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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
The Best Of Saint-Saëns Marat Bisengaliev (violin), Marian Lapsansky (piano), Peter Toperczer (piano), Idil Biret (piano), Dong-Suk Kang (violin), Imrich Szabo (organ) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Dec/1997 ] Artists Marat Bisengaliev (violin), Marian Lapsansky (piano), Peter Toperczer (piano), Idil Biret (piano), Dong-Suk Kang (violin), Imrich Szabo (organ) Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony... |
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Sam Corkin (saxophones), Choir of Canterbury Cathedral, David Newsholme (director of music), Jamie Rogers (organ)
Palimpsest: New Works from Old for Saxophone and Choir [ Signum / CD - released 8/Sep/2023 ] "If the saxophone sometimes appears as something of an addition to the choral writing, the best examples - such as Gabriel Jackson's stirring Sancte Deus or Francis Pott's luminescent Rosa sine.." Gramophone |
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CESAR FRANCK
Franck: Complete Organ Mus. David Sanger (Great Organ of the Katarina Church, Stockholm) [ BIS / 2 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/1987 ] Recorded 1982 & 1987 |
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PACHELBEL / PURCELL / HANDEL / ALBINONI / VIVALDI
The Best of Baroque (Incls Albinoni's Adagio & The arrival of the Queen of Sheba) Sara Barrington (oboe) William Bennett (piccolo) Philip Jones (trumpet) Alastair Ross (organ) / Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields / Richard Hickox [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 6/Feb/1997 ] All those popular baroque favourites at a special price |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Tudor & Stuart Spirit Sara Stowe (Soprano) Matthew Spring (Lute) Martin Souter (virginals, harpsichord, organ) [ Heritage of Music / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] From dancing to dreaming, this selection of music from Tudor and Stuart times encompasses the joys and sorrows of the age from traditional country tunes to expressions of royal fortunes and misfortunes. |
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ETIENNE MOULINIE
Meslanges pour la chapelle d'un prince Sébastien Daucé (harpsichord, organ. direction) / Ensemble Correspondances [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 25/Sep/2014 ] For more than 30 years, the career of composer Étienne Moulinié was inseparably linked with the patronage of Gaston d'Orléans (1608-60), brother of Louis XIII. |
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PACHELBEL
Complete Organ Works - Vol. I Michael Belotti, James David Christie, Jürgen Essl, Christian Schmitt (organ) [ CPO SACD / 5 Hybrid SACD - released 16/Aug/2014 ] "I have generally admired the way Pachelbel's music is played here. The four organists are excellent interpreters who know how to bring out the qualities of his various works." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb July 2014) |
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FRESCOBALDI
Fantasias Book 1: Ricercari and Canzoni Sergio Vartolo (Harpsichord & Organ) [ Naxos Early Music / 2 CD - released 8/Mar/2002 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (pre 1700) - "I greatly enjoyed the organ Canzoni, simple sectional pieces capitalising on a kaleidoscope of timbres - including a startling flock of starlings - believe me!" --BBC Music... |
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JOHN BULL
Organ & Keyboard Works Siegbert Rampe (harpsichord, virginal, clavichord & organ) [ MDG / CD - released 15/Feb/2006 ] The organist and harpsichordist Siegbert Rampe's latest MDG recording is dedicated to John Bull, the Liszt of the sixteenth century. This exceptional artist makes musical gems of the early baroque and six priceless jewels of instrumental building... |
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SWEELINCK
Keyboard Works Siegbert Rampe (harpsichord, virginal, clavichord & organ) [ MDG / CD - released 10/Feb/2005 ] Around 1600 the music world was unanimous about two things: nobody had as many nuanced compositional sides to him as did Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, and nobody had at his command more musical resources for the expression of a whole wide range of... |
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OTTAVIO BARIOLLA
Bariolla: Ricercate for Organ Silva Manfrè (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/2022 ] Little is known about the life of Ottavio Bariolla, not even his birth and death dates. He was active in Milan of the 16th century and was a respected and notable organist and composer. In 1619 Paolo Morigi writes in La Nobiltà di Milano: 'The great... |
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FRANZ XAVER ANTON MURSCHHAUSER
Murschhauser: Prototypon Longo-Breve Organicum Silva Manfrè (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 12/Apr/2023 ] Franz Xaver Murschhauser was born in the summer of 1663. In 1676 Murschhauser joined the choir and orchestra of St Peter's, where he benefited first from the tuition he received from the church's choir director Sigmund Auer and later, from 1684 to... |
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BACH / LISZT / KARG-ELERT / BRAHMS / SCHUMANN
B-A-C-H - Anatomy of A Motif Simon Johnson (organ) [ Chandos / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 28/Jan/2022 ] "The listener is quickly drawn into a sonic and musical feast...An outstandingly good release and a perfect combination of repertory, player and organ." Gramophone Editor's Choice March 2022 |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Organ Concertos Op 4 Simon Lindley (organ) / Northern Sinfonia / Bradley Creswick [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Apr/2009 ] "Lindley's rhythms are lively and pointed...The orchestral playing under Bradley Creswick is excellent, alive and keenly rhythmic" - Gramophone |
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MENDELSSOHN / SCHUMANN / BOLCOM / GERSHWIN / etc
Royal Albert Hall Organ Restored Simon Preston (organ) [ Signum / CD - released 10/Aug/2006 ] "Now Simon Preston has devised this magnificent programme of music, magnificently played and impressivley recorded, that suits the instrument's ample dimensions ideally" - The Sunday Telegraph |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel - Organ Concertos Nos.1-10 Simon Preston (organ) / Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin [ EMI Double Forte / 2 CD - released 16/May/2002 ] "...there is no doubting that this set is at present the best to be had" Gramophone |
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HINDEMITH / MAXWELL DAVIES / ELGAR / LEIGHTON / BRIDGE / etc
Simon Preston: The Argo Organ Recordings - 20th-Century Organ Recordings Simon Preston (the organ of the Church of St John, Islington, Organ of Royal Festival Hall, etc) [ Australian Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 13/Dec/2017 ] Three original Argo albums demonstrating the vitality and variety of 20th-century organ music, newly remastered and compiled together for the first time in a 2CD set, with new booklet notes on the music and a tribute to Simon Preston. Simon... |
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BRAHMS / FRANCK / REGER / REUBKE / LISZT / etc
Simon Preston: The Argo Organ Recordings - Romantic Organ Music Simon Preston (the organ of Westminster Abbey, Organ of City Hall, Hull, etc) [ Australian Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 5/Dec/2017 ] "Simon Preston plays Franck in a way that pleases the English ear, gauges tempi and climaxes skilfully, and wrests from King's organ colours that do no disservice to this music." MusicalTimes |
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OLIVIER MESSIAEN
Simon Preston: The Argo Organ Recordings - Messiaen Simon Preston (the organ of Westminster Abbey, Organ of St. Albans Cathedral, etc) [ Australian Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/2018 ] Simon Preston's recordings of Messiaen for Argo and Decca, newly remastered and compiled for the first time in a 2CD release. Preston championed Messiaen's organ works, both in recital and on disc, at a time when they were relatively unknown in... |
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BUXTEHUDE
Buxtehude - Complete Organ Music Simone Stella (organ) [ BRILLIANT CLASSICS / 6 CD Box Set - released 2/Nov/2012 ] The music of Dietrich Buxtehude has gained increased recognition and popularity over the last few years, not in the least due to the invaluable work of pioneers like Ton Koopman (Complete Buxtehude Edition) and others.The great Johann Sebastian Bach... |