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DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE
Buxtehude: Organ Music Vol 7 Julia Brown (organ, Saint Cecilia Cathedral, Omaha, Nebraska) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Jan/2008 ] "A good cross-section of Buxtehude's music in good, unforced, performances, well recorded." (MusicWeb Feb 2008) |
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NATIVITAS
Nativitas: American Christmas Carols Kansas City Chorale / Charles Bruffy (conductor) with James Higdon, organ [ Nimbus / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "As beautiful a disc of precious Christmas music as you are likely to hear this or any year." (MusicWeb Nov 2009) |
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EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA
Rautavaara: Angel of Light (Symphony No 7); Annunciations (Concerto for Organ, Brass Group and Symphonic Wind Orchestra) Kari Jussila (organ) / Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / Leif Segerstam, conductor [ Ondine / CD - released 26/Feb/2005 ] The remarkable international success of the albums Angel of Light and Angels and Visitations has brought Einojuhani Rautavaara (b. 1928) fame in the United States and throughout Europe. |
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SCHEIDEMANN
Works For Organ Volume 2 Karin Nelson (Organ) [ Naxos Organ Encyclopedia / CD - released 30/Jul/2008 ] Heinrich Scheidemann was born in about 1595 in Wöhrden, Holstein where his father David was organist. By 1604 the family had moved to Hamburg, when David Scheidemann became the organist of Catharinenkirche. |
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PURCELL / MENDELSSOHN / FAURE / FINZI / ELGAR / FRANCK
Hear My Prayer-Hymns and Anthems Karina Gauvin (Soprano), Matthew Larkin (Organ) / St. John's Choir, Elora / Noel Edison (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/May/2006 ] "The first class performances demonstrate tremendous technical accomplishment. I wonder if I will hear a finer release of sacred choral music this year." (MusicWeb June 2006) |
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SAMUEL BARBER
Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op 24 / Toccata Festiva, Op 24 Karina Gauvin (soprano) Thomas Trotter (organ) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Marin Alsop [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 20/May/2004 ] "A Knoxville performance to treasure as this essential Barber series reaches a new high point" Gramophone Magazine Recording of the Month (June 2004) |
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SAMUEL BARBER
Barber: Complete Orchestral Works [6 CD set] Karina Gauvin (soparno), Thomas Trotter (organ), Stéphane Rancourt (oboe), John Gracie (trumpet) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Marin Alsop [ Naxos American Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 6/Dec/2010 ] "The RSNO positively glows in this extremely welcome and romantically rewarding and alluringly-priced set. It hardly matters that this is in fact the only such collection." (MusicWeb Sept 2010) |
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JS BACH
The Complete Organ Works Kay Johannsen, Andrea Marcon, Wolfgang Zerer, Martin Lücker, Peter Van Dijk & Bine Katrine Bryndorf (organ) [ Hanssler Classic / 20 CD - released 14/Oct/2013 ] This release presents the complete organ works of J.S Bach in a single box, performed by outstanding artists, under the artistic direction of Helmuth Rilling. |
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J.S BACH
Clavier Ubung Third Part Kay Johannsen (Organ) [ HANSSLER / 2 CD ] |
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CHARLES IVES
Psalms (complete) Kay Johannsen (organ) / SWR Vocal Ensemble Stuttgart / Marcus Creed [ Hanssler / CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] This fine collection is a revelation in performances like these from the outstanding Stuttgart choir under its British conductor." Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice March 2009 |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Great European Organs Vol 68 Keith John (organ of Fulda Cathedral) [ Priory / CD - released 6/Oct/2007 ] Recorded in Fulda Cathedral, Germany on 5th and 6th March 2001 |
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LISZT / MOZART / IVES / BRAHMS / SCHOENBERG
Great European Organs Vol 53 Keith John (organ of Kallio Church, Helsinki) [ Priory / CD - released 7/Oct/2007 ] The Organ of The Kallio Church, Helsinki, Finland/ Keith John |
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TRADITIONAL
Kenneth Mckellar's Book of Hymns Kenneth McKellar (tenor) & John Turner (organ) / Choir of Paisley Abbey, George McPhee [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Mar/2016 ] Released by popular demand, this collection brings together 21 favourite hymns and sacred songs sung by that most beloved of tenors, Kenneth McKellar |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Grand Organ of Coventry Cathedral (concert recorded in 2014) [plus free Blu-ray & CD] Kerry Beaumont (Grand organ of Coventry Cathedral) [ Priory DVD Blu-ray + CD / 3 Blu-ray Disc/DVD - released 10/Aug/2015 ] The superb Harrison and Harrison Organ is under the spotlight in a recital with a theme of the damage to the city in World War 2 and the reconsiliation thereafter. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Organ Extravaganza! Kevin Bowyer (organ) [ Alto / CD - released 18/Jun/2012 ] "Mostly for fans of fairground music, but there is no denying Bowyer has flair." (BBC Music) |
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LISZT / BACH / BRAHMS / PACHELBEL / DAQUIN / etc
Christmas Organ Music Kevin Bowyer (organ) [ Nimbus / CD - released 16/Feb/2001 ] "The recording quality is as excellent as the instrument itself." Organists' Review |
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J. S. BACH
Great Organ Works (incls Toccata and Fugue in D minor) Kevin Bowyer (organ) [ Portrait Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] 'He (Bowyer) is supported by a recording of absolutely top-class quality……….He has the intellectual and technical wherewithal, as well as remarkable gifts for communication from the organ console, to produce performances of great authority.' (Gramophone) |
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J. S. BACH
King's College Choir sing Bach King's College Choir, Cambridge, David Willcocks, with Simon Preston, organ [ ALTO / CD - released 12/Nov/2012 ] "It's rather nice to go back to the King's way, to the old firm of Willcocks and Preston, and remember what it was that pleased us then. We were not ashamed in those days to accept Bach as a decent Englishman, and we liked to hear his church music in... |
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BERTUS van LIER / HENDRIK ANDRIESSEN / HENK BADINGS / ROSY WERTHEIM
Miroir de Peine - Songs for Soprano and Organ Klaartje van Veldhoven (soprano) Matthias Havinga (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 25/Feb/2022 ] Several world-premiere recordings complementing a powerful sacred song-cycle by Hendrik Andriessen. |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Complete Organ Works Konstantin Volostnov (on the Röver organ (1898) of the Moscow Central Church of Evangelical Christians-Baptists) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Nov/2023 ] In contrast to the grand scale and public profile of his orchestral and choral works, Johannes Brahms saw the organ as an instrument 'for home use', and one in which he confided his most intimate feelings. |