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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Music for an occasion Christopher Dearnley plays the Grand Organ of St. Paul's Cathedral, London [ Priory / CD - released 5/Mar/2007 ] Recorded and Produced by Michael Woodward |
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GILES FARNABY / PETER PHILIPS / WILLIAM BYRD / JOHN BULL / etc
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord, virinal, organ, spinet) [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2013 ] "The present performances, in a recording of exemplary fidelity and clarity, are shapely and always alive. Hogwood can preserve a long line where needed, or infuse an infectious springiness into dance tunes like Watkin's ale. Decorative passages are |
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SIBELIUS / HOWELLS / FLEURY / DUPRE
The Aeolian Organ at Duke University Chapel Christopher Jacobson (organ) [ Pentatone / CD - released 1/Jun/2016 ] The Aeolian Opus 1785 pipe organ of Duke University Chapel in Durham, NC was built in 1932 and completely restored in 2008. It stands today, as it did over eighty years ago, as a towering testament to the twentieth-century symphonic tradition of... |
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WALTON
Belshazzar's Feast / Crown Imperial / Orb and Sceptre Christopher Purves (baritone) Simon Lindley (organ) / Huddersfield Choral Society / Leeds Philharmonic Chorus / English Northern Philharmonia [ Naxos / CD - released 17/Jun/2004 ] "These are, not surprisingly, dashing and eminently enjoyable performances. If not the last word they are certainly virtuosic interpretations and brilliant recordings with, in the case of Belshazzar, the Northern British choral and brass traditions... |
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ANONYMOUS / ADAM VON FULDA / ADAM GILBERT / JACOB BARBIREAU / etc
Sacred and Secular Music from Renaissance Germany Ciaramella Instrumental and Voal Ensemble, Adam and Rotem Gilbert, with Mahan Esfahani (organ) [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Mar/2006 ] No fifteenth-century wedding, civic ceremony, feast day, or royal joyeux entrée would have been complete without the sound of the alta capella, or "high choir." The term referred not to singers, but to the loud voices of shawms, trumpets or trombones. |
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J.S. BACH
Bach: Complete Organ Music, Vol. 2 Stefano Molardi (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 21/Jul/2014 ] With the second volume of this complete survey of the greatest organ music ever written, we reach the summit of Bach's output for his own instrument, the Clavierübung, a set of intricate chorale preludes structured as an 'organ mass' |
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Clayton Doley's Organ Donors
Tension [ Sundazed / CD - released 22/Nov/2010 ] |
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COLIN CURRIE
Borrowed Time Colin Currie (percussion) with Hakan Hardenberger (trumpet) Dave Maric (piano) and Clive Driskill-Smith (organ) [ Onyx / CD - released 24/Nov/2007 ] A very special release showcasing Colin Currie, Britain's, and probably the world's foremost percussionist, in a superb new album of new works composed especially for him by leading composer Dave Maric and featuring world-renowned classical trumpeter... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Grand Organ of Gloucester Cathedral (concert recorded in 2015) [plus CD] Colin Walsh at the Grand Organ of Lincoln Cathedral [ Priory DVD + CD + Blu-ray / 3 Blu-ray Disc/DVD - released 20/Apr/2017 ] Package Contains BluRay, NTSC DVD and Audio CD This is Priory's 14th issue in their "Grand Organ Series." Jonathan Hope is the organist in this comprehensive and fascinating insight into this unique " neo classical"English organ. As with previous... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Grand Organ of Lincoln Cathedral (concert recorded in 2009) [plus CD] Colin Walsh at the Grand Organ of Lincoln Cathedral [ Priory DVD + CD / DVD/CD - released 20/Sep/2013 ] |
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J. S. BACH
The Art Of Fugue BWV1080 Colm Carey (organ) / The organ of the Dutch Church, Austin Friars, London [ Signum / CD - released 8/Apr/2002 ] |
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J. S. BACH
The Best of Bach Volume 1 Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Takako Nishizaki (violin), Capella Istropolitana, Budapest Strings, Wolfgang Rubsam (organ), Hungarian State Symphony Orch. [ Naxos Best Of / CD - released 18/Feb/2008 ] Popular classics from the giant Bach catalogue, including excerpts from the Mass in B minor, and, St Matthew Passion, along with the famous Organ Toccata, and, Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring. |
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DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE
Buxtehude: Organ Music, Vol. 4 Craig Cramer (organ) [ Naxos Organ Encyclopedia / CD - released 2/Jul/2005 ] Dietrich Buxtehude, who identified himself as Danish, was seemingly born in Oldesloe about the year 1637, the son of an organist and schoolmaster. |
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J S BACH
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books 1 & 2 Frédéric Desenclos (organ) [ Alpha / 4 CD Box Set - released 31/Mar/2014 ] A veritable manifesto of the art of the keyboard at the time of Bach, this founding work of the Cantor's writing and also of all keyboard literature, is recorded here on four exceptional organs. |
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HANDEL
The Recorder Sonatas Dan Laudin(Recorder), Hidemi Suzuki(Baroque Cello), Masaaki Suzuki, Harpsichord/Organ) [ BIS / CD ] |
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CHRISTOPHER SIMPSON
Ayres & Graces Dan Tidhar (chamber organ / harpsichord) & James Akers (theorbo / baroque guitar) / Chelys Consort of Viols [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 29/Jun/2015 ] "Performed by the four viol players of Chelys and their keyboard and guitar playing colleagues, they sound wonderfully supple, propulsive and alive." (The Guardian) |
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ALICE TEGNER / GUSTAF NORDQVIST
Sång, vår sång! (Song, our song) Danderyds Vokalensemble, Ida Falk Winland (soprano) Anders Ölund (organ), Stenhammar Quartet, Katarina Lindgren (double bass) [ BIS / CD - released 13/May/2016 ] Born only 20 years apart, Alice Tegnér and Gustaf Nordqvist wrote songs that generations of Swedes have sung and loved deeply. Tegnér's songs for children were published in a series of volumes that found their way into every school and many homes in... |
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HANDEL
Organ Concertos Vol 1 (Nos 1-4) Daniel Chorzempa (organ) Concerto Amsterdam / Jaap Schroder [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 12/Apr/2005 ] All Pentatone SACDs are 5.1 stereo sound. Playable on all Compact Disc players |
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HANDEL
Organ Concertos Vol 2 (Nos 5, 6, 8, 11, 13) Daniel Chorzempa (organ) Concerto Amsterdam / Jaap Schroder [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 12/Apr/2005 ] All Penatone SACDs are 5.1 stereo sound. Playable on all Compact Disc players |
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HANDEL
Ultimate Handel: Includes Water Music Suites, Concerto grosso in B flat & Messiah [selection] Daniel Chorzempa (Organ) Concerto Amsterdam / The Brandenburg Consort / David Hill / Gillian Fisher (Soprano) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields / e [ Decca Budget Boxes / 5 CD - released 22/May/2007 ] 5 CDs in presentation slip case at SUPER-BUDGET price. An outstanding collection of Handel Favourites. Great value gift purchase. |