1871 Ladegast organ at Schwerin Cathedral, Germany

We’ve everything from a 16th century Italian dance to a grand orchestral march, featuring instruments of only a dozen stops to several hundred. On our next Pipedreams program, we sample some recent recordings from Saint Christopher’s-by-the-River in Ohio, and the Riverside Church in New York City, the first CD release from Ocean Grove Auditorium, the latest from the Mormon Tabernacle, plus a tribute to Dame Gillian Weir, the last album from George Wright, and a pair of critically acclaimed surveys of the complete organ works of Marcel Dupré. Sounds good? You bet! We’re Going On Record with a review of recent recordings this week on Pipedreams.

Exemplary scores by a titan of the keyboard who liberated the organ in ways we are only beginning to fully appreciate.

…would ‘The Three Bs’ ever have imagined being represented by organ music in quite this way?!

…the collaborative efforts of performers and recording engineers, and the splendid sonorities of fine instruments in good rooms, work in accord to reveal unusual repertoire.

…where the sound of history comes alive in the home territory of Arp Schnitger and Dieterich Buxtehude.

…continuing our Franz Liszt Bicentennial tribute with original scores and arrangements by Liszt and others that further realize the pipe organ’s promethean potential.

…with vibrant performances and exquisite instrumental sonorities, we delight in the work of history’s foremost composer for the pipe organ.

…common sense tells us that the pipe organ’s most important ‘stop’ is the room in which it speaks.