|
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor and other sacred choral works The Elora Festival Singers / Thomas Fitches (organ) / Noel Edison [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] "This is a first rate collection" - ClassicsToday |
|
ALBERTO GINASTERA
Ginastera: Complete Piano and Organ Music Fernando Viani (piano and organ) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 15/May/2007 ] "To say that Fernando Viani's performances of the better-known piano works are not necessarily the very best available is not meant to damn them with faint praises. These performances are intelligent, perceptive and technically assured. What is... |
|
From the organ of the Tower Ballroom Blackpool
The Mighty Wurlitzer [ Hallmark / CD - released 23/Jun/1995 ] Medleys and popular classics from the famous organ of the Blackpool Tower Ballroom |
|
LANG / HOWELLS / ELGAR / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / WHITLOCK / COCKER
English Organ Music Gareth Green (organ) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/1992 ] "an ideal instrument for this most appealing programme" Gramophone "This disc is certainly a bargain" Organists Review |
|
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Choral Works [Incls 'Cantata Academica'] George Malcolm (organ), Benjamin Britten [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 8/Nov/2019 ] The first recordings of choral masterpieces by Britten, performed by the dedicatees and newly reissued in a unique compilation. |
|
DUPRÉ / FRANCK / COUPERIN / BRUHNS / BACH / MESSIAEN
Gillian Weir: A Celebration Gillian Weir (organ) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 22 CD Box Set - released 12/Feb/2021 ] 'Dame Gillian is one of the greatest of living artists; her playing shows a perfect mixture of hand and heart, a true musician with the technique to tackle anything.' - JOHN AMIS, WRITER AND CRITIC |
|
CLERAMBAULT / BRUHNS / WIDOR / VIERNE / DUPRE / BACH / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: King of Instruments: The Art of Gillian Weir Gillian Weir (organ) [ Argo / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2005 ] 'There is an aristocratic poise and restraint which illuminate Weir's readings of Clerambault's two Suites' BBC Music Magazine |
|
HOWELLS / PARRY / ELGAR / LANQUETUIT / LISZT / COOK
On Stage at the Royal Albert Hall, London Gillian Weir (organ) [ Priory / CD - released 23/Apr/2005 ] "A landmark recording with Weir and instrument a perfect partnership" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine July 2005 |
|
DANDRIEU / IVES / BACH / DUPRE / BOVET / etc
On Stage at the Royal Festival Hall, London Gillian Weir (organ) [ Priory / CD - released 10/Apr/2006 ] "A renowed instrument and a fine player - an instant classic recording" (Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine July 2006) |
|
OLIVIER MESSIAEN
Messiaen: Organ Works Vol 2 : Neuf Maditations sur le mystare de la Sainte Trinita Gillian Weir (Organ of a…rhus Cathedral, Denmark) [ Priory / CD - released 20/Apr/2003 ] "How refreshing! Priory has taken what was already a marvellous disc and made it even better. Strongly recommended." ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music Magazine (April 03) |
|
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 2 in A minor Op.55 / Symphony No. 3 in C minor Op.78 'Organ Symphony' Gillian Weir (organ) / Ulster Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 29/Jun/2005 ] "The most Francophone of the discs, this has some delightful touches like the subtle space before the second subject. Tortelier escorts Gillian Weir to church, wearing piety and learning elegantly." BBC Music |
|
VARIOUS
All The World's Most Beautiful Melodies (the complete five CD set) The Golden Cornet Of Phillip Mccann / Sellers Engineering Band / Boys Of Leeds Parish Church Choir / Simon Lindley (Organ) / Roy Newsome (Conductor) [ Chandos / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/1995 ] From 'Panis Angelicus' to 'Believe Me If All Those Enduring Young Charms' here are all your favourites performed by the world's number one cornet player. |
|
MENDELSSOHN / SILAS / MacFARREN / KING / SPARK / STEGGALL
Jerusalem On High - Victorian Voluntaries and Concert Pieces for Organ Graham Barber (organ of Tewkesbury Abbey) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Mar/2003 ] 'A worthy celebration of the British organ tradition … rich, clear recordings' (Gramophone) |
|
NED ROREM
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rorem: Works for Choir and Orchestra The Harvard University Choir, Murray Forbes Somerville, with Carson Coqman (organ) [ Black Box / CD - released 21/Jul/2006 ] Carson Cooman is Research Associate in Music and Composer in Residence at the Harvard Memorial Church. |
|
GEORG FREDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Violin Sonatas Hiro Kurosaki (violin), William Christie (harpsichord, organ) [ Virgin Classics Premium / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "Period playing at its warmest and most lyrical...Naturalness and sophistication rule the day" (BBC Music Magazine) |
|
C. P. E. BACH
Bach, CPE: Organ sonatas Iain Quinn (organ) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Dec/2016 ] Although C.P.E. Bach was acknowledged for his prowess on the clavichord, he was not as skilled an organ virtuoso as his father, Johann Sebastian. He wrote relatively little for the organ but around 1755 composed a sequence of sonatas for Princess... |
|
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Chamber Music - Piano Quartet, Op. 16 / Minuets and Dances Indiana University Wind Ensemble, Janette Fishell (organ), Sofia Kim (violin), Susie Kroh (violin), Aleck Belcher (double bass), etc [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/May/2020 ] In his first decade in Vienna, Beethoven seems to have been preoccupied with music for wind instruments. The best-known example is his Quintet in E flat major, Op. 16, which he arranged at the same time for piano quartet. |
|
LLOYD WEBBER / GUILMANT / SUMSION / MATHIAS / BUCK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Australasian Organs Vol. VI Jane Watts (the organ of Wellington Cathedral) [ Priory / CD - released 2/Feb/2002 ] Recorded in Wellington Cathedral, New Zealand, on 18/19 April 2001. |
|
MODEST MUSSORGSKY / IGOR STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Stravinsky: Three Dances from Petrouchka (trans. for organ) Jean Guillou (The Great Organ of the Tonhalle, Zurich) [ Dorian Recordings / CD - released 10/Aug/1989 ] Recorded at the Tonhalle, Zürich in July, 1988. Jean Guillou at the great organ of the Tonhalle, Zürich (Kleuker-Steinmeyer, 1988). |
|
PHILIP MOORE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Moore: 20Th Century Cathedral Music Vasari Singers, Jeremy Blackhouse, with Jeremy Filsell (organ of St John) [ Guild / CD - released 17/Mar/1997 ] Philip Moore studied at the Royal College of Music. He also has a Durham B.Mus. On graduating from the RCM he joined the teaching staff at Eton. In 1968 he moved to Canterbury Cathedral as Assistant Organist, and in 1974 he became Organist and Master... |