunction with the 2006 National Biennial Convention of the American Guild of Organists.
…recitals, session recordings, and concerts collected from across the nation provide a superb display of the organist’s art in action.
…in solo, concerted music, and with huge choir and orchestra, England’s largest concert pipe organ always holds its own at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
…refreshing scores for organ plus other wind instruments, including trumpet, flute, saxophone, horn and pan-pipes.
…In swinging Bach arrangements, Fats Waller improvisations, and original new scores, the King of Instruments lets it all hang out.
…courtesy of the BBC, these performances come direct from this summer’s festival season at the Royal Albert Hall, London’s premier gathering place for classical music.
…works by J.S.B., variants on Bach themes, and music inspired by his example.
…back in the depths of history, the number ‘7’ was deemed lucky, or at least significant, and our music proves the point.
…performances featuring soloists, composers and instruments recorded in and around Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota.
…an international sampler and selective review of some of the latest organ music CD releases.
…the rich resource of our nation’s own compositional talent store gives our ears and hearts much for which to be thankful.
…revisiting old haunts with Joseph McCabe and friends of the Organ Historical Society.
…you can’t beat the sonorous supremacy of the famous Willis and Walker pipe organs in this famous-for-its-music city.
…in tribute to the Royal Canadian College of Organists, RCCO, in its centenary year, a program of Canadian composers, performers, and instruments.
…both the American Theatre Organ Society, July 1-5, and the Organ Historical Society, July 5-10, will hold their 2009 annual conventions in and around Cleveland, Ohio. After hearing these sounds, you’ll want to attend.
