Golden Agers #8931
…Recital performances by Michael Schneider and Gaston Litaize, notable musicians who celebrate 80th birthdays in 1989.
NICOLAS de GRIGNY: Verbum supernum Versets
J.S. BACH: Chorale-prelude, O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig, S. 656
MAX REGER: Kyrie and Gloria, Op. 59
J.S. BACH: Passacaglia in c, S. 582
GASTON LITAIZE: Fugue sur l'Introit "Da pacem"; Priere; Epiphanie
GASTON LITAIZE: Improvisation In Memoriam Maurice Durufle
MAX REGER: Benedictus, Op. 59
J.S. BACH: 2 Chorale-preludes (Ich ruf zu Dir; Nun freut euch)
Gaston Litaize was recorded during the 1986 International Nurenberg Organ Week at St. Sebald's Church. He has for many years been organist at the Church of St. Francois-Xavier, Paris. Michael Schneider, pupil of Karl Straube at the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig and for many years associated with the Musikhochschule in Cologne, performed at Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis.
