Taking the Prize (I) #9002
…Taking the Prize....three exceptional young artists demonstrate their competitive mettle in performances recorded in Geneva, Detroit, and Saint Paul. All three musicians were recorded in concert setting, Bergin and Johnansen especially for this program. Mr. Biggers performances were provided by the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation
NICOLAS de GRIGNY: Kyrie en taille and Dialogue, from Livre d'orgue. LIONEL ROGG: Partita on Nun freut euch organist Jonathan Biggers (1965 Metzler organ/St. Peter's Cathedral, Geneva)
J.S. BACH: Prelude & Fugue in a, S. 543. CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR: Cantilene, from Symphonie Romane, No. 10, Op. 73. DAVID HURD: Variations for Organ (1939) organist Dennis Bergin (1989 Petty-Madden organ/Hartford Memorial Baptist Church, Detroit)
J.S. BACH: Trio Sonata No. 1 in E flat, S. 525. NAJI HAKIM: the embrace of Fire organist Amy Johansen (1985 Schnatz organ/Church of St. Leo, St. Paul, Minnesota)
ANTON HEILLER: Tanz-Toccata organist Jonathan Biggers
