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MERULO
Missa Virginis Mariae / Toccata / Magnificat Frederic Munoz (organ) Santa Cruz Benedictine Abbey Schola / Laurentino Saenz de Buruaga (conductor) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 29/Oct/2005 ] "even if it were at Claudio Merulo was born in Cremona in 1533 and is considered, with his colleague Andrea Gabrieli, some twenty years his senior, among the composers who provide a model in the sixteenth century for North Italian keyboard... |
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HENRY PURCELL
O Sing Unto The Lord: Sacred Music By Henry Purcell Frederick Teardo (organ) & John Scott (conductor/solo organ) Saint Thomas Choir of Men & Boys, Fifth Avenue, New York, Concert Royal [ Resonus Classics / CD - released 17/Mar/2017 ] Fifth Avenue, New York and conductor John Scott release this compelling programme of choral works by Henry Purcell which also features the acclaimed New York period ensemble Concert Royal. Recorded on period instruments, this collection of sacred... |
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LIGETI
1948 - 2001: A Ligeti Odyssey Fredrik Ullen (piano) Hans-Ola Ericsson (organ) / Schola Heidelberg / Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet / Nobuko Imai (viola) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] BIS present a chronological exploration of the music of György Ligeti. |
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BELLINI / CASINI / FEROCI / FRESCOBALDI / MAGLIONI / etc
L'organo a Firenze dai Medici all'Unità d'Italia [organ mjusic in Florence from the Medici period to Italy's unification] Gabriele Giacomelli (organ), Elisabetta Braschi (soprano) [ Tactus / CD - released 1/Jul/2015 ] The celebrations for the 150th anniversary of Florence Capital of the Kingdom of Italy (1865-2015) constitute an opportunity to know and appreciate the voices of the two precious organs preserved in the basilica of San Lorenzo (the Serassi was... |
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VIVALDI
Pellegrina's Delight: sonatas & chamber music for oboe Gail Hennessy (baroque oboe) Nicholas Parle (organ & harpsichord) [ Signum / CD - released 20/Mar/2012 ] Gail Hennessy (baroque oboe), Nicholas Parle (organ, harpsichord) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Le Grand Jeu. French Baroque Organ Favourites Gaétan Jarry (organ) [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / CD - released 28/Aug/2020 ] This is a sort of self-portrait of the Great Organ of the Royal Chapel of Versailles, delivering all its aspects, enhanced by the choice of a repertoire emblematic of the baroque era... |
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TWELVE EAST ANGLIAN ORGANS
Twelve East Anglian Organs Geoffrey Hannant (organ) [ Priory / 2 CD - released 13/Jun/2008 ] Recordings made in 1977 and 1978. |
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OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Respighi: Ballad of the Gnomes Geoffrey Simon (conductor), Leslie Person (organ), Philharmonia Orchestra [ Signum / CD - released 10/Mar/2023 ] When in 1913 Respighi settled in Rome where he would reside for the rest of his life, he would produce a large amount of highly varied music-some of it now well-known, much of it less so. Geoffrey Simon's championship of the little-known works of... |
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MARCEL DUPRE
Dupre: Organ Works Vol.13 George Baker (organ) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Sep/2003 ] Recorded: 23 November 2001 Recording Venue: Perkins Chapel, Dallas, TX, USA |
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SAINT-SAENS
Complete Organ Works Vols 2 & 3 Gerard Brooks (organ) [ Priory / 2 CD - released 15/Aug/2011 ] "Delightful music, delightfully played and making a delightful sound, this is a very special addition to the Saint-Saens discography." (Gramophone) |
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MAX REGER
Organ Works, Vol. 1 Gerhard Weinberger (organ) [ CPO SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Sep/2014 ] Following the great success of his new complete recording - and the most comprehensive one ever - of Bach's organ works (German Record Critics Prize for the Year 2009) Gerhard Weinberger now turns to a new edition featuring the organ compositions of... |
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MAX REGER
Organ Works Vol. 8 Gerhard Weinberger (organ) [ Coro / 2 SACD - released 2/Aug/2022 ] Our successful Reger edition can finally continue, and critics continue to be more than enthusiastic about the previous installments, Musik & Theater even claiming, "These recordings are among the best currently available in organ music by Reger."... |
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DUPRÉ / SAINT-SAËNS / CHARPENTIER / VIERNE
French Virtuoso Organ Music Gillian Weir, at the Hradetzky organ in The Royal Northern College of Music [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 8/Nov/2019 ] "it is great to have this exciting, technically demanding and imaginative recording in my library once again." MusicWeb |
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MESSIAEN
Le Banquet Celeste / Les Corps Glorieux / etc [recorded in 1966] Gillian Weir, at the organ of the Royal Festival Hall [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2014 ] An undiscovered treasure! Recorded in 1966 but never released we have nearly 100 minutes of Messiaen recorded by Gillian Weir shortly after she won the St. Alban's Competition. At the centrepiece of this recital is Les Corps Glorieux and the other... |
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MESSIAEN
Organ Works Vol 1 : Apparition de l'aglise aternelle; La nativita du Seigneur; Le banquet caleste Gillian Weir (Organ of a…rhus Cathedral, Denmark) [ Priory / CD - released 20/Mar/2003 ] Reissue of the classic Gillian Weir recording |
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J.S. BACH
Organ Works (Including The Eighteen Chorales) Gillian Weir (organ of the Thomaskirche, Leipzig) [ Priory Organ Master Series Volume 4 / 2 CD - released 23/Apr/2005 ] Five Stars (Instrumental choice of the Month) BBC Music Mag (Apr 05) |
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Gillian Weir, organ, The Organ of Hexham Abbey, Northumberland
Organ Master Series Volume 2 (music of Bach, Francaix, Hindemith, Mozart, Schnitzler, etc) [ Priory / CD - released 18/Dec/2002 ] Critic's Choice - Gramophone Magazine 2002 |
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JEAN LANGLAIS
Langlais: Organ Music Volume 2 Giorgio Benati, Fausto Caporali, Alessandro Perin (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 12/Jul/2024 ] Jean Langlais was born on February 15, 1907, in La Fontenelle, Brittany, France. He became blind from the age of two. Sent to the Paris National Institute for the Blind Youth in 1918, he studied piano, violin, harmony and organ with great blind... |
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ALBINONI
12 Trattenimenti armonici per camera Op. 6 Giorgio Tosi (baroque violin), Marlise Goidanich (baroque cello) & Carlo Centemeri (organ) Zero Emission Baroque Orchestra [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2014 ] Tomaso Albinoni is one of the greatest composers of the Italian Baroque...Italian Baroque specialist Carlo Centemeri...now leads the Zero Emission Baroque Orchestra in this new recording of Albinoni, playing on period instruments. |
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GIOVANNI MARIA TRABACI
Trabaci: Keyboard Music Book 1 Sergio Vartolo (harpsichord & organ) [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 30/Sep/2002 ] "Vartolo matches pieces with instruments well; two galliards played on the small, rather rustic-sounding spinettone make me feel as if I'm eavesdropping in the private rooms of the maestro di cappella on his day off. Sound is superb." ARG |