Going On Record #1436
…a selective international survey and review of some of the many recently released compact discs of organ music.
Hour 1
WILLIAM WALTON (arr. Palmer & Gower): Prologue, fr A Wartime Sketchbook –Paul Walton (1907 Walker-1989 Manders/Bristol Cathedral, England) Regent 431
CAMERON CARPENTER: Elaboration (after a Cello Suite Prelude by Bach). CARPENTER: Pure Imagination (after a song by Newley & Bricusse) – Cameron Carpenter (2014 Marshall & Ogletree International Touring Organ) Sony Classical 3796882
CLARENCE MADER: Fangle –Jacob Benda (1949 Aeolian-Skinner/1st Presbyterian Church, Kilgore, TX) Centaur 3361
MARCEL DUPRÉ: Final, fr Suite in f, Op. 39 –Raymond Nagem (1953 Aeolian-Skinner-2008 Quimby/Cathedral of St. John the Divine, NYC) Pro Organo 7265
BRIAN CHAPPLE: Adagio & Molto ritmico, fr 6 Bagatelles –Margaret Phillips (2006 Beckerath/Marlborough College, Wiltshire, England) Regent 419
ROBERT FROST: Poem, Not to keep –Gabrielle Bullock, speaker. DAVID BRIGGS: Benedictus, fr Messe pour Notre-Dame –Proteus Ensemble/Stephen Shellard, director; Christopher Allsop (2008 Tickell/Worcester Cathedral, England) Regent 435
GASTON LITAIZE: Piece en trio –Gerben Budding (1993 Seifert/St. Gangolf, Heinsberg, Germany) VDGram 20140530
JOHANNES BASTIAANS: Allegro impetuoso, fr Fantasy Sonata in c –Gerben Budding (1853 Witte/Grote Kerk, Gorinchem, The Netherlands) LG Organ Classics 20140510
JEAN LANGLAIS: Fete –Ken Cowan (1933 Kilgen/Our Lady of Refuge Church, Brooklyn, NY) JAV Recordings (special issue)
Hour 2
MAX DRISCHNER: Lobe den Herren –Steve Rosenberg (2007 Casavant/Nativity of our Lord Church, Saint Paul, MN) Kurtzman 2014
J. ROBERT HANSON: Fanfare Prelude (O how shall I receive Thee) –Lake Wobegon Brass Band/Michael Halstenson, conductor; Bill Chouinard (1927 Casavant-2001 Schantz/St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, Mahtomedi, MN) LWBB 2014
GEORGE SHEARING: Come away to the skies, fr Sacred Sounds. GASTON LITAIZE: Prelude –Christian Lane (1930 Skinner & 2012 Fisk/Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA) Memorial Church 852678
ANTONIO DIANA: Sonata in d –Christopher Howerter (1843 Appleton/Acme Organ Institute, Acme, IN) Acme Organ 2014
MAX REGER: Theme and Fugue, fr Opus 73 –Faythe Freese (2008 Alexander Schuke/Magdeburg Cathedral, Germany) Raven 948
JOSEF RHEINBERGER: Confitebor tibi –Christ’s College Choir, Cambridge/David Rowland, director; Mark Roberts (2007 Kuhn/Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge, England) Regent 417
HILDIGUNNUR RÚNARSDÓTTIR: The Woman and the Dragon –Lára Bryndis Eggertsdóttir (1992 Klais/Hallgrimskirkja, Reykjavik, Iceland) Gateway 1401
MALCOLM WILLIAMSON: Fantasy on O Paradise (1976) –Tom Winpenny (1912 Harrison/St. Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, England) Toccata Classics 0246
PIERRE COCHEREAU (trans. Filsell): Scherzo symphonique –Daryl Robinson (1997 Fisk-Rosales.Rice University, Houston, TX) Pro Organo 7261