1865 Hook organ at First Congregational Church in Orwell, VT
1865 Hook organ at First Congregational Church in Orwell, VT
 

One is Enough #0504

It may seem that organs can never be too large, but the music on this week’s show reveals the beauty in smaller things—music played on instruments with only a single manual keyboard!

MARC ANTONIO CAVAZZONI: Ricercare –Ingemar Melchersson (1475 da Prato/Basilica di San Petronio, Bologna, Italy) Christophorus CHR 77141

GIOVANNI TRABACI: Versets on the 8th Tone –Sergio Vartolo (1702 Felice Cimino positive organ from a private collection) Naxos 8.553553/6

J.S. BACH: 3 Kyrie Verses, from Clavierübung IIIDietrich Wagler (1714 Gottfried Silbermann/Freiberg Cathedral, Germany) Motette CD MOT 12451

JOHANN MATHESON: 3 Dances: Allemande; Seriosita; GavottaGerd Zacher (1714 König/St. Leodegar Monastery, Niederehe, Germany) Aeolus AE10161

JOHN STANLEY: Volungary in a, Opus 6, number 2 –Jennifer Bate (1790 England/Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood, Hampstead, England, UK) Regis CD-5002

MIGUEL LOPEZ: Seis Versos de Medio RegistroFrancis Chapelet (1777 Ortega/Church of San Sebastian, Abarca de Campos, Spain) Valois 4653

ALESSANDRO GRAZIOLI: 2 Organ Sonatas –Alberto Guerzoni (1787 Callido/St. Bartholomew Church, Contarina, Porto Viro, Rovigo, Italy) Tactus CD-770701

THOMAS ADES: Preambulum, from Under Hamelin Hill, Opus 6 –David Goode (4-stop Mander chamber organ) EMI Classics CDC 69699

MASTER NEWMAN: A pavyanAndré Isoir (1501 Anonymous; 1681 De Fontaine; 1974 Koening/Église Notre-Dame, Lorris, France) Triton 331121, #30

JOHANN KRIEGER: Passacaglia in d. ABRAHAM van den KERCKHOVEN: Fantasia in d –Gustav Leonhardt (1696 Goltfuss/St. John the Baptist, Leuven, Belgium) Sony Classical SK 57963

LÉON BOËLLMANN: Ronde Française, Opus 37. EUGENE THAYER: Variations on The Star-spangled Banner, from Sonata Number 2 –Karl Moyer (1865 E. & G.G. Hook/First Congregational, Orwell, VT) Raven OAR-290