By the Hundreds #1236
…compositions from Sweelinck to Cage, honoring composers whom we celebrate for significant anniversaries this year.
Hour 1
GIOVANNI GABRIELI (d. 1612): Music for Organ and Brass (Intonazioni Ottavo tono; Canzon per sonar No. 3; Intonazioni Undicesimo tono; Canzon per sonar No. 4) –Boston Brass Ensemble; E. Power Biggs (1958 Flentrop/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA) Sony Classical 62353
EDGAR TINEL (d. 1912) (arr. Jongen): Saint François Prelude –Anton Doornhein (1905-1987 Seifert/St. Mary Basilica, Kevelaer, Germany) D.E. Versluis 1023
JOHN BULL (b. 1562): Salve Regina –Bernard Winsemius (1651 van Hagerbeer/Niewe Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) InterSound 1006
CLAUDE DEBUSSY (b. 1862) (arr. Roques): Premiere Arabesque –Yun Kyong Kim (1920 Austin/St. Mary's Catholic Church, Dayton, OH) MSR Classics 1362
DEBUSSY (arr. Cellier): Sarabande, fr Pour le piano –David Briggs (1999 Nicholson/Gloucester Cathedral, England) Priory 794
PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY: Festive Overture in E-flat, Op. 49 (The Year 1812) –U.S. Navy Band Sea Chanters; Washington Symphonic Brass; Scott Dettra (1938 Skinner and 1975 Aeolian-Skinner/National Cathedral, Washington, DC ) Pipedreams Archive (r. 7/4/11)
Hour 2
DEBUSSY (trans. Roques): La fille aux cheveux de lin –Thomas Murray (1929 Aeolian/Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA) DTR 8305
DEBUSSY (arr. Cellier): Prelude a l'Apre-midi faune (after a poem by Mallarme) –Timothy Baker (1929 Pilcher/Memorial Auditorium, Louisville, KY) OHS 93
GABRIELI: Sonata octavi toni, fr Sacrae Symphonie –Jan Willem Jansen (1475 de Prato) and Liuwe Tamminga (1596 Malamini/San Petronia Basilica, Bologna, Italy) Harmonia Mundi 901688
JOHN CAGE (b. 1912): Souvenir –Christoph Maria Moosmann (1978 Sandtner/St. Martin's Cathedral, Rottenburg, Germany) New Albion 74
FREDERICK DELIUS (b. 1862) (arr. Hebble): Intermezzo, fr Fennimore & Gerda –Ted Alan Worth (1933 Skinner/Girard College Chapel, Philadelphia, PA) DTR 9301
JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK (b. 1562): Fantasy in d –Gustav Leonhardt (1971 Metzler/St. Jakobskerk, The Hague, Netherlands) Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77148
