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JOHANN PACHELBEL
Pachelbel: Complete Keyboard Music Simone Stella (harpsichord & organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 13 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/2019 ] "..the organ used here has much greater possibilities in variety of tonal colours, and Stella uses it to fine effect in the many fugues and chorale variations." Choir & Organ |
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REINCKEN
Complete Harpsichord and Organ Music Simone Stella (harpsichord & organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 9/Feb/2014 ] Brilliant Classics continues its survey of pre‐Bachian keyboard music with the complete keyboard works of Johann Adam Reincken. Reincken's style is rich and elaborate, full of invention and fantasy, requiring a virtuoso technique from the performer. |
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JOHANN GOTTFRIED WALTHER
Walther - Complete Organ Music Simone Stella (at the Francesco Zanin organ, 2006, Church of Sant'Antonio Abate, Padua) [ BRILLIANT CLASSICS / 12 CD Box Set - released 5/Dec/2015 ] "This is a splendid musical monument for one of the most important composers for the organ of the 18th century." MusicWeb Recording of the Month March 2018 |
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EDMUND RUBBRA
Rubbra: Tenebrae Nocturns Op. 72 Three Motets Op. 76 Five Motets Op. 37 Missa Cantuariensis Op. 59 The Sixteen & Harry Christophers, Robert Quinney (organ) [ Coro / CD - released 23/Sep/2016 ] The distinctive style of Edmund Rubbra's music is unmistakable - his love of counterpoint, his sense of tonality, and his clever working of melody make him stand out from many of his contemporaries. His writing, whilst harmonically challenging and... |
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CHRISTOPHER SIMPSON
The Seasons, The Monthes & other divisions of Time-I Sophie Watillon, Friederike Heumann, Brian Franklin (viols) / Matthias Spaeter (theorba) / Luca Guglielmi (organ) [ Alpha / CD - released 21/Aug/2006 ] Christopher Simpson was one of England's finest composers of viol music in the 17th century, and his treatise on viol technique, which included discussion of the prized art of improvisation, was an important contribution to the compendium of... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Eastertide Evensong St John's College Choir Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha (conductor), with James Anderson-Besant & Glen Dempsey (organ) [ Signum / CD - released 15/Apr/2022 ] St John's first live Evensong album, Ash Wednesday, marked the period of Lent and reflected the tradition of the organ remaining silent. Now with Eastertide Evensong, organists rejoin choir in a blaze of rejoicing. |
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SWEELINCK / BUXTEHUDE / BACH
St. Laurens Church Alkmaar St. Laurens Church Alkmaar Organ / Piet Kee (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] According to many music lovers The Netherlands are an ‘organ paradise’. There are a large number of churches housing a multitude of historic organs. The organ built by Schnitger at the St. Laurens Church in Alkmaar is internationally famous. As is... |
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CHRISTMAS
Carols With St Paul's Cathedral Choir St Paul's Cathedral Choir, Andrew Carwood, with Simon Johnson (organ) [ Decca / CD - released 1/Dec/2015 ] St. Paul's Cathedral Choir presents a survey of festive works: old favourites and mingle in a fine Christmas album perfect for the Festive Season. Featuring cherished carols from Classic FM's annual "Nation's Favourite Carols" poll. |
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CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
Stanford: Anthems And Services Choir of St. John's College Cambridge, Christopher Robinson, with Christopher Whitton (organ) [ Naxos English Choral Music / CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] "Even in the best-stocked collection this would prove a welcome addition, and for those who have as yet nothing of the master, it should provide a lively introduction." (Gramophone Classical Music Guide) |
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MARCEL DUPRE
Works for organ Vol 8 Stefan Engels (organ) [ Naxos Organ Encyclopedia / CD - released 1/May/2004 ] "Stephan Engels brings youthful vitality to these well-known scores. Though recorded in the extreme acoustics of the Heilig-Geist Kirche in Mannheim, Engels carefully articulates and sets off motives. The room lends its own long line to Dupre's... |
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MARCEL DUPRE
Works For Organ Vol. 6 (Incls '8 Short Preludes on Gregorian Themes for Organ, Op. 45') Stefan Engels (Organ) / Alessio Bax (Piano) [ Naxos Organ Encyclopedia / CD - released 15/Nov/2007 ] Marcel Dupré was born into a musical family in Rouen in 1886. His father was an organist who had been a pupil of Guilmant and taught his son from the time the boy was eleven. Dupré was admitted to the Paris Conservatoire at sixteen, and among his... |
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Stefan Engels plays the Seifert organ of St. Matthias, Berlin
Great European Organs Vol. 69 [ Priory / CD - released 21/Nov/2003 ] Recorded on 8th & 9th November 2001 |
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JOHN IRELAND
Complete Organ Works Stefan Kagl (organ of Herforder Muenster) [ CPO / CD - released 1/May/2010 ] It is not often CPO record British music, but on this new SACD they introduce the organ works of John Nicholson Ireland into their catalogue. Ireland's compositional output followed the trend of many other English Impressionist composers and favored... |
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J.S BACH
J.S. Bach: Music for Recorder & Harpsichord Stefano Bagliano (recorders), Andrea Coen (harpsichord & organ) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 22/Jan/2021 ] Another Bach arrangements album? Stefano Bagliano and Andrea Coen present something a little different: sonatas, chorale preludes and fugues in a form of domestic music-making that Bach himself would have recognised and enjoyed. |
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VALENTE / DE MACQUE / TRABACI / MAYONE / SCARLATTI
Neapolitan Keyboard Music Stefano Innocenti (harpsichord & organ) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 30/Nov/2014 ] Italian musician Stefano Innocenti performs these works on both harpsichord and organ, having specially selected the two instruments according to his research into authentic historical performance. |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Organ Transcriptions Stefano Molardi (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 15/Jul/2022 ] Transcription has always been a widespread musical practice, following the desire to arrange pieces originally written for an instrumental and/or vocal ensemble for an instrument like the organ or harpsichord or, later, the piano. The eighteenth... |
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GIOVANNI PLATTI
Platti: Complete Music for Harpsichord & Organ Stefano Molardi (harpsichord & organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 25/May/2018 ] Giovanni Benedetto Platti successfully bridged the worlds of the Baroque and Classicism. A remarkably versatile musician, performing as a keyboard player, cellist, oboist, violinist and singer, he wrote in a wide range of different genres and styles,... |
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J. M. BACH / J. C. BACH
Complete Organ Music Stefano Molardi (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 5/May/2017 ] A FIRST RECORDING: the complete organ works by Johann Michael and Johann Christoph Bach! Johann Michael (1648‐1694) and Johann Christoph (1642‐1703) were brothers, and nephew of the great Johann Sebastian. The daughter of Johann Michael was Maria... |
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JOHANN KUHNAU
Complete Organ Music Stefano Molardi (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2015 ] This 3CD set presents the first complete recording of the organ works by Kuhnau! Johann Kuhnau (1660‐1722) held several important posts in Germany, before settling in Leipzig, where he was for many years Cantor of the Thomaskirche, till his death in... |
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J S BACH
Complete Organ Music, Vol. 1 Stefano Molardi (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 10/Mar/2014 ] Stefano Molardi is shaping his recorded survey of Bach's complete organ music as self‐sufficient and musically satisfying recitals which, disc by disc, explore the diverse styles at the composer's disposal. |