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FRANCK
The Complete Masterworks for Organ Michael Murray at the Organ at Saint Sernin [ Telarc Classics / 2 CD - released 7/Mar/2004 ] "Murray...makes this music speak with uncanny directness and persuasion...Here is playing of great skill, artistry and integrity." —Gramophone |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 'Organ' / Encores a la Francaise Michael Murray at the organ at St Francis de Sales Church, Philadelphia / Philadelphia Symphony / Eugene Ormandy [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/2004 ] "Michael Murray's organ playing bespeaks a mastery and authority that matches the orchestra's... The closing section, in which organ and full orchestra play together, will exhilarate you..." -Digital Audio |
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BACH / JONGEN / WIDOR / SOLER / FRANCK / MESSIAEN / etc
An Organ Blaster: The Best of Michael Murray (Incls Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565) Michael Murray, organ [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 21/Jun/2005 ] "It opens with a hell-raising Toccata and Fugue...The record is indeed a blast..." - American Record Guide |
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J.S. BACH / FRANCK
Organ Works Michael Murray (organ) [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 21/Jun/2004 ] The Bach selections were performed on the Aeolian-Skinner organ at Methuen Memorial Music Hall in Methuen, MA. The Franck selections were performed on the Fratelli Ruffatti organ at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco CA. |
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J.S. BACH
Organ Works (Incls Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542) Michael Murray (organ) [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 20/Jul/2007 ] Acclaimed organist Michael Murray performs three Bach masterpieces on the great organ at Methuen Memorial Music Hall. |
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JACKSON / MENDELSSOHN / VIERNE / DURUFLE / SCHUMANN / BRAHMS
The Willis Organ at Salisbury Cathedral (Durufle, Schumann, Brahms, Mendelssohn, etc) Michael Murray (Willis organ at Salisbury Cathedral) [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 6/Dec/2004 ] "The redoubtable Michael Murray provides us an altogether concert of magnificent music on this disc...The disc's sonics, as might be expected, are superb." -High Performance Review |
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POULENC / TELEMANN / GIGOUT / PURCELL / STRAUSS / etc
Music for Organ, Brass & Percussion Michael Murray (organ) / Empire Brass [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 24/Mar/2006 ] "The music is so wonderful and Empire's performance is so good that you might forget that this arrangement eliminates the woodwind colors." - American Record Guide |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 'Organ Symphony' Michael Murray (organ) / Philadelphia Orchestra. Eugene Ormandy [ Telarc / CD - released 28/Sep/2011 ] "Michael Murray's organ playing bespeaks a mastery and authority that matches the orchestra's... The closing section, in which organ and full orchestra play together, will exhilarate you..." - Digital Audio |
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MARCEL DUPRE / JOSEF RHEINBERGER
Dupre: Symphony in G minor / Rheinberger: Organ Concerto No. 1 Michael Murray (organ) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Jahja Ling [ Telarc Records / CD - released 26/Jan/2004 ] Michael Murray's recordings for Telarc are among the classical music industry's worldwide best sellers. |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns: Complete Music for Organ Michele Savino (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2021 ] Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) is one of the most important French composers of the nineteenth century, his oeuvre embracing important orchestral and chamber works, as well as works for solo instruments, alongside a few operas and church music.... |
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ERNST KRENEK
Krenek: Complete Piano Concertos Vol. Two Mikhail Korzhev (piano), Eric Huebner (piano), Nurit Pacht (violin), Adrian Partington (organ) [ Toccata / CD - released 28/Apr/2017 ] Ernst Krenek's seven piano concertos - four for solo piano, one for two pianos, one with violin and one with organ - is one of the major concerto-series of the twentieth century, but also one of the least familiar. |
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CLAUDIO MERULO
Merulo: Motets Modus Ensemble, Mauro Marchetti, with Federico Tollis (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 14/Jul/2016 ] Claudio Merulo (1533‐1604) held the prestigious post of first organist of the San Marco in Venice. Although he was a key figure in the development of keyboard music he also wrote a large number of vocal works of great importance: masses, motets and... |
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Montserrat Torrent (organ)
Los Organos de la Catedral de Salamanca [ Catedral de Salamanca / CD - released 22/Sep/2023 ] The CATHEDRALIS label releases its second disc, an album dedicated to the historic organs housed in the Cathedral of Salamanca, two of them located in the Old Cathedral and the other two in the New Cathedral. It is an album integral to the history... |
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JOHN IRELAND / GRAYSTON IVES
The Organ Works of John Ireland and Grayston Ives Myles Hartley (The Organ of Harris Manchester College, Oxford) [ Priory / CD - released 20/Jun/2016 ] "Myles Hartley, Director of Music at Harris Manchester College plays with sensitivity in the gentler works and conveys the pomp and drama of the more exuberant ones, while exploiting the full resources of the Nicholson instrument." Organists Review |
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NAJI HAKIM
Hakim Plays Hakim Vol 1 Naji Hakim & Marie-Bernadette Dufourcet (Schuke Organ of the Palacio Euskalduna of Bilbao) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 28/Jul/2014 ] "I haven't enjoyed an organ collection this much in ages. Hakim the composer and performer are shown at their considerable best, and Signum have obliged with an exemplary recording. The composer's concise, very readable notes are an added bonus." (Re |
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NAJI HAKIM
Hakim Plays Hakim Vol 2 Naji Hakim (Schuke Organ of the Palacio Euskalduna of Bilbao) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 12/Aug/2016 ] Naji Hakim returns with a volume two in his series of original compositions. Completed in 2000, the Schuke Organ of the Palacio Euskalduna is housed in a magnificent concert hall of wood and steel. |
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LILI BOULANGER
In Memoriam Lili Boulanger: Works By Lili & Nadia Boulanger Emile Naoumoff (piano), Olivier Charlier (violin), Isabelle Sabrie (soprano), Doris Reinhardt (mezzo), Eric Lebrun (organ), Aude Perin Dureau (violin) [ Marco Polo / CD - released 1/Dec/2000 ] Emile Naoumoff (piano), Olivier Charlier (violin), Isabelle Sabrie (soprano), Doris Reinhardt (mezzo), Eric Lebrun (organ), Aude Perin Dureau (violin), Raphelle Semezis (cello), Magali Demesse (violin), Francis Pierre (harp), Doris Reinhardt... |
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WIDOR
Organ Symphony No.5 & excerpts Sym.6 & 8 / Romantic French Organ Encores The Nash Ensemble (organ of St.Peter's London & Bath Abbey) [ Alto / CD - released 20/Nov/2015 ] "Sanger's account of the Widor No.5 is first class in every respect and is recorded with fine bloom and clarity. His restraint in registering the central movements prevents Widor's cosy melodic inspiration from sounding sentimental, and the finale is... |
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OTTORINO RESPIGHI
The Birds Chamber Orchestra of New York, Salvatore Di Vittorio, Kyler Brown (organ) [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Apr/2014 ] One of Respighi's masterpieces, Gli uccelli (The Birds) includes transcriptions of birdsong and music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in writing of evocative, captivating lyricism. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Great European Organs Vol 63 Nicolas Kynaston (organ of Megaron, the Athens Concert Hall) [ Priory / CD - released 7/Oct/2007 ] Recorded in Athens Concert Hall on 3, 4, 5 July 2001 |