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WIDOR / MENDELSSOHN / WALTON / WHITLOCK / GRAINGER / etc
Mighty Voice Luke Bond (Truro Cathedral organ) [ Regent / CD - released 20/Oct/2015 ] A new recording of the famous Father Willis organ in Truro Cathedral - regarded by many as Willis' finest organ, and one of the finest organs in the UK. The first new solo recording of this instrument in over eight years. The debut solo... |
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WARD / AMNER / NICHOLSON / PYSINGE / RAVENSCROFT / TOMKINS / etc
In Chains of Gold: The English Pre-Restoration Verse Anthem Vol.3 - 'Ah, His Glory!': Anthems of Praise, Prayer and Remembrance Magdalena Consort, Fretwork, His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts, Silas Wollston (organ) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] Leading performers of 17th-century music the Magdalena Consort, Fretwork and His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts combine forces under the artistic direction of William Hunt for their third release exploring the English anthems with instrumental... |
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BACH / WOLF / SCHUBERT / BIZET / VERDI / etc
Prayer: Voice & Organ Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano) & Christian Schmitt (organ) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/May/2014 ] "Her Wolf is particularly luscious - never overworked but always emotionally direct, establishing the same flexible intimacy with the organ that we'd expect with a piano..Kožená sings superbly here, proving herself as flexible stylistically as she is |
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ERICH / SAXER / DRUCKENMULLER
Complete Organ Music Manuel Tomadin (Schnitger Organ of St Michaëlskerk, Zwolle, The Netherlands) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 6/May/2016 ] This new recording features the magnificent Schnitger organ of the St. Michael Church in Zwolle, the Netherlands. It was built in 1721 by Arp Schnitger and his sons, and after careful restoration over the last decades by Flentrop the organ is... |
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TELEMANN
Telemann: Die Kleine Kammermusik Manuel Staropoli (recorders/baroque flute), Gioele Gusberti (cello), Manuel Tomadin (harpsichord/organ) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 25/Sep/2020 ] Telemann's "Kleine Kammermusik" contains 6 Partitas, written for violin or flute and basso continuo. The choice of solo instrument is therefore open, Telemann (1681-1767) even gives the opportunity to play them on harpsichord alone (BC... |
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HANS LEO HASSLER
Hassler: Complete Organ Music Manuel Tomadin (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 25/Feb/2022 ] Another labour of love from the Italian organist Manuel Tomadin, adding to his much-praised catalogue of collections by masters of the German and Italian Baroque. |
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BERTOLDO / BORGO
Bertoldo & Borgo: Complete Organ Music Manuel Tomadin (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 23/Oct/2020 ] Among the most popular of pianistic genres now, boasting virtuoso showpieces from Bach to Prokfiev, the keyboard toccata first appeared in print in 1591, within this collection of work by Sperindio Bertoldo. Sadly the collection only appeared... |
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JOHANN LUDWIG KREBS
Krebs: Complete Organ Music Manuel Tomadin (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2018 ] Johann Ludwig Krebs (Buttelstedt, 12 October 1713 - Altenburg, 1 January 1780) was a favourite pupil of the great J.S. Bach (who regarded him particularly highly, punning on their two surnames declaring Krebs 'was the only crayfish in his stream')... |
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ANTHONI VAN NOORDT
Van Noordt; Complete Organ Music Manuel Tomadin (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 17/Oct/2021 ] n 1659, a volume including ten Psalm variations and six Fantasias by Anthoni Van Noordt was published. It was entitled "Tabulatuurboeck van Psalmen en Fantasyen", the first keyboard music book to be published in fifty years. These works give... |
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DOMENICO ALBERTI
Alberti: Complete Keyboard Music Manuel Tomadin (organ, fortepiano, harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2016 ] This 4CD set contains the complete keyboard music by Domenico Alberti, a First Recording! Domenico Alberti lived a short but very productive life, from 1710 to 1740. He was famous as a composer, cembalo player and singer (the world famous castrato... |
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CONTEMPLATION
Contemplation: Livre des morts des Anciens Egyptiens Marcel Peres (organ) [ Zig-Zag Territories / CD - released 28/Apr/2008 ] 'When sound and light appear as different states of a single vibration of matter, music genuinely becomes light, and light transposes us to psychic spaces of immense potentialities.' Marcel Pérès |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Great European Organs No. 94 Marco Lo Muscio (The Schmid Organ of the Stadtpfarrkirche, Maria Himmelfahrt, Landsberg am Lech) [ Priory / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] This stunning organ in southern Germany is housed in a beautiful case: the Italian organist Marco Lo Muscio provides an exciting, extrovert and diverse programme to demonstrate its qualities. From an Anonymous Dance via Bach to the present day, this... |
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PADRE DAVIDE DA BERGAMO
Organ Music Marco Ruggeri (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 30/Nov/2014 ] This recording features a selection of his works, all of which demonstrate Da Bergamo's predilection for the colourful timbre and lyricism of the organ. |
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POLIBIO FUMAGALLI
Polibio Fumagalli: Organ Music Marco Ruggeri (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2017 ] Polibio Fumagalli (1830‐1900) was one of the most important exponents of 19th century Italian organ music. He held important posts in Milan, as organ teacher at the Conservatory and organist of the S. Celso he was in close contact and collaboration... |
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BUXTEHUDE / SCHEIDEMANN / SCHUTZ / HANDL / WECKMANN / HASSLER / etc
A German Passion -17th Century Music for the Time of Lent and Easter Margaretha Consort, Marit Broekroelofs,Sietze de Vries, Organ [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Nov/2023 ] The Hanseatic wealth of North Germany in the 17th century is reflected in its magnificent cathedrals, and the enormous grandeur of its church music was composed to fill the rich acoustics of these spaces. |
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RODERICK ELMS
Festive Frolic: A celebration of Christmas Mark Wilde (tenor) Stuart Nicholson (organ) Joyful Company of Singers / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Stephen Bell [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Nov/2007 ] Roderick Elms' Christmas music ranges from charming and witty arrangements of well-loved traditional carols to new settings and festive orchestral pieces written for this very special season. The charm and immediate appeal of his music has been... |
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BERLIOZ / POULENC / SAINT-SAENS
Chung, Argerich, Angelich: Live at the Theatre Antique d'Orange Martha Argerich (piano), Nicholas Angelich (piano) & Myung-Whun Chung (piano & conductor), Christophe Henry (organ) [ Bel Air / DVD - released 8/Jul/2016 ] Martha Argerich and Nicholas Angelich alongside Myung-Whun Chung for a concert homage by the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France to its conductor in the magical setting of the Théâtre Antique in Orange. The concert begins with Berlioz's Roman... |
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GEORG MUFFAT
Organ Works, Vol. 1 (Apparatus musico-organisticus, Part I) Martin Haselbock (organ) [ Naxos Organ Encyclopedia / CD - released 5/Jun/2005 ] Georg Muffat was born in Megève, Savoy, into a family of Scottish ancestry. As a boy he went to Alsace, then to Paris where he was proud to have studied with the great Lully from 1663 to 1669. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS including Liszt, Brahms, Hoyer and Karg-Elert
Latvian Organ Landscapes Martin Rost (organ) [ MDG / CD - released 28/Apr/2008 ] Ugale, Edole, Ventspils, Liepaja, Vilkene, Valmiera, Zalenieki, Riga - the MDG recording team made eight scheduled stops in Latvia and visited the two cities that for many years vied to be the site of the world's largest organ. The CD booklet offers... |
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PINK & WHITE
Pink and White - New Zealand Organ Music by Anthony Ritchie, David Farquhar, Douglas Lilburn, Jack Body, etc Martin Setchell (organ) [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 23/Mar/2005 ] Inspired by the famous Pink and White Terraces which were destroyed by the eruption of Mt Tarawera in 1886. |