Musical Miscellanies #1523
…a bit of this and a bit of that, from Bach to Boëllmann, enjoying organs and repertoire from diverse destinations.
Hour 1
HARRY ROWE SHELLEY: Fanfare d’Orgue. ARTHUR FOOTE: Cantilena, Op. 71, no. 1 –Rollin Smith (1883 Roosevelt/1st Congregatioanl Church, Great Barrington, MA) Repertoire Recording Society 12
LEON BOËLLMANN: Ronde Française. LEO SOWERBY: Prelude on Sine nomine (1955) –Peter Stoltzfus Berton (1921 Skinner/United Congregational Church, Holyoke, MA) JAV 126.
J.S. BACH: Neumeister Chorale-preludes, fr BWV Anh. II (Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele, Nos. 52/53; Canon in g, No. 72; Jesu meine Freude, No. 58; Allein Gott in der Höh, No. 48) –Stephen Rapp (1995 Richards, Fowkes/St. John’s Lutheran Church, Stanford, CT) Raven 420
BACH: Jesu, joy of man’s desiring, fr BWV 147; Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 731. TRADITIONAL: How great Thou art –Dan Miller (1990 Möller/Calvary Church, Charlotte, NC) MasterSound 694
Hour 2
JOHN LEAVITT: Chorale Prelude on Song 13 –Marilyn Keiser (1997 Casavant/1st Baptist Church, Mount Gilead, NC) Pro Organo 7143
HEALEY WILLAN: Prelude & Fugue in c –Roger Fisher (1889 Brindley-1997 Wells/St. John’s Church, Ranmoor, England) Amphion 165
CHRISTOPH BULL: Beethoven-Improvisation –Christoph Bull (2004 Glatter-Götz-Rosales/Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA) Bull Run 00706
KARL SCHARNWEBER: Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort –Thomas Klemm, saxophone; Wolfgang Schmiedt, guitar; Karl Scharnweber (1990 Schuke/St. John’s Church, Neubrandenburg, Germany) Nabel 4642
JOSÉ LIDON: 4 Pieces for the Mass (Cantabile; Ofertorio; Elevación; Allegro) –Cherry Rhodes (2006 Dobson/Verizon Hall, Philadelphia, PA) Delos 3381
LEONARD BERNSTEIN (arr. Marshall): Wonderful Town Overture –Wayne Marshall (2005 Schuke/Philharmonic Hall, Luxembourg) Fugue State Record 006