1890 Cavaillé-Coll/St. Ouen Abbey, Rouen, France
1890 Cavaillé-Coll/St. Ouen Abbey, Rouen, France
Flickr/Henk Bekker

Sonorous Sonatas #2503

. . . distinguished from sung music, the sonata has evolved an interesting trajectory through the centuries.

Hour 1

BALDASSARE GALUPPI:  Sonata in d –Massimo Nosetti (1780 Callido-1994 Zanin/Santa Maria Maggiore, Dardago, Italy) Syrius 141305

BASIL HARWOODSonata No. 1  in c#, Op. 5Jeremy Filsell (1986 Harrison/Winchester Cathedral, England) Herald 162.  Though this performance is outstanding, Michael Barone owes a debt of gratitude to the late E. Lyle Haggert for introducing him to this work during a grand British Cathedral Spectacular concert at the Cathedral of Saint Paul, MN, back in the early 1990s, which you can enjoy in our archive library.

WILLIAM HARRISSonata in aJohn Scott (1972 Willis-1997 Mander/Cathedral of Saint Paul, London, England) Priory 401

Filler – HARWOOD: Sonata No. 1, 1st movement (see above)

Hour 2

ALEXANDRE GUILMANTSonata No. 6 in b, Op. 86Peter Eilander (1890 Cavaillé-Coll/St. Ouen Abbey, Rouen, France) Clairon 2076

THEOPHIL LAITENBERGER:  Sonata No. 2 (1925/1975) –Andreas Sieling (1967 Schuke/Grunenwaldkirche, Berlin, Germany) MD&G 606 1630

FELIX BOROWSKISonata No. 2 in C –Zygmunt Strzepp (1998 Kuhn/Srt. Johannis Church Altona, Hamburg, Germany) Acte Préalable 0095

Filler – GUILMANT: Sonata No. 4, 1st movement (see above)

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