Historic Alkmaar #9124
…A discographic summary of more than three decades of recording on one of the foremost Baroque organs in the Netherlands, at the Saint Laurenskerk.
DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE: Magnificat primi toni Piet Kee. r. 1989 Chandos CD-0514, Koch Import Service
J.S. BACH: Contrapunctus No. 1, fr The Art of Fugue, S. 1080. J.S. BACH: Toccata in C, S. 564. J.S. BACH: Fantasia in c, S. 562. J.S. BACH: Fugue in C, S. 547. Helmut Walcha. r. 1956, 1962, Archive CD 419 904-2, Polygram Import Service, Worldwide Plaza, 825 Eight Avenue, New York, NY 10019
CHARLES PIROYE: Dialogue in g. LOUIS COUPERIN: Chaconne in d. FRANÇOIS COUPERIN: Chaconne in g Pierre Froidebise. r. 1962, Nonesuch H-71020
J.S. BACH: 2 Chorale-preludes; Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam, S. 684; An Wasserflussen Babylon, S. 653 Leo van Doeselaar. r. 1987, Fidelio CD-8818, Allegro Imports
J.S. BACH: Toccata in d, S. 913 Gustav Leonhardt. r. 1988, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi/BMG CD 7868-2-RC, BMG Music
J.S. BACH: Contrapunctus No. 7, fr The Art of Fugue, S. 1080 Helmut Walcha. r. 1956
The St. Laurenskerk organ, completed in 1646, was built by G.G. van Hagerbeer in a spectacular case by Jacob van Campen. In 1725, Franz Casper Schnitger transformed the instrument with a rebuild in the North German tradition. Following several other changes in the intervening years, a 1986 restoration by Flentrop returned the organ to its 1725 condition. Helmut Walcha's recordings brought to this instrument deserved world acclaim.
