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DANIEL MAGNUS GRONAU
Chorale Variations Matteo Venturini (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 10/Mar/2014 ] Organist Matteo Venturini is a winner of no less than 8 prestigious organ competitions, and wrote a thesis on the organ music of Gronau. He plays on a magnificent Ghilardi Organ in the Church of San Rocco, Larciano. |
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JOHN TAVENER / ROXANNA PANUFNIK
Tavener / Panufnik: 99 Words Matthew Barley (cello), Simon Russell Beale (narrator), James Sherlock (organ), Charlotte Langley (soprano), Voce Chamber Choir, Suzi Digby [ Signum Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] Voce Chamber Choir's new disc is a moving tribute to Sir John Tavener, featuring a selection of works by him (many of which are previously unrecorded) and by Roxanna Panufnik. At the heart of the disc is the premiere recording of Panufnik's 99 Words... |
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HANDEL
The Six Organ Concertos Op. 4 Matthew Halls (organ) with Sonnerie / Monica Huggett (director) [ Avie / CD - released 17/Jun/2005 ] "To sum up: this is an enthralling and wholly convincing recording of Handel's organ concertos opus 4, and gives more than just a hint of the genius Handel was" (MusicWeb Aug 2005) |
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HEALEY WILLAN
In the Heavenly Kingdom Matthew Larkin (Organ) / Joseph Schnurr (Tenor) / Elora Festival Singers / Noel Edison (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Jun/2006 ] Healey Willan had a life-long love affair with the human voice – perhaps not surprisingly as his first solid instruction in music came to him as choirboy and he finished his life as an organist and choirmaster. |
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HOWELLS / HUBERT PARRY / EDISON / GOSS
Psalms For The Spirit Matthew Larkin (Organ) / St John's Choir Elora / Noel Edison (Director) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] Psalms have always played a central part in Christian, as in Jewish worship. With the shift of emphasis in worship in England after the Protestant Reformation, Psalms, in one form or another, metrical or unmetrical, assumed even greater importance. |
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Matthias Ank, organ / Schola Hungarica / Laszlo Dobszay, conductor / Janka Szendrei, conductor
The Geese Book (German Medieval Chant) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Aug/2005 ] The Geese Book with a total of 1120 pages is the only complete extant source for the pre-Reformation liturgy of the Mass in Nuremberg and preserves the music of one of the most prominent city parish churches of the empire. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Concerto Barocco Matthias Havinga (harpsichord, organ) / Seldom Sene (flute quintet) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 4/Dec/2020 ] Masterpieces of the Baroque concerto as you've never heard them before: the sixth Brilliant Classics album from a much-acclaimed, ground-breaking young recorder quintet. As the forerunner of the piano and violin concertos, the concerto grosso is all... |
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ANONYMOUS / SPEUY / van NOORDT / SWEELINCK / HAVINGHA
Dutch Delight: Organ Music from the golden age Matthias Havinga (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] This beautiful programme, recorded in 2014, brings us back to the Golden Age of the Netherlands, the 16th and 17th century, in which cultural life blossomed thanks to the economical prosperity brought by the overseas trade. Wealthy merchants... |
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MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Organ Music Matthias Havinga (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 25/May/2018 ] Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) received his main musical education from the famous teacher and composer Carl Friedrich Zelter, who thoroughly schooled him in traditional composition, counterpoint and music history. Zelter was also a great Bach admirer... |
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ATTILIO ARIOSTI
Ariosti: 6 Lessons for Viola d'amore & continuo Mauro Righini (viola d'amore) Elena Bertuzzi (soprano) Ugo Nastrucci (theorbo) Danilo Costantini (organ & Harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 11/Mar/2022 ] The violinist, organist, composer and librettist Attilio Malachia Ariosti was born in Bologna in 1666. His career took him to Mantua and Venice, the most enlightened musical and artistic centers of northern Italy at the time. |
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HANDEL / BACH / GUILMANT / ELGAR / WAGNER / etc.
Four Hands / Four Feet (Recorded live at the Dunedin Town Hall) Max Kenworthy / Nicholas Grigsby (organ) [ Max / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] "This is quite a winning disc even if the arrangements cannot be as nimble on their toes as the orchestral originals. In this they continue a noble 19th and 20th century calling that only bloodless purists will object to. As for the rest of you who... |
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MAX RICHTER
Richter: Sleep (8CD+Blu-Ray) Max Richter (Piano, Organ, Synthesizers, Electronics), with Grace Davidson (Soprano) & American Contemporary Music Ensemble [ Deutche Grammophon / 9 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 11/Dec/2015 ] "It's a warm, slow-moving daydream with no sharp edges and a self-consciously hazy sound, as if recorded next door or underwater" The Guardian |
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MAX RICHTER
Richter: In a Landscape Max Richter (piano, electronic percussion, hammond organ, synthesizer programming) and ensemble [ Decca / CD - released 13/Sep/2024 ] Max Richter presents his 9th studio album 'In A Landscape'. A record about "reconciling polarities"; bringing together the electronic & the acoustic, the human and the natural world, the big questions of life and the quiet pleasures of living. "A... |
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MAX RICHTER
Richter: From Sleep (180g Double Transparent Edition LP) Max Richter (piano, organ, synthesizers, electronics) [ Deutsche Grammophon vinyl / 2 LP - released 18/Sep/2015 ] Acclaimed British composer Max Richter has written a new landmark recording: From SLEEP is actually and genuinely intended to send the listener to sleep. The ground-breaking new work is scored for piano, strings, electronics and vocals - but no... |
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BERNSTEIN / COPLAND / BARBER / MUHLY etc
American Voices: American Choral Music Meg Bragle (mezzo), Frederick Teardo (organ), Anna Reinersman (harp), Maya Gunji (percussion) [ Resonus Classics / CD - released 31/Mar/2017 ] Continuing their ongoing series with Resonus, the Saint Thomas Choir of Men & Boys, Fifth Avenue, New York and conductor John Scott release an album of celebrated as well as more recent American choral music. Featuring music from the last seven... |
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BACH / MENDELSSOHN / WIDOR / LISZT / CLARKE / etc
Organ Classics Michael Austin (organ) [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 10/Nov/2017 ] Michael Austin (organ of The Church of St Augustine, Kilburn) |
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ATKINS, I / COOPER, G / CROTCH / CUTLER, E / ECCARD / HALLEY / HANFORTH / HARVEY, J / MACMILLAN / PAULUS / POULENC / ROSE, B / STAINER / STANFORD
Psalms and Motets for Reflection Michael Bloss (organ), Choir of St John’s, Elora, Noel Edison [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Mar/2013 ] This release, builds not only on centuries of ecclesiastical tradition: superb recordings under the directorship of Noel Edison have also become something of a fixture and highlight of our choral catalogue. This beautifully balanced new programme... |
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MESSIAEN
Organ Works Michael Bonaventure, The Rieger Organ of St Giles' Cathedral Edinburgh [ Delphian / 2 CD - released 4/Feb/2008 ] Nourished by Messiaen s beloved birdsong and Hindu rhythms, the Méditations bring alive the deepest mysteries of Catholicism, here performed with a visceral intensity by Michael Bonaventure. This is the second release in Delphian s survey of Messiaen... |
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MENDELSSOHN
The Complete Organ Sonatas Michael Dudman (organ). [ ABC Classics Discovery / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] Six Sydney organs were selected by Michael Dudman for this grand recording of the complete Organ Sonatas of Mendelssohn. They date from 1844-45, the very end of his life although they began to take form many years earlier when Mendelssohn was at the... |
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MARCEL DUPRE
Dupre: Organ Symphony / Cortege et Litanie / Organ Concerto Michael Dudman (organ) / Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Patrick Thomas [ ABC Classics Discovery / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] Marcel Dupre was one of the master organists of his time and one of the major figures in French organ music of the 20th Century. Deploying the stunning range of colours of the organ of the Sydney Town Hall, this recording presents works for both solo... |