Easter Music #2113
. . . uplifting and engaging compositions for organs and voices to raise the spirits.
Hour One
HAL HOPSON: We know that Christ is raised –Sanctuary Choir/Bryan Mitnual; Marilyn Keiser (1996 Schantz/Fairmont Presbyterian Church, Cleveland, OH) Arkay 6162
RICHARD PURVIS: Partita, Christ ist erstanden –Tom Hazleton (1934 Aeolian-Skinner/Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA) PD Archive (r. 9/7/2003)
JORG ABBING: Improvisation, Victimae Paschali –Jörg Abbing (1995 Kuhn/St. Arnual Abbey, Saarbrücken, Germany) IFO 029
CESAR FRANCK: Dextera Domini (Offertory for Easter) –Children’s Choir of the Geneva Conservatoire Populaire/Magali Dami; Solistes de Lyon/Bernard Tétu, director; Diego Innocenzi (1880 Cavaillé-Coll/St. François-de-Sales, Lyon) Aeolus 10013
GUY ROPARTZ: Offertoire Pascal (1894) –Jean-Pierre Lecaudey (1890 Cavaillé-Coll/Abbey of St. Ouen, Rouen, France) Pavan 7393/4
EDWARD BAIRSTOW: Sing ye to the Lord –Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum/Simon Bell; Carleton Etherington (1997 Jones/Tewkesbury Abbey, England) Regent 474
Filler – HOPSON (see above)
Hour Two
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR (arr. Berryman): Toccata, fr Symphony No. 5 –Westminster Brass; Edward Berryman (1981 Möller/Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis, MN) Ten Thousand Lakes 112
PAUL MANZ: 3 Easter Hymn Improvisations (Christ lay in death’s strong bonds; Let us ever walk with Jesus; At the Lamb’s high feast we sing) –Paul Manz (1965 Schlicker/Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN) Manz Music 922
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Easter, fr 5 Mystical Songs –Stephen Lancaster, baritone; Kevin Vaughn (2016 Fritts/Sacred Heart Basilica, Notre Dame University, Indiana) Albany 1728
JOHN McCABE: Dies Resurrectionis (1963) –Tom Winpenny (1962 Harrison/St. Albans Cathedral, England) Resonus 10114
MARTIN DÜBEN: Praeambulum Pedaliter + Erstanden ist der heilig Christ –Hans-Ola Ericsson (1997 Grönlunds/ Norrfjärdens Church, Sweden) Bis CD-1103
WIDOR: Cantilene, fr Symphonie Romane (No. 10), Op. 73 –Louis Robilliard (1880 Cavaillé-Coll/Holy Cross Church, Orléans, France) Festivo 6962162
CHARLES TOURNEMIRE (trans. Duruflé): Choral-Improvisation, Victimae Paschali –Magnus Liber Schola; Susan Landale (1885 Cavaillé-Coll/St. Etienne, Caen, France) Calliope 9936
Filler – PURVIS (see above)
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