Concertos #1325
…the format of organ-and-orchestra, first explored in the 18th century, has generated plenty of sizzle in more recent times.
Hour 1
G. F. HANDEL: Concerto in F, Opus 4, no. 4 –La Divina Armonia; Lorenzo Ghielmi (2007 Pradella/Santuario del Divin Prigioniero/Valle de Colorina, Italy) Passacaille 944
CARL MARIA von WEBER: Adagio & Rondo for Harmonichord and Orchestra –Leipzig Radio Orchestra/Horst Neumann, conductor; Felix Friedrich (1981 Schuke/Gewandhaus, Leipzig) Querstand 9601
PAMELA DECKER: Organ Concerto (Danza – Alba – El Tigre) –Eastern Festival Orchestra/Gerard Schwarz, conductor; Edie Johnson (1982 Fisk/Christ United Methodist Church, Greensboro, NC) Pipedreams Archive (r. 6/29/11)
Hour 2
ANTONIO VIVALDI: Concerto in F for Violin, Organ and Strings, RV 542 –L'Artedell'Arco/Federico Guglielmo, director & violin; Roberto Loreggian (St. Bavo Oratory, Padua, Italy) Brilliant Classics 94099/5
HANS GÁL: Concertino for Organ and Strings (1948) –Vienna Academy Orchestra/Martin Haselböck, conductor; István Mátyás (2003 Kuhn/Hofburgkappelle, Vienna) NCA 60162
HOWARD HANSON: Concerto for Organ, Harp and Strings –Rochester Chamber Orchestra/David Fetler, conductor; Eileen Malone, harp; David Craighead (1956 Austin/Asbury First United Methodist Church, Rochester, NY) Albany 129
