Ravin' About Raven #1838
…highlights of recent releases from the Raven CD catalog with comments from label chief William T. Van Pelt.
Hour 1
PAUL HINDEMITH: Lebhaft (i.), fr Organ Sonata No. 2 —Timothy Olsen (1965 Flentrop/Salem College, Winston-Salem, NC) Raven 977
JAMES H. ROGERS: Allegro con brio, fr Sonata No. 1 in e —Charles Echols (1927 Casavant - 2001 Schantz/St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, Mahtomedi, MN) Raven 978
DUDLEY BUCK: Variations on Old Folks at Home —Dongho Lee (2013 Parkey/Providence United Methodist Church, Charlotte, NC) Raven 143
GEORGE WHITEFIELD CHADWICK: Elegy (In Memoriam H. Parker) —Parker Ramsay (1955 Aeolian-Skinner/Byrnes Auditorium, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC) Raven 154
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF: Andante cantabile, fr Piano Concerto No. 1 in f#, Op. 1 —Jeremy Filsell, piano; Peter Conte (Wanamaker Organ/Macy’s, Philadelphia, PA) Raven 155
RENÉ BECKER: Idylle Angélique, Op. 71. BECKER: Marche Militaire, Op. 62 —Damin Spritzer, Adam Pajan (1938 Kimball/St. John’s Cathedral, Denver, CO) Raven 999
Filler – ROGERS
Hour 2
JEAN-ADAM GUILAIN: Prelude, fr Suite du second ton. MAURICE DURUFLÉ: Sicilienne, fr Suite, Op. 5 —Andrew Scanlon (2005 Fisk/St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Greenville, NC) Raven 947
DANIEL GAWTHROP: 3 Floral Preludes —David Pickering (2005 Quimby/Canyon Creek Presbyterian Church, Richardson, TX) Raven 158
DANIEL PINKHAM: A Prophecy —Laura Ellis (1980-92 Möller/University of Florida, Gainesville, FL) Raven 995
FRANCIS POTT: Improvisation on Adeste fidelis —Jeremy Filsell (1968 Aeolian-Skinner/Church of the Epiphany, Washington, DC) Raven 157
OLIVIER MESSIAEN: Prélude —Jon Gillock (2014 Quoirin/Church of the Ascension, NYC) Raven 983
THIERRY ESCAICH: Deux Poèmes (Eaux Natales; Vers l’Esperance) —Yuan Shen (2012 Casavant/Kennedy Center, Washington, DC) Raven 141
Filler – BECKER: Marche