Centennial Celebrities #1148
…a collection of music by composers (mostly) with important birthday anniversaries in the year 2011.
Hour 1
GIAN CARLO MENOTTI [1911-2007]: Ricercare –John Weaver (1934 Aeolian-Skinner/Grace Episcopal Cathedral, San Francisco, CA) Pipedreams PD 1001
MARCO ENRICO BOSSI [1861-1925]: Dafne e Cloe and Gaudeamus igitur, from 3 Pieces, Opus 142 –Andrea Macinanti (1910 Vegezzi-Bossi/Saluzzo Cathedral, Cuneo, Italy) Tactus CD-862714
NINO ROTA [1911-1979]: Valse Carillon [1975]; Toccata, The Duke of Wüttenberg, from Casanova [1976]–Livia Mazzanti (1988 Kleuker-Steinmeyer/Tonhalle, Zürich, Switzerland) BMG/RCA CD-47016
NINO ROTA: Sonata for Organ –Harald Feller (1998 Goll/Stadtpfarrkirche Sankt Martin, Memmingen, Germany) Oehms 606
LOUIS COUPERIN [1626-1661]:3 verses of Pange lingua –Davitt Moroney (1714 Boizard/Abbey Church, Saint Michel en Thiérache, France) Temperaments CD-316001/02/03
JEAN-JACQUES GRUNENWALD [1911-1982]: Offertoire, from Cinq Pieces; Toccata, from Suite Number 2 –Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin (1862 Cavaillé-Coll/Église Saint-Sulpice, Paris, France) Festivo 6961 912 & Festivo FECD-159
Filler –GIAN CARLO MENOTTI (see above)
Hour 2
GEORG BÖHM [1661-1733]: Praeludium in a –Daniel Fuchs (1986 Felsberg/St. Paul’s Church, Lausanne, Switzerland) Gallo CD-494
PAUL HOFHAIMER: 3 verses of Salve regina –Pieter van Dijk (1511 van Covelens/Sint Laurenskerk, Alkmaar, The Netherlands) Contrapunctus Musicus 2497
WILLIAM BOYCE [1711-1779]: Voluntary in D –Simon Preston (1791 Greene/St. John the Baptist, Armitage, England, UK) Archive 415 675
ALEXANDRE GUILMANT [1837-1911]: Canzona –Walter Alcock (1876 Henry Willis/Salisbury Cathedral, England, UK) Amphion CD-131
WALTER ALCOCK [1861-1947]: Toccatina –Susan De Kam (2010 Kegg/Zion Lutheran, Wausau, WI) Pro Organo CD 7248
ALAN HOVHANESS [1911-2000]: Sonata for Trumpet & Organ –Richard Giangiulio, trumpet; Paul Riedo (1978 Schudi/St. Thomas Aquinas RCC, Dallas, TX) Crystal CD-666
ALAN HOVHANESS: Jesus, lover of my soul, Opus 53b –Cathedral Choir, Donald Pearson, conductor; Eric Plutz (1938 Kimball/Episcopal Cathedral of St. John, Denver, CO) Delos DE 3176
JAN KOETSIER [1911-2006]: Partita for English Horn & Organ, Opus 41, number 1 –Leo van der Lek, English horn; E. Power Biggs (1958 Flentrop/Holy Sacrament Church, Breda, The Netherlands) Columbia 31961
CARRIE JACOBS-BOND [1861-1946]: A Perfect Day –Virgil Fox (1953 Aeolian-Skinner/Riverside, New York, NY) EMI Classics CDC 65913
Filler –ROTA: Valse-Carillon (see above)
