Up and Coming #1932
…a selective survey of some recent and intriguing CD releases of organ music.
Hour 1
MONS LEIDVIN TAKLE: Celebration. DENIS BÉDARD: Cats at Play. NOËL GOEMANNE: El dia de Fiesta –Martin Setchell (1997 Rieger/Town Hall Auditorium, Christchurch, New Zealand) Pipeline Press 2
NICO MUHLY: The Rev’d Mustard His Installation Prelude. MAX REGER: Toccata in d, Op. 129, no. 1 –Amanda Mole (1984 Marcussen/Musashino Civic Cultural Hall, Tokyo, Japan) Naxos 8.573912
FLORENCE PRICE: Fantasy & Air, fr Suite No. 1 –Robert Parkins (1932 Aeolian/Duke University Chapel, Durham, NC) Loft 1147
DAVE BRUBECK: Two-Part Contention –Jan Kraybill (2015 Quimby/4th Presbyterian Church, Chicago, IL) Quimby 2019
PAUL FISHER: The White Tiger –Gabrielle Bullock, reader; Richard Cook (2008 Tickell/Worcester Cathedral, England) Regent 520
FREDRIK SIXTEN: Nordic Variations –James D. Hicks (1992 Klais/Hallgrimskirkja, Reykjavik, Iceland) Pro Organo 7287
Filler: MUHLY (see above)
Hour 2
T. TERTIUS NOBLE: Prelude on Watchman –John Scott Whiteley (1903-1960 Walker/York Minster, England) Priory 1116
FRANCIS JACKSON: Benedicite in G –Choir of York Minster/Robert Sharpe; Benjamin Morris (1903-1960 Walker/York Minster, England) Regent 522
JOSEPH GOLDEN: Fanfare. GERALD NEAR: Homage to Leo Sowerby & Fugue, fr Sonata No. 1 –Joseph Golden (2002 Letourneau/Rivercenter for the Performing Arts, Columbus, GA) Golden 2019
PETER RACINE FRICKER: Short Pieces, Op. 83 (Little Toccata; Scherzino; Varied Ostinato; Ceremony) –Tom Winpenny (1889 Anneessens/Bridlington Priory, England) Toccata Classics 0518
JOSEPH JONGEN: Priere, Op. 37, no. 3 –Scott Dettra (1960 Aeolian-Skinner+2015 Noack/Church of the Incarnation, Dallas, TX) Gothic 49309
JACQUES IBERT: Justorum animae in manu Dei sunt –William Peterson (2002 Fisk/Little Bridges Hall, Pomona College, Claremont, CA) Loft 1140
Filler – PRICE: Fantasy (see above)
