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JOAN BAPTISTA CABANILLES
Cabanilles: Keyboard Music, Volume Two - 24 works for organ and Harpsichord Timothy Roberts (Organ of the Church of Sant Jaume, Vila-real, Valencia) etc [ Toccata / CD - released 1/Jun/2020 ] Much of the music of Joan (or Juan) Cabanilles (1644-1712) is as virtuosic and colourfully Baroque as that of his northern contemporary, Dietrich Buxtehude, though it is also touched with a distinctively Spanish intensity. |
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LEOS JANACEK / ZOLTA KODALY
Janacek - Glagolitic Mass / Kodaly - Psalmus Hungaricus, Op. 13 Tina Kiberg (sop) Randi Stene (mez) Peter Svensson (ten) Ulrik Cold (bass) Per Salo (organ) / Danish National Radio Choir, Charles Mackerras [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/May/2004 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "Mackerras's new version is of particular interest as it embodies another of the reconstructions that have been painstakingly made of Janacek's original intentions in different... |
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CHARLES TOURNEMIRE
Tournemire: Complete Organ Music- Oeuvres d'Orgue Tjeerd van der Ploeg (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 25/Sep/2020 ] Charles Tournemire was born in Bordeaux in 1870. A child prodigy he became organist-accompagnateur at age 11 at the St. Pierre in Bordeaux. At the Paris Conservatory he had lessons from De Bériot and César Franck, after whose death he continued with... |
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FRANCIS POTT
Pott.: Christus / Improvisation on Adeste, Fideles / Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele / Surrexit Hodie Tom Winpenny (organ) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 13/Aug/2021 ] Acclaimed for his sacred choral and organ works, Francis Pott was recognised in 2021 with the Medal of the Royal College of Organists, its highest award. Christus is regarded as an Everest of the organ repertoire. |
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MALCOLM WILLIAMSON
Williamson: Organ Music Tom Winpenny (organ) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2016 ] One of Australia's greatest composers, Malcolm Williamson settled in Britain and rose to the position of Master of the Queen's Music in 1975. He was championed by a number of prominent musical figures and wrote in almost every genre. A skilled... |
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JUDITH BINGHAM
Organ Music Tom Winpenny (organ) / The Dmitri Ensemble / Graham Ross [ Naxos / CD - released 21/Sep/2011 ] "Tom Winpenny opens an illuminating window on Bingham's richly-coloured, programmatically-driven engagement with the 'king of instruments'...Winpenny knows the St Albans instrument like the back of his hand, coaxing an array of voluptuous and... |
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PIETRO YON
Yon: Complete Organ Music, Vol.1 Tommaso Mazzoletti (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 22/Jan/2021 ] Sumptuous and spectacular Romantic works by 'Toscanini's Organist'. |
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Marianne Mellnas (soprano) Alf Linder (organ) / Oscar's Motet Choir / Torsten Nilsson
Cantate Domino (LP) [ Proprius / LP - released 19/Aug/2016 ] Recorded from January 23 to 25 and April 29 1976. Motettenchorus Oscar church, Stockholm, Sweden |
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Truro Cathedral Choir / Andrew Nethsingha (Director) with Simon Morley (Organ)
20 Favourite Hymns (incls 'Jerusalem' & 'the day Thou gavest') [ Priory / CD - released 10/Apr/2006 ] Recorded in Truro Cathedral in 1996 |
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Tyne-James Organ
The Other Side (LP) [ Dew Process / LP - released 16/May/2025 ] Life itself is the catalyst for Tyne-James Organ's second album, The Other Side. Life in all its trials, delights and heartbreaks. In some ways it's a sequel to Necessary Evil, his Top 10 debut of 2021. But time moves on. |
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AUGUST GOTTFRIED RITTER
Complete Organ Sonatas Ursula Philippi (organ) [ MDG Gold / CD ] Ursula Philippi (organ) |
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Van Den Heuvel Organ Danish Ra
Hakim: Plays Hakim [ Signum / CD - released 13/Dec/2010 ] |
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G. F. HANDEL
Handel: Six Concerti Grossi, Op. 3 Van Diemen's Band / Martin Gester, conductor and organ soloist [ BIS / CD - released 7/May/2021 ] What we know as 'Handel's Opus 3' is most likely little more than a brazen attempt by the London publisher John Walsh to make some quick money. In 1715, Walsh had issued a pirated edition of Corelli's 12 Concerti Grossi Opus 6 which proved an instant... |
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GABRIEL FAURE
Best Of Faure Jean Martin (piano), Dong-Suk Kang (violin), Pascal Devoyon (piano), Lisa Beckley (soprano), Colm Carey (organ), Pierre-Alain Volondat (piano), Franco [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Aug/2013 ] All the best bits of Faure |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
The Best Of Handel Johann Aratore (organ), Jozef Cejka (oboe), Miroslav Kejmar (trumpet) Cappella Istropolitana, Budapest Strings, Handel Festival Chamber Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 7/May/1997 ] Handel was successful in developing a new form, the English oratorio, which combined the musical felicities of the Italian operatic style with an increased role for the chorus, relative economy of production, and the satisfaction of an English text. |
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GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI
Frescobaldi: Complete Edition Roberto Loreggian (organ & harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 15 CD Box Set - released 22/Aug/2011 ] A release of great importance: the first time CD-issue of the Complete Works of Girolamo Frescobaldi. The CD's in this edition are all newly recorded, by the foremost scholar/musicians of Italy, using period instruments. |
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VARIOUS ARTISTS
An Introducton To Early Music Rebecca Outram (soprano), Christopher Wilson (lute), Joseph Payne (organ), Robert Parkins (organ), Shirley Rumsey (lute, guitar), Laurence Cummings (h [ Naxos / CD - released 9/May/1996 ] Artists Rebecca Outram (soprano), Christopher Wilson (lute), Joseph Payne (organ), Robert Parkins (organ), Shirley Rumsey (lute, guitar), Laurence Cummings (harpsichord) |
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THE MARENCHI FAIRGROUND ORGAN
Mechanical Marches (Incls 'Colonel Bogey', 'Entry of the Gladiators' & 'Washington Post') The Marenghi Fairground Organ [ Silvascreen / 2 CD - released 20/May/2008 ] A 2CD Set Featuring A Collection Of March Classics on the Fairground Organ...including Both The Familiar And The Rarities. |
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HANDEL / ROSSINI / SAINT-SAENS/ VIVALDI / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
My First Classical Album Various artists including Janis Laurs (cello), Heather Begg (mezzo), Richard Bonynge, Michael Dudman (organ) & Slava & leonard Grigoryan (guitar) [ ABC / CD - released 3/Jun/2016 ] Classical music opens up a whole new world of imagination and delight. From the majesty of the orchestra to the delicacy of the piano, music helps us to sing, dance and dream. This album is the perfect introduction to the timeless tunes of the great... |
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ARVO PART
Spiegel im Spiegel / Fratres / Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten / etc Vadim Gluzman (violin), Angela Yoffe, Alexei Lubimov (piano) Hans-Ola Ericsson (organ) Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet), Swedish Radio Choir, Tallinn Quar [ BIS / CD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] "There's much to be said for the BIS disc. Despite a rather pale performance of the violin and piano version of Fratres (Gluzman and Yoffe redeem themselves on Spiegel im Spiegel) this might well be the disc I'd plump for because of the inclusion of... |