Reference
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Composer
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Title
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Performer
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Tracks
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Notes
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Our_£
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RRP_£
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Reviews
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PHICD139
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Alain,
Dubois, Dupre, Franck, Widor
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The
Organ of Selby Abbey
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Roger
Tebbet
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Dubois
Toccata, Dupre:Var sur un Noel, Franck
Chorale No.1, Alain:Clement Jannequin,
Widor Sym 5.`
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1909
Hill organ after a terrible fire rebuilt
1975 Jackson of Leeds to concert pitch
which has allowed many live concerts with
this superb and powerful instrument.
Dr.Tebbet is quite good too!!
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£12.50
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£13.99
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8553632
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Alain,
Jehan
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Alain
Organ Works Vol 1
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Eric
Le Brun
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Litanies,PetitePiece,JardinSuspendu,2mFantasie,Janequin/Yavishta,1/2Dances,
Profane,Cistercien,Climat,Monodie,Phrygien,Suite.
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Cavailler-Coll
organ of 1894 built for a private concert
hall and moved to the 'new'church in 1903
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£5.00
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£5.00
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8553632
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Alain,
Jehan
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Alain
Organ Works Vol 2
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Eric
Le Brun
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Troise
Dances,Intermezzo, Lucis Creator,
Besceuse Cornant, Grave, Lameto, 1r
Fantaisie, Prelude et Fugue, Ch.Dorien,
Aria,Postlude Complies.
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Cavailler-Coll
organ of 1894
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£5.00
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£5.00
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REG
CD121
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Alcock,
Bliss, Debussy, Prokofiev,Rachmaninov
& Wagner.
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In
Praise of Father Willis
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Kevin
Bowyer
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March:Things
to come(Bliss). Rachmaninov's Var. on
Correlli, Saint-Saens 'Le Cygne'. Ride of
the Valkyries(Wagner). Intro &
Pass(Alcock), Prelude'Pour le
piano'(Debussy), Rheinberger's Cantilena.
Prokofiev's Toccatta.
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'Regent'
always give organ spec. Record is an
excuse to remember Sir Walter Alcock who
held office here 1917-47!!
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£12.50
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£13.00
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CRCD
6019
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Allcoat
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L'Amour
du Christ
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Composer
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Entire
work of 20 'meditations' inspired by the
cathedral's triptych…. The Last
Supper, Judas, Peter's denial, Pilate,
Calvary, The taunting, death, the
tomb…"Woman, why weepest
thou?…and he lifted up his hands and
blessed them."
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ChurchMouse
offers you British music, but it is in an
international language, hence the visit
to Odense. Nigel was organ tutor at
Oxford/ Cambridge for years before taking
a more European role.. Modern but not
dissonant.
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£12.00
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£12.50
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NI
5423
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Bach
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J.S.Bach
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Kevin
Bowyer
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Tocc,Adagio&Fugue
in C, Trio Son 6, Prel&Fugue in Emin,
Trio in Gmin, Prel&Fugue in G minor,
Toccata in E
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£12.00
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£13.99
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NI
5400
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Bach
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J.S.Bach
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Kevin
Bowyer
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Vivaldi
Concerto in Amin, Prel&Fu in Dmin,
Fugue in G, Couperin Aria in F,
Tocc&Fugue in F.
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£12.00
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£13.99
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NI
5377
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Bach
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J.S.Bach
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Kevin
Bowyer
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Tocc
Gmin, Albinoni Fugue Bmin, , Fugue Cmin,
8 short, Fant& Imitatio, Tocc.in G,
Albinoni Fugue in A
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Why
go to Odense..? "an accoustic which
is alive and immediately responsive-
radiant, vibrant and warm."(KB)
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£12.00
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£13.99
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When
Penguin Guide discovered these, they gave
them 3*** awards.
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NI
5290
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Bach
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J.S.Bach
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Kevin
Bowyer
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Prel&Fugue
in F minor, Trio Son2, Sei Gegrusset,
Concerto in D minor, Prel& Fugue in A
minor
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"A
Marcussen Organ is often a
Masterpiece.The sound itself is usually
expressive, intimate and warm, and there
are capacities for brilliance and
gravity,
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£12.00
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£13.99
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a
directness of communication not often
found in organbuilding (KB)
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NI
5280
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Bach
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J.S.Bach
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Kevin
Bowyer
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Diddle-deee
in D minor, Concerto in G, Trio Sonata 1,
Pastorella in F, Fantasia & Fugue in
G minor.
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Nimbus
have signed Kevin Bowyer to put them on
the map of world great recordings for
organ. The complete works of Bach unfold
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£12.00
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£13.99
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Every
organ fan MUST have a set of JSB. We
recommend this new series to you all.
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NI
5457/8
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Bach
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J.S.Bach
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Kevin
Bowyer
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2CD
set.Das Orgelbuchlein BWV599-644 (little
organ book)
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With
choral help from Det Fynske Kammerkor, 25
singers adding a lovely touch to these
fine pieces
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£12.00
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£13.99
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This
series gets better! Now 2CD's at a superb
price
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NI
5561/2
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Bach
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J.S.Bach
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Kevin
Bowyer
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2CD
set. Part 3 of the Clavier-ubung with
Vivaldi Concerto in G, Fugue in Gmin,
Pass&Fugue in Cmin
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Classic
CD 5* Choice, and Penguin rosette. The
whole series deserves this.
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£12.00
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£13.99
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NI
5573/4
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Bach
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J.S.Bach
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Kevin
Bowyer
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2CD
set The 18 Choral Preludes of the Leipzig
Autograph, plus Fugue in Amaj, Concerto
in C
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The
Bach Series continues as fast as Kevin
can afford the time….
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£12.00
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£13.99
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74321
496812
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Bach
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Johann
Sebastien Bach
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Stefan
Bleicher
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Concerto
in G minor, Sonata iii, Prelude Largo
& Fugue in C major, plus the Dminor
and some chorales
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Bleicher
suggests that the Dminor would have
shocked the young Bach's conservative
audience. Todays playing is certainly
perky, fast, precise and really quite a
dazzle.
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£5.50
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£5.99
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Still
in his thirties, this man is a 'wicked'
organist, as they say! Probably Germany's
finest recitalist.
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08
6107 71
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Bach
JS
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Famous
Organ Works
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Anton
Heiller
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Toc/Fu
Dminor, Fa/Fu gminor, The Wedge, Pre/Fu A
maj, Pass/Fu Cminor, Fantasia inG major
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If
we cannot interest you in a Complete JSB,
then here is a decent selection played by
world authority, Dr. Heiller
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£5.50
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£5.99
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08
9085 72
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Bach
JS
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Orgelbuchlein
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Anton
Heiller
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45
tracks
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Professor
of Organ at Vienna, Anton sadly died at
56. He chose the Netsal Organ because it
complied best with his own understanding
of the sounds he wished to create. An
authoritative recording of great quality
which every organist ought to have.
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£13.00
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£14.99
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OXCD
74
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Bach
JS
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Ystym
Colwyn Hall
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Roger
Fisher
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Fantasia
in C major, Sei gegrusset,Jesu gutig,
Pastorale in F, Prelude, Trio and Fugue
in Bb, O mensch,bewein dein Sunde Gross,
Fantasia in Gminor, Trio in D minor,
Fugue in G minor….in all, 72
minutes.
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We
remember Roger from his days at Chester
Cathedral but here he takes the little
Peter Collins instrument in a private
house where well-known musicians go to
enjoy themselves.
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£12.50
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£12.95
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(Church
Music Quarterly) "Worth hearing, not
only for the quality of the playing, but
also for the instrument, which is sure to
send many an organist green with envy at
the thought of having such a thing of
beauty in one's home.
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4471112
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Bach
WF, JL, JC, CPE , Kittel, Rinck…
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German
Classicism
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Arturo
Sacchetti
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23
inc. 7 from Haydn 'Flotenurstucke',
Mozart 'fur ein Orgelwerk', Beethoven
Scherzo & Allegro, God save the King
(Rinck),
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Love
it or hate it, we all had to start off
learning from these composers. Arturo
seems to have got to the heart of each
one in order to develop his styles
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£6.00
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£6.99
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CDE84318
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Bach,
CPE
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Music
for Organ
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Gerald
Gifford
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Praeludium
D Maj, Sonata F maj, A min, D maj, G min,
Fugue D min, Fantasie & Fugue C min,
Sechs Var.
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1995
Lammermuir Pipe Organs built this 2
manual classical/ baroque organ with a
view to accompaniment and recital work,
plus tutoring. Sound is bright and clear
without being harsh.
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£12.00
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£12.99
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Son
of the great JS, Carl became the Hamburg
organist choirmaster seen as the gateway
between baroque and classical styles.
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8553135
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Bach,
JS
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Kirnberger
Chorales Vol 2
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Wolfgang
Rubsam
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T&F
F major, F in G minor, F in G major,
Fughetta 702-4, Chorales 705-713BWV
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Organists
are usually more interested in the
history of the instrument than the music.
Snobs beware, the USA is full of copies
of Europe's best, and some of them aint
arf good.
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£5.00
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£5.00
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University
of Wisconsin and the 7th Day Southern
College have baroque 'concert' organs
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8550901
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Bach,
JS
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Leipzig
Chorales Vol 1
|
Wolfgang
Rubsam
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BWV651-658
chorales, plus Toccata Adagio & Fugue
in C major BWV564
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Rubsam
records in the USA because he lives there
now, liking their unstuffy and
enthusiastic approach to lovers of
anything
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£5.00
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£5.00
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He
gets to drive some very nice musical
vehicles kept in fine fettle
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8553134
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Bach,
JS
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Kirnberger
Chorales Vo 1
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Wolfgang
Rubsam
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P&F
E major, F in C minor, P&F C minor,
Fughettas BWV696-701, Chorales 690-695,
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Not
bad for an American instrument! (Sorry
Guys) 70 minutes is a full disc taking
two days to record. Painful on a hard
bench.
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£5.00
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£5.00
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Just
mouthwateringly excellent execution on an
instrument of some class.
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8553150
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Bach,
JS
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Schubler
Chorales
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Wolfgang
Rubsam
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Wachet
Auf, Fantasia & Fugue in C minor, Wo
soll ich, Werr nur den, Toccata &
Fugue in D minor, Meine seele, Fantasia
in G major, Ach bleib, Kommst du,
Prel&Fugue in C major
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Another
German sizzler from 'Volfie Roobsam' on
an absolutely gorgeous Metzler gallery
organ which makes you wish (perhaps) we
lived in another land
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£5.00
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£5.00
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No
wonder organists are hard to find in UK.
Compare this to the rubbish we have to
play!
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8550927
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Bach,
JS
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Leipzig
Chorales Vol 2
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Wolfgang
Rubsam
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BWV659-668
Chorales plus the Canonic Variation on a
Christmas song "Von Himmel
Hoch" (How good's your German?)
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More
of the batch of manuscripts of Cantatas
for the Church year written in Leipzig
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£5.00
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£5.00
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Reviewers
say nothing about the series. They shy
away from Bach and Budget, but you will
be in Heaven!
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8553031
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Bach,
JS
|
Das
Orgelbuchlein Vol 1 (Little Organ Book)
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Wolfgang
Rubsam
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BWV599-617
Delightful little Chorale Preludes for
the Church Year plus F in B minor,
P&F in C major, P in G major, Fant in
C major, P&F in F minor
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Pardon
the abbreviations or it would take pages.
Here we have a Flentrop (Netherlands)
instrument with original voicing and no
hold barred
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£5.00
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£5.00
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The
good old US of A is keeping European
organ builders in business these days
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8553032
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Bach,
JS
|
Das
Orgelbuchlein Vol 2 (Little Organ Book)
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Wolfgang
Rubsam
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BWV618-644
Chorale Preludes, plus Fantasia in C
minor, Prelude & Fugue in D minor.
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Do
you ever play Bach? She asked."Yes,
every Sunday for three years!" These
lovely pieces are made for Sundays
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£5.00
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£5.00
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Dutch
Organ, German organist, American money
buys anything! But it is good to see.
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NI
5500/1
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Bach,
JS
|
J.S.Bach
|
Kevin
Bowyer
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2CD
set.Legrenzi Fugue, Vivaldi Concerto in
F, Prel&Fugue in Bmin/C/Amin,, Trio
Sonata in G, Fant&Fu in Cmin, Dorian.
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Interspersed
with little Chorales, another fine value
set of 2 discs on the Marcussen organ
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£12.00
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£13.99
|
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8550930
|
Bach,
JS
|
ClavierUbung
III, Vol 2
|
Wolfgang
Rubsam
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Chorales
BWV 682-689, 802-805, plus Fugue in Eb
major
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Short
pieces lead in to choir 'hymns' when used
in the Mass as originally intended, some
demanding full organ and others evocative
solo stops
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£5.00
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£5.00
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There
is probably no better version of these
pieces if you pay three times to price
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CDA67213/4
|
Bach,
JS
|
The
Clavierubung Chorales
|
Christopher
Herrick
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2
CD Set. 46 Chorales of the ClavierUbung
collection with a few other popular ones
for good measure. 150 minutes is
"good"!!
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To
Baroque organ fans the Metzler is one to
genuflect before. Awful for
congregational work, and brittle as tin,
they are glorious for Bach!
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£22.50
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£24.00
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Brand
new recording in the series by Chris.
Herrick on this prestige label
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05472
774782
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Bach,
JS
|
Organ
Music from Arnstadt
|
Wilhelm
Krumbach
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Prel
& Fu Emaj, Prelude A min,
Pedalexercitium, In Dulci Jubilo, Alein
Gott, Herr Jesu, Von Himmel, Lobt
Gott…
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At
this price you should find out what
organs sounded like in Germany when Bach
played them. A good selection of pieces.
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£5.00
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£5.00
|
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74321
304622
|
Bach,
JS
|
Neumeister
Choral Preludes Vol 1
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Wilhelm
Krumbach
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18
choral preludes. The FIRST complete
recording of this valuable new Bach
material.
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By
discovering in 1985 60 hitherto unknown
chorale arrangements for organ by JSB,
Krumback made the most extensive and
important Bach
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£5.50
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£5.99
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finding
within the last hundred years. Wilhelm
plays them himself.
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74321
304632
|
Bach,
JS
|
Neumeister
Choral Preludes Vol 2
|
Wilhelm
Krumbach
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23
choral preludes continue the series of
new discoveries, by JSBach
|
Apparently
1985 was the Year of Bach, which was when
these pieces were discovered, resulting
in world headlines because of their
importance to people like us!
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£5.50
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£5.99
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Krumbach
is a great academic musician, and one of
the best organists in Germany.
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8553033
|
Bach,
JS
|
Organ
Works
|
Wolfgang
Rubsam
|
Prel&Fugue
in G minor, Partita "du frommer
Gott", Trio in G minor,
Fantasia"Valet will ich",
Prel&Fugue in G major, Canzona in D
minor, Wir Glauben, Allabreve in D major
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Worcester
has a decent organ at last!- the one in
Massachusetts by Taylor and Boody
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£5.00
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£5.00
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The
continuing series of Bach on Naxos,the
world leader
|
CD
GAU121
|
Bach,
JS
|
Early
Organ Works
|
Graham
Barber
|
Prel
& Fugue in G minor, Prel & Fugue
in E major, the 16 Neumeister Chorales
|
The
ASV Gaudamus label offers authentic
performance of long neglected but
beautiful repertory, using here the super
1984 Peter Collins organ in Norwich
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£12.60
|
£13.99
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The
Combination of music, organ and player
sounds irresistable (The Organ). Graham
plays at Armley PC
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8550652
|
Bach,
JS
|
Preludes
and Fugues
|
Wolfgang
Rubsam
|
Prelude
and Fugue in A minor, G major, C minor, G
minor, A major.
|
Rubsam
translates all these works in a way that
in just a little different, the odd
cadence, trill and unwritten link make
every piece his own
|
£5.00
|
£5.00
|
The
Schnitger organ here will suit you,
surely. Round diapason, bright mutations
|
8550651
|
Bach,
JS
|
Trio
Sonatas
|
Wolfgang
Rubsam
|
Trio
Sonata 1/2/3 plus Prelude and Fugue in A
minor
|
Warning:
wives will hate these pieces - they all
do. They are not background music and
need to be listened to. A very satisfying
exercise when alone !
|
£5.00
|
£5.00
|
Trio's
are my Bete Noir. I admire a men who
performs them so precisely.
|
HAVPCD154
|
Bach,
JS
|
JSBach
and Cavailler-Coll
|
Michael
Howard
|
Pre
& Fu in Bminor, Tocc & Fu in
Dminor, Prel & Fu in Cmajor, Fuga
Parvula in Gminor, +some Choral Preludes.
|
Rare
instruments abound in hidden monastic
institutions none more delicious that
this Cavailler-Coll at Farnborough
|
£12.50
|
£13.99
|
Unusual
choice, baroque music and a Romantic
organ. You will enjoy the difference.
|
8550929
|
Bach,
JS
|
ClavierUbung
III, Vol 1
|
Wolfgang
Rubsam
|
Starts
with Prelude in Eb major, then the
Chorales BWV669-681
|
More
delightful little pieces for the Church
Year, which lend themselves to radical
tonal variations on reeds and mutations
|
£5.00
|
£5.00
|
Gottfried
Silbermann organ complete with trumpets
'en chamade'. Glorious.
|
8550703
|
Bach,
JS
|
The
Art of Fugue Vol 1
|
Wolfgang
Rubsam
|
The
first set of Studies, Contrapunctus, in
Die Kunst der Fuge. Parts 1 - 14 played
on the Flentrop (Netherlands) organ.
|
When
Bach wrote his Fugues, it was as if the
world gave up the competition and left
him to conclude the 'oevre' as the King
of Baroque
|
£5.00
|
£5.00
|
This
is the ultimate apology of Bach's skill,
explaining in steps how he generated
those Fugues
|
8550704
|
Bach,
JS
|
The
Art of Fugue Vol 2
|
Wolfgang
Rubsam
|
Second
set contains six parts in conclusion,
plus Partita "Sei gegrusset Jesu
Gutig" and Passacaglia in C minor.
|
The
most profound tale is contained here, as
Bach started the last variation of the
last section of his major work, the book
closed on him, leaving us to wonder on
his ultimate ending.
|
£5.00
|
£5.00
|
Here
is a composer well worthy, who loved God,
and His church. Amen.
|
8550184
|
Bach,
JS
|
Organ
Favourites
|
Wolfgang
Ruebsam on new Flentrop
|
Prel
& Fugue in Eb major, Pastorale in F
major, Toccata in D minor, Prelude &
Fugue in D major, Prel & Fugue in E
minor
|
This
is our budget disc of the century for
those Bach-hungry deprived organists who
will WANT this in the gallery instead of
the sagging old lead plumbing Pure
Baroque excellence
|
£5.00
|
£5.00
|
Never
has the ChurchMouse been so thrilled at
mere music. Turn it up and play it again!
|
8553859
|
Bach,
JS
|
Great
Organ Works
|
Wolfgang
Rubsam
|
Toccata
& Fugue in D minor, Fugue in G minor,
St Anne Prelude & Fugue, Jusus
bleibet BWV147, Toccata,Adagio &
Fugue in C major, Ich ruf' zu dir,
Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor
|
For
the NON collector, a compilation from
other discs in the series. Naxox are
developing a full set of Bach organ works
|
£5.00
|
£5.00
|
An
introduction to Bach perhaps? You will
want to play it next!
|
8550936
|
Bach,
JS
|
Organ
Transcriptions
|
Wolfgang
Rubsam
|
Concerto
in C major, A minor, D minor, C major, Eb
major, G major, Aria in F major, Trio in
G major, C minor. Transcriptions
|
It
wasn't altogther Bach's fault that he
wrote for strings as well, for he was
under some pressure, but this disc wins
some back for organ.
|
£5.00
|
£5.00
|
Unusual
to hear these pieces arranged for organ,
but it seems very right. Decent
recordings.
|
8550653
|
Bach,
JS
|
Trio
Sonatas
|
Wolfgang
Rubsam
|
Trio
Sonata 4/5/6 plus Prelude & Fugue in
C major
|
Continuing
the series makes it imperative to visit
Groningen. How do you find out about
recitals? Wonder if they have a Website?
|
£5.00
|
£5.00
|
Bachophiles
are in heaven. These are most excellent
records irrespective of the low price.
Collect them as a discipline.
|
CD
GAU120
|
Bach,JS
|
Bach
Early Organ Works
|
Graham
Barber
|
Prel
& Fu in C major, Prel & Fu in
Dminor, and all the Neumeister Chorales
|
The
Chorales found in a collection of old
manuscripts in 1984 belonged to a
collector Neumeister, not considered to
be important as they were very early in
Bach's career
|
£12.60
|
£13.99
|
"Barber's
playing has real freshness and vitality.
His control and natural feel is
impressive" (Gramophone)
|
REG
CD114
|
Bach,Paschelbel,
Sweelink, Litaize, Ebden
|
Alla
Danza, dance music for Organ
|
Margaret
Phillips
|
Four
Biblical Dances(Petr Ebden), Fuga alla
giga(Bach), Toccata alla
Rumba(Planyavsky)….13 tracks
|
Lots
of notes about the organ and its builder
Peter Collins(photos) also Margaret who
is not only super in lots of ways but she
comes from Devon.
|
£12.50
|
£13.00
|
"It
is the disc to which I keep
returning…deeply moving intuitive
playing.(BBC Music *****)
|
74321
304642
|
Back,
JS
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Rinck/Leipzig
Choral Preludes Vol 3
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Wilhelm
Krumbach
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14
Rinck collection and 5 Leipzig Manuscript
Choral Preludes
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More
previously unheard work which had been
mouldering away for 250 years. Krumbach
translates it all magnificantly
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£5.50
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£5.99
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I
hope the only music in Heaven is Bach,
but don't tell my wife
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PHICD143
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Bairstow
|
Bairstow,
Complete Organ Works.
|
Francis
Jackson
|
Prelude
in C, Evening Song, Scherzo in Ab,
Nocturne, Vexilla Regis, Elegy, Pange
Lingua, Meditation, 3 Short Preludes,
Legends, Organ Sonata in Eb,
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£12.50
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£13.99
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PRCD406
|
Barie,
Dupre
|
Great
European Organs 35
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Peter
Wright
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3
Pieces for Org (Barie), Symphonie for
Org. (Barie), Le Tombeau de Titelouze
(Dupre)
|
Hemmed
in by the rumbling, dirty arches of the
South Eastern Railway is a Gothic
masterpiece cathedral with good choral
traditions and a very fine Lewis of
Brixton organ (almost round the corner)
which surprise a lot of people, yet the
Diapason tone is quite uniquely full, as
you will see.
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£12.50
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£12.99
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"I
can't find one area where this organ (and
player) is not ideal" (Gramophone)
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PRCD377
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Bonnet,
Dupre, Peeters
|
Great
European Organs 29
|
Jane
Watts
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Etude
de Concert, Claire de Lune, Pastorale,
Caprice Heroique (Bonnet), Three Preludes
and Fugues (Dupre), Elegie, Aria, Concert
Piece, Preludium/ Canzona/Ciacona
(Peeters)
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William
Hill had to build an instrument which had
to be All things to All Men..music hall,
Political songs, Oratorios and recitals
emulating orchestral sounds…In 1861
the people of Belfast were well pleased
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£12.50
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£12.99
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RR012
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Bowers-Broadbent
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British
Organ Music (1)
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Played
by Composer
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A
Sacred Tetralogy 1-3
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Full
notes by the composer explaining the 67
minute work based on Mystery, Peace and
Joy. The Coventry organ posesses great
clarity. A religiou inspired concert
work: dramatic, mysterious, glorious,
all-consuming, powerful, violent, simple.
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£11.50
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£12.99
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CRD3404
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Brahms
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The
Complete Organ Music
|
Nicolas
Danby
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Preludes
and Fugues, 11 Ch. Preludes.
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Brahms
wrote two batches of material, the more
powerful Preludes & Fugues being of
his youth, a product of academic study.
In later life he had developed a 'true'
style which resulted in the Chorales.
Quite a decent Anneesens organ.
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£9.00
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£9.99
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NI
5262
|
Brahms
|
Complete
Organ Works
|
Kevin
Bowyer
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Preludes
and Fugues, plus eleven Chorale Preludes
|
Just
very occasionally Brahms' name appears on
the organ desk, not because anyone could
fail to love his evocative melodies, but
there are so few of them!
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£12.00
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£12.99
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More
from the spicy Marcussen at Odense.Kevin
will have worn it out soon.
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4471122
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Brahms
and Liszt, Schubert, Schumann
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German
Romantic
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Arturo
Sacchetti
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Mendelssohn
Sonata 2, Reubke Sonata on 94Psalm, Spohr
Sanctus, Liszt Prel. on the name BACH,
Vier Skizzen (Schumann)…
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The
young composers of this time all seem to
have studied Bach, as their styles often
show. Arturo manages to bring out the
Baroque roots behind Romantic styles.
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£6.00
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£6.99
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8550824
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Brahms,
Johannes
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Brahms
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Robert
Parkins
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Prelude
& Fugue in G minor, Fugue in Ab
minor, 11 Chorale Preludes, Ch.Prelude
& Fugue on 'O Traurigkeit', Prelude
& Fugue in A minor
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The
best place for this wonderful Flentrop
organ is high on a gallery to display the
sumptuous case and it's electrifying
sound.
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£5.00
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£5.00
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Professor
of Music at Duke and a confirmed Romantic
enthusiast, Robert is in his Heaven
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PRCD537
|
Bridge,
and Vaughan Williams
|
Complete
Organ Works of
|
Christopher
Nickol
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Prel
& Fugue in Cmin, 2 Welsh Folk Songs,
Lento from London Sym, 3 on Welsh Hymn
Tunes (RVW)…6 Organ Pieces, 3 pieces
for Organ, Lento, 3 Pieces Set 2 (Bridge)
|
Caird
Hall of 1923 is amazingly large, the
Harrison organ spread across the stage in
an imposing but plain case, voiced
unusually too thanks Alfred Hollins'
influence
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£12.50
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£12.99
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"Affectionate
and committed
performances"(Gramophone)
|
CD
GAU130
|
Buxtehude,
Dieterich
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Buxtehude,organist
at Lubeck
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Graham
Barber
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12
tracks, Praeludium in D, F#min, F, Gmin,
C,: Chorales - Herr Jesu Christ, Mit
Fried und Freud, Wie Schon, Ach Herr,
Fugue in C, Ciacona in Cmin.
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The
1984 Peter Collins "North
German" style instrument is just
made for Buxtehude's more naiive tonal
requirements - gruff, chuffy, rasping,
yet warm and friendly
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£12.60
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£13.99
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"Achieves
a near perfect balance" (BBC Mag)
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05472774552
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Buxtehude,
Dietrich
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Organ
Works
|
Lena
Jacobson
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9
Preludes, 72 minutes
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The
expressive 'speaking' style of organ
playing reached its zenith with
Buxtehude, who was teacher to JSBach.
Much less complex that Bach.
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£5.00
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£5.00
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PRCD428
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Cochereau
|
Improvisation;
the Illusionists Art
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David
Briggs
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Triptique
Symphonique sur Deux Themes, Berceuse a
la manoire de Louis Vierne, Cantem toto
la Gloria., Air, Variations sur 'Venez
Divin Messie'
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David
Briggs made a study of the superb musical
ramblings of the organist at Notre Dame,
Paris, music never written down except a
plan on the back of an envelope perhaps.
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£12.50
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£13.99
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quote
Cochereau " Never forget that in
improvisation you have neither pencil nor
rubber. You cannot erase what has already
been played. Don't go on for too long or
you could lose your way out…."
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CDA66816
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Daquin,
Louis
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Nouveau
livre de Douze Noels
|
Christopher
Herrick
|
Daquin's
Noels are so well known to the organist
as to need no description, Played here on
a 1739 Parizot organ
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"come
up trumps with a gem of an organ,
glorious. This is marvellous playing,
full of energy and irresistable jeu
d'esprit" (BBC Mus)
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£12.60
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£13.99
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Something
all organ lovers will want to have,
smashing. (Gramophone). Music that will
gladden the heart (Early Music Mag)
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8553467
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Dunstable,
Dufaye, Morton, Frye
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Buxheim
Organ Book Vol 2
|
Joseph
Payne
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23
selected pieces for liturgical use played
on the 1706 Rindt organ
|
Englishman
Joseph Payne now works in the USA
lecturing, travelling the world recording
and playing period music
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£5.00
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£5.00
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Payne
has also recorded English, French and
German early music on Naxos
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CDA66205
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Dupre
|
Marcel
Dupre Organ Music
|
John
Scott
|
Prel&Fugue
in Bmaj, Esquisse 1/2/3, Prel& Fugue
in Gmin, Placare Christe, Choral et
Fugue, Te Lucis AnteTerminum, Un Vieux
Noel
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John
is a world-class player at St Paul's with
an organ that has sometimes been very
badly recorded due to resonance. Not here
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£12.60
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£13.99
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"The
whole presentation is masterly, superb
playing and superb engineering"
Gramophone
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8553918
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Dupre,
Marcel
|
Works
for Organ Vol 2
|
Robert
Delcamp
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15
Versets 'Vepres de le Vierge', Lamento, 6
Chorales, Elevation, Triptyque
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Nashville
in noted for recording companies doing
pop and rock music, but the Methodists
have a new Moller organ to show off to us
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£5.00
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£5.00
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78
minutes is a very full disc
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8553919
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Dupre,
Marcel
|
Works
for Organ Vol 4
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Janette
Fishell
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3
Preludes and Fugues Op 7, Adaste Fidelis,
Vitrail de St.Ouen, Chorales 7-12, 42-47,
Meditation, Paraphrase 'Te Deum'
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Another
Canadian-French Casavant organ, this time
at the Anglican Church , where we hear
mostly music for the Church Year in the
Chorales of Dupre
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£5.00
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£5.00
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A
dictionary of very usable music to tuck
into the working repertoire
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8553862
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Dupre,
Marcel
|
Works
for Organ Vol 1
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James
Biery
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24
Inventions for Organ, 8 Chorales, 4 Modal
Fugues,
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These
unusual short pieces sound just right on
this Casavant (FR. Canadian) mechanical
action organ with 4 manuals + pedals
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£5.00
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£5.00
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8553922
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Dupre,
Marcel
|
Works
for Organ Vol 3
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Daniel
Jay McKinley, Indiana Phil.
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Concerto
in E minor for Organ and Orchestra,
Cortege et Litanie, Poeme Heroique with
brass, Symphony in G minor for Organ and
Orchestra
|
Columbus
Indiana Philharmonic work around the
Aeolian Skinner organ to produce a set of
works hardly ever heard these days, yet
well worth sitting down to enjoy
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£5.00
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£5.00
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A
very new record from the ever increasing
Naxos Organ Encyclopedia
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CDA67047
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Dupre,
Marcel
|
Organ
Music Vol2
|
John
Scott
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Symphonie-Passion,
Cortege et Litanie, Deuxieme Symphonie,
Prelude et Fugue, Allegro deciso from
Evocation
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All
are familiar with the 1697 Schmidt organ
in the Wren case, rebuilt by Willis, and
Noel Mander. It is vast, but the
Yorkshireman John Scott has become it's
master.
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£13.00
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£14.99
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Dupre
was Director of the Paris Conservatoire
till 1956, well known for his world
tours.
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8554026
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Dupre,
Marcel
|
Works
for Organ Vol 5
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Robert
Delcamp
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Chorales
Op28, Angelus, Miserere Mei, Offrende a
la Vierge, Sept Pieces
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Some
suprisingly obscure pieces have arrived
before us, many thanks to Naxos,
including these fine short works for
Church use.
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£5.00
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£5.00
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St
Paul's use a Casavant of 1996, giving us
a view of current building practise in
North America
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CDA66368
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Durufle,
Maurice
|
Durufle.
Complete Organ Music
|
John
Scott
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Introit
de l'Epiphamie, Prel & Fugue d'Alain,
Suite pourOrgue, Scherzo, Prelude Adagio
& Choral Var. on Veni Creator,
Carillon des Heures de Soissans
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As
always you can expect excellent
engineering from Hyperion and a
predictably good job at St Pauls where
they spend much time! John is always on
form, unlike some of us.
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£12.60
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£13.99
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"Brilliantly
played" (CD Rev). Recordings and
performances are splendid..playing is
technically immaculate and his
interpretations are intense and moving
(Gramophone)
|
CD
DCA993
|
Durufle,
Maurice
|
Durufle,
complete organ music.
|
David
Patrick
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Introit
de L'Epiphanie, Scherzo, Fugue de
Soissons, Le Nom d'Alain, Suite Op5,
Varie"Veni Creator" + Vierne, 3
Improvisations.
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David
is a recitalist of note, determined to
give a good airing to the less played
French composers. A good account on the
Harrison organ
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£12.60
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£13.99
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"Stunning
Virtuosity" (Gramophone)
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CDE84085
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Elgar
|
Sir
Edward Elgar
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Christopher
Herrick
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Sonata
in G major, Choral Song and Fugue,
Andante in E minor, Marche Moderne,
Vesper Voluntaries
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Note
that 3/4/5 above are not by Elgar, such
is the confusion created by record
producers in choosing a title!. Chris is
well known as a splendid recitalist.
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£12.00
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£12.99
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Here
he pulls out all (or most) of the stops
on an organ he spent much time at.
|
CD
QS6160
|
Elgar,
and others 1857-1934
|
Elgar
and his Contemporaries
|
Jennifer
Bate
|
Organ
Sonata 1 (Elgar), Holsworthy Church Bells
(Wesley), Theme Orlando Gibbons, Andante
Tranquillo, Allegro non troppo
(Stanford), Solemn Melody (Wal-Davies),
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Fantasia
& Fugue (Parry), Rhosymedre (RV-W),
Imperial March (Elgar)
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£6.00
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£6.99
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Part
recorded at Muswell Hill and
St.Andrews,Plymouth also
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PRCD401
|
Elgar,
Bairstow, Harris
|
Great
European Organs 34
|
John
Scott
|
Org.Sonata
No.1 (Elgar), Org.Sonata in Eb
(Bairstow), Org.Sonata in Amin (Harris)
|
Basically
a 1697 Bernard Smith organ much altered,
and blown up by the Germans as it lay in
the crypt.Willis's rebuild was finally
overtaken in 1970 by Noel Mander
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£12.50
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£12.99
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"This
is an outstanding interpretation"
(Gramophone)
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473912
|
Elgar,
RV-W, Thalben Ball, Britten
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England.
Elgar to Arnell
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Arturo
Sacchetti
|
Sonata
1(Elgar), 3 Preludes Welsh Hymn Tunes
(Vaughan-Williams), Paganini
(Thalben-Ball), Vittoria (Britten),
Baroque Prel & Fantasia (Arnell)
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Arturo
is a full-blooded and 'gutsy' Italian who
plays with emotion on an instrument which
matches his temperament. Very good
indeed.
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£6.00
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£6.99
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HAVPCD147
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Franck
|
Cesar
Franck
|
Michael
Howard
|
Cantabile,
Chorale in Mi Majeur/ Si Mineur/ La
Mineur
|
The
organ is a quite small and original
package from Cavailler Coll intended only
for accompaniment, and quite exquisite
for Chorale work
|
£12.50
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£13.99
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This
uncomplicated instrument gives out the
true tonal qualities
|
CD
QS6175
|
Franck,
Cesar
|
Franck,
3 Organ Chorales
|
Grier/Lancelot/Britton
|
Chorale
1,2,3, Prel Fugue & Var, (Oxford),
Cantabile in B (Winchester), Panis
Angelicus (Britton)
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"An
astonishing record. Francis Grier creates
an illusion of space for music seems to
demand that element more than any other.
Finely balanced performances. All most
remarkable and enjoyable"
(Gramophone)
|
£6.00
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£6.99
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"There
are some glorious sounds. Grier is a
superb exponent, offering some marvelous
playing which totally involves the
listener. The recording is ideal"
(Monthly Guide - best of the month)
|
CHAN0559
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Gibbons
|
Gibbons
Anthems & Organ Works
|
Choir
of St.Johns College, Cambridge
|
All
Gibbons anthems, plus the organ Preludes
and the 10 Fantasia's
|
In
1677 Thomas Dallam built this charming
little organ played by Robert Wooley,
choir and organ being mixed in batches
for this CD
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£7.50
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£7.99
|
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REG
CD131
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Gibbs
|
Magic
Flutes
|
Kevin
Bowyer
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WashingtonToccata,
Peacehaven Preludes, Sonata1,
MagicFlutes, Viewpoints, Trio, Prelude
& Allegro on Holst, CalgaryFlourish,
Isleworth Bells.
|
Alan
Gibbs b. ChippingNorton 1932 works also
with BBC Singers. Kevin Bowyer is a very
well travelled concert organist.
Marcussen 1995 organ
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£12.50
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£13.00
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471132
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Gounod,
Berlioz, Franck, Bizet, SaintSains..
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French
Romanticism
|
Arturo
Sacchetti
|
Marche
Religieuse (Gounod), Offertoire
(Meyerbeer), Entrée (Adam), Tocatta
(Berlioz), Elevation (Thomas…
|
This
Organ History series would hardly be
complete without the sparkling or
meditative styles we all know so well
|
£6.00
|
£6.99
|
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PRCD237
|
Guilmant,
Karg-Elert, Dupre
|
Great
European Organs 7
|
Jane
Watts
|
Sonata
1 (Guilmant), March on Handel 'Lift up
your heads' (Guilmant), Pass & Fugue
on BACH (Karg-Elert), Cortege et Litainie
(Dupre), Var.on a Noel (Dupre), Final
(Dupre)
|
Neither
Jane nor the 4 manual Harrison organ of
1937 need any introduction. The
'Variations' is an interesting
composition demonstrating ten views of
the same tune, and technically demanding.
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£12.50
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£12.99
|
"Every
note is worth its weight in gold..tempo,
registration, balance, everything just
right" (Gramophone)
|
CHE00302
|
Handel
|
Three
Ornamented Organ Concertos
|
Irmtraud
Kruger & Hans Musch
|
Concerto
2, 5 , Judas Maccabaeus, Voluntary 1
& 5
|
Irmtraud
went from Lutheran to Reformed to RC and
didn't like any of 'em, so does only
concerts now. Hans teaches at Freiburg
college
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£5.50
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£5.99
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Another
top class recording at a silly price.
Everything is 'passed' by the ChurchMouse
so only the good music comes to you.
|
CDA67291/2
|
Handel
|
Handel
Organ Concertos
|
Paul
Nicholson
|
2
CD's with all of the Op.4 & Op.7
works, 12 concerto's in all directed by
Roy Goodman
|
Handel
was in the service of the Duke of Chandos
from 1718-1721, giving a performance of
some of his work on this very organ at
St.Lawrence, Whitchurch.
|
£23.00
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£25.99
|
Near
Edgware is the 18thc. Brick church with
this well restored survivor
|
05472
774332
|
Handel
|
Organ
Concertos Op4
|
Rudolf
Ewerhart
|
The
six concertos Op.4 with woodwind and
string continuo
|
This
surely is how it sounded when originally
put out in the concert halls of the
world, a vitality full of energy and a
fiery spirit, but with a solemn eminence
too. Captivating.
|
£5.00
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£5.00
|
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PRCD384
|
Harwood,
Saint-Saens
|
Great
European Organs 31
|
Adrian
Partington
|
Sonata
in C#min (Harwood), 3 Prel & Fugues
Op 99 (Saint Saens), 3 Prel & Fugues
Op.109
|
The
oddest Heath-Robinson organ I ever saw
was the Exhibition job from 1885
recovered and placed in the Abbey Church,
as if the place needed another as a
'spare'. Hear this and the 1631 Dallam in
a truly splendid setting.
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£12.50
|
£12.99
|
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NI
5411
|
Hindemith,
Paul
|
Hindemith
|
Kevin
Bowyer
|
3
Organ Sonatas (Hindemith), Variations,
Two Fragments (Schoenberg), 3 Fugues on
BACH (Pepping)
|
The
Marcussen organ at Odense is a good
choice as this modern but not discordant
music requires great clarity. A lovely
organ.
|
£12.00
|
£13.99
|
Hope
Kevin knows he has made a lot of us very
happy, and a tiny bit envious of his
talent.
|
473922
|
Hindemith,
Schoenberg, Krenek, Distler..
|
Germany
1920-40
|
Arturo
Sacchetti
|
Choral
'Wie schon' (Kaminski), Sonata 2
(Hindemith), Partita 'Nun Komm'
(Distler), Sonata (Kreneck)..
|
Not
exactly Germany's Golden Age, a time when
composers struggled to keep the nation on
track musically with some remarkable
works.
|
£6.00
|
£6.99
|
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PRCD396
|
Hollins
|
Organ
Music of Alfred Hollins
|
David
Liddle
|
Trumpet
Minuet, Allegretto, Grand Choeur1,
Andante in D, ConcertToccata, Intermezzo,
Triumphal March, Berceuse, Gr.Choeur
2,Song of Sunshine, Theme, Var &
Fugue.
|
Hollins
is still a good play. David is a great
enthusiast of the Edinburgh City
Organist, and has played his music up and
down the land, writing and lecturing on
his work
|
£0.00
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£0.00
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"We
have here a persuasive advocate of
Hollins music, and the disc, very well
recorded, is thoroughly recommended.
(Church Music Quarterly)
|
PRCD524
|
Howells
|
The
Organ Music of Herbert Howells, Vol 2
|
Graham
Barber
|
Sonata
for Organ, Six Pieces for Organ
|
Graham
is head of music at Leeds University,
seior tutor at the R.Northern Coll.Mus,
on the council of the RCO, and probably
enjoys best of all playing at his Parish
Church in Armley.
|
£12.50
|
£13.99
|
|
PRCD480
|
Howells
|
The
Organ Music of Herbert Howells, Vol 1
|
Stephen
Cleobury
|
Psalm
Prel.Set 1, Set 2, Rhapsody 1-4
|
Arthur
Harrison masterpiece built into 1605 oak
case. Howells studied under Herbert
Brewer at Gloucester so church music was
his main output. Much in other media is
coming to light these days.
|
£12.50
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£13.99
|
"A
recording which lovers of organ music
will treasure" (Christian Herald)
|
8553190
|
Langlais,
Jean. 1907-1991
|
Langlais
|
Bruno
Mathieu
|
Suite
Medievale in 5 movements, Cinq
Meditations sur l'Apocalypse in 5
movements
|
A
Cavaille-Coll cathedral organ has got to
excite all devotees of French
masterworks. Langlais was a Gregorian
enthusiast so was agreeably 'harmonic'
and polyphonic.
|
£5.00
|
£5.00
|
The
organ leaps out at you, then as you gasp
for breath it purrs like a kitten.
Brilliant
|
CDE84296
|
Lefeubre-Wely,
Louis
|
Lefeubre-Wely
Organ Music
|
David
Sanger
|
Bolero,
Pastorale, Marche in F, C, Eb, Elevation,
and others totalling 17
|
An
Ikon figure of the mid 19th Century in
France, who had the church and public
eating out of his hand. Pedal technique
was dazzling. Also he write for opera and
entertainment.
|
£12.00
|
£12.99
|
New
Walker organ built in the Cavailler-Coll
register style with colourful soft stops
and great dynamic.
|
CLC3908CD
|
Lemmens,Boellman,Dupre
|
French
Organ Music
|
Graham
Griggs
|
Fanfare,Cantabile
& Finale (Lemmens) Cortege et Litanie
(Dupre) Second Suite (Boellman), Le
Tombeau de Titelouze (Dupre)
|
Brewhouse
(!) have only one organ masterwork to
their credit, but they know how to set
up, and Graham did the rest with the very
spicy Harrison of 1908, restored in 1976.
He is director of music at Kings School,
and FRCO.
|
£11.50
|
£12.00
|
|
CD
QS6127
|
Liszt,
Franz (+ some Schumann)
|
Liszt
Organ Music
|
Jennifer
Bate
|
Liszt
- Fantasia & Fugue, Prelude &
Fugue on BACH, Var. on Weinen
Klagen,…Schumann - Four Sketches
|
Olivier
Messaien wrote, "Jennifer Bate is an
excellent organist, not only for her
virtuosity, but for her musicianship and
sensitivity in
|
£6.00
|
£6.99
|
choosing
her 'timbres'. She is a really
accomplished musician who loves what she
plays."
|
PRCD616
|
LloydWebber
|
Organ
Works of William Lloyd Webber
|
Jane
Watts
|
Festal
March, Vesper Hymn, Winchester New,
Chorale Cantilena & Finale,
…play the book from Kevin Mayhew!!
|
First
recording on the classic Willis at
Salisbury after rebuilding 1997. Very
playable music from a charming Cockney
gent. Sorry Andrew, but dad was from
Bow!!
|
£12.50
|
£12.99
|
Jane
plays stridently yet sympathetically, and
a lot better than your ChurchMouse
|
NI
5367
|
Mathias
|
William
Mathias Organ Music
|
John
Scott
|
Fanfare,
Processional, Invocations, Fantasy,
Berceuse, Jubilate, Antiphonies,
Fenestra, Recessional, Choral.
|
Not
an organist, he wrote much for us, very
demanding and with a great scope for
excitement and colour, nimble fingers,
bold registration
|
£12.00
|
£13.99
|
John
Scott, master of the St Paul's accoustic,
does a wonderful job with this very
modern music.
|
NI
5509
|
Maxwell-Davies
|
Peter
Maxwell Davies, Works for Organ
|
Kevin
Bowyer
|
O
Magnum Mysterium, 3 Voluntaries, Reliqui
Domum Meum, Sonata (Davies), Fantasia,
Laus Deo (Jonathan Harvey), Edith
Sitwell, Christ Phoenix (Malcolm
Williamson)
|
Saying
nothing. Chromatic modernists seem to
have lost their intellectual way, but if
you like it…we will not tell anyone,
and send it in a plain envelope.
|
£12.00
|
£13.99
|
Pulsing
elegy, chain of sepulchral quavers,
fearsome climax…sorry Kevin, you've
lost me.
|
CDD22029
|
Mendelssohn
|
Music
for Organ
|
John
Scott
|
2
CD's.Prelude& Fugue 1/2/3, Sonata's
1-6, Andante F/D, Fugue in F, Allegro Bb,
Allegro Chorale & Fugue in D
|
2
CD Special offer. A whole great volume of
these fascinating works in now available
at one sitting, at half price
|
£12.60
|
£13.99
|
"A
More persuasive advocat than John Scott
would be hard to imagine"(Org
Review)
|
REG
CD126
|
Mendelssohn,
Bairstow &Jackson
|
The
Schulze Organ of Doncaster Parish Church
|
Joseph
Sentence
|
Sonata1,Op65,No1(Mendelssohn).
Sonata in Eflat(Bairstow), Sonata1 in
Gminor,Op35 (FrancisJackson)
|
German
Schulze organ one of the largest in
Britain.This 1997 recording preceeds a
restoration.It is a church with a
considerable musical tradition- 24 boys
at last count.
|
£12.50
|
£13.00
|
|
8553583
|
Mendelssohn,
Felix
|
Organ
Sonatas No's 1 - 6`
|
Stephen
Tharp
|
All
six of the Sonatas. Opus 65. Magnificent
pieces not difficult to play but
requiring a melifluous, full tone of the
instruments which abound in Britain.
|
In
the Catholic church of St.Clements (there
are probably dozens in Chicago!) is a
splendid tracker organ in the gallery
built by Casavant of Quebec in 1983
|
£5.00
|
£5.00
|
During
the 1830's Mendelssohn tried hard on
visits to encourage English organists to
develop a pedal technique as in Germany
|
8550790
|
Mendelssohn,
Wagner, Strauss
|
Wedding
Music
|
Bertalan
Hock
|
Wedding
March, Lohengrin Wedding March, Ave
Maria, Toccata, Priere a Notre Dame,
Trumpet Voluntary, Xerxes, Albinoni
Adagio, Jesu Joy etc
|
71
minutes of mainly organ with trumpeter
and two orchestral pieces from Strauss
|
£5.00
|
£5.00
|
A
present for the bride!
|
PRCD548
|
Merkel
|
Complete
Organ Sonatas of Gustav Merkel, Vol 3
|
Adrian
Partington
|
Fantasie
& Fugue, Sonata 3, Sonata 8, 3
Choralvorspiel, Concertsatz, 4 Trios
|
Lord
Trent ordered this instrument to be built
in the Methodists Wesleyan Central
Mission in Nottingham by James Binns of
Leeds. Known as the City Organ of 1909,
it is virtually unaltered
|
£12.50
|
£13.99
|
|
PRCD522
|
Merkel
|
Complete
Organ Sonatas of Gustav Merkel. Vol 2
|
Adrian
Partington
|
Overture
in C, Sonata 5, Sonata 4, Fantasie 4
& 5, Adagio in E maj, Organ Sonata
for 4 hands and double pedals (with Mark
Shepherd)
|
The
microphone here was placed high up in the
Triforium this time to try to escape the
wind noise so noticable with this organ
close up. Worked well, and sounds clearer
that Vol 1.
|
£12.50
|
£13.99
|
|
PRCD501
|
Merkel
|
Complete
Organ Sonatas of Gustav Merkel, Vol 1
|
Adrian
Partington
|
Fantasia
& Fugue in Cmaj., Chorale Sonata 6,
Allegretto & Allegro, Pastorale No1,
Var.on a theme of Beethoven. Sonata2.
|
Adrian
lectures in Academic Music rather than
following his earlier direction through
Worcester, St.Georges Chapel, and
KingsCambridge. He plays on a Hill organ,
much rebuilt over the years
|
£12.50
|
£13.99
|
|
8550514
|
Mozart
|
Mozart
Organ Music
|
Janos
Sebestyen
|
12
Fantasies, Andantes, Gig, Adagio,
Overture, Fantasie, Prelude, The Church
Sonata, and 12 Variations on "Ah,
vous dirai-je"
|
It
came as a surprise that Mozart wrote
anything directly for organ, but here
they are, plucked out by the intrepid
Naxos people
|
£5.00
|
£5.00
|
They
say in the trade "There is no such
thing as a bad CD", so with names
like Mozart and Naxox you will not regret
£5 well spent
|
NI
5468
|
Nielsen,
Carl
|
Commotio
fo Organ
|
Kevin
Bowyer
|
Tre
Tonestykker (Gade), Praeludium,Intermezzo
&Fugato (Syberg), Partita Concertante
(Norgard), Commotio (Nielsen)
|
Nobody
deserves to be this talented! Kevin is
recording huge amounts for Nimbus, all
frankly, fantastic. Unencumbered with
'duties' and choirs, his playing has
reached a dizzy height here.
|
£12.00
|
£13.99
|
Commotio
is a seamless 21 minute whirlwind which
will take your breath away
|
PRCD314
|
Parry,
Jackson, Fleury, Karg-Elert
|
Great
European Organs 23
|
Graham
Barber
|
The
Wanderer (Parry), 5 Prel.on English Hymn
Tunes (Jackson), Three Impressions (Karg
Elert), Prelude, andante & Toccata
(Fleury)
|
Graham
was described in Gramophone as " one
of the organ worlds finest recording
artists", here enjoying a go on
Father Willis's creation altered only to
gain benefit of electric action at the
console to make life easier.
|
£12.50
|
£12.99
|
"Verbal
description of the recording would be
unlikely to do justice to the performance
on this disc. I merely recommend that you
buy it" (Organ Club)
|
8553468
|
Paumann
and other 15th c.
|
Buxheim
Organ Book Vol 3
|
Joseph
Payne
|
31
more very early, yet very interesting
short Church works on a Brombaugh organ
|
This
cache of music stored in a Carthusian
monastery until 100 years ago, in it's
original manuscript form, is a treasure
well worth sampling
|
£5.00
|
£5.00
|
This
music of the 1450's shows that organs had
developed with even pedals much as we
know them today without the tricks.
|
8553466
|
Paumann,Conrad
1410-1473
|
Buxheim
Organ Book Vol 1
|
Joseph
Payne
|
37
organ transcriptions for liturgical use
played on 1982 Metzler
|
We
hardly realise how developed was the pipe
organ by the 15th century, from Saint
Cecilia's single rank, short compass
portative up to 3-manual with reeds
|
£5.00
|
£5.00
|
Very
listenable pieces from over 250 held at a
monastery in Buxheim written around 1450
onward
|
PRCD491
|
Preston,
Jones, Langlais
|
Great
European Organs 37
|
Jane
Watts
|
Alleluyas,
Fantasia (Simon Preston), A Refusal to
Mourn (Daniel Jones), 3 Paraphrases
(Langlais), Premiere Symphonie (Langlais)
|
Jane
is well known to collectors of Priory
records as an excellent concert player.
Klais of Bonn have provided a new organ
to fill the old case, voiced baroque
style. It has been named after a grocer!
|
£12.50
|
£12.99
|
|
CDP11009
|
Psalter
revised
|
Psalms
from St.Pauls
|
StPaul's
Cathedral Choir
|
Psalms
105-113 originally from the 1875 Psalter
but updated recently with these more
contemporary arrangements for the
Cathedral here
|
The
20th CD from StPaul's on the Hyperion
series, full details are available
|
£12.80
|
£13.99
|
|
HAVPCD203
|
Reger
|
Max
Reger
|
Roger
Judd
|
Seven
Organ Pieces Op145, Straf Mich/ Gott des
Himmels[from 52 Easy Ch.Prel],
Benedictus, Pastorale, Praeludium [from
12 Pieces]
|
In
27 years Reger put out over 1000 pieces,
mostly for organ, and a suprising number
of those were chorales in the Lutheran
style, Reger being R.C.
|
£12.50
|
£13.99
|
Asst.
organist at the chapel, Roger keep busy
teaching at Reading Uni, Eton College,
London Uni, and is in demand for choir
accompaniments
|
8553922
|
Reger
|
Reger
Organ Works Vol 2
|
Ludger
Lohman
|
Intro,Passaglia
& Fugue in Eminor. 9 Organ Pieces
Op129, 10 Choral Preludes Op135a
|
|
£5.00
|
£5.00
|
|
8550922
|
Reger
|
Reger
Organ Works Vol 1
|
Bernard
Haas
|
10
Pieces for Organ Op69, Pr&Fu in C#m,
Pr&Fu in Gmajor, Pr&Fu in Fmajor.
|
I
find people either love Reger or leave
him, but he made an inpact on church
music at the height of the Romantic era,
and is a vital part of it
|
£5.00
|
£5.00
|
No
decent collection is complete without
these valuable additions at the Naxos £5
tag
|
SB2K60364
|
Renaisance
and Baroque
|
Alpenlander
|
Gustav
Leonhardt
|
2
CD's.Cuckoo clock technology applied to
organs of the 16th Century do not seem
out of place at all with 'nightingale'
and 'twitter' stops
|
Music
of Eberlin, Fischer, Krebs, Paschelbel,
are a compliment to these delightful
sounding simple instruments
|
£11.50
|
£12.99
|
The
appeal of these Seon discs is that they
fly in the face of our over complex
lifestyle. Relax.
|
SB2K60708
|
Renaissance
and Baroque
|
Northern
Italy
|
Gustav
Leonhardt
|
2
CD's. made on tour in Italy looking for
those lovely old instruments of a past
age which survive so remarkably well.
|
Well
maintained 16th century instruments, and
the music to suit, pop at us from
Brescia, Caselle d'Altivole, Venice,
Carpi, Lugo…
|
£11.50
|
£12.99
|
Works
by Albrechtesberger, Frescobaldi,
Gabrielli, Hummel, Pasquini, Rossi..
|
YORKCD110
|
Saint-Saens
|
Music
for Organ
|
Margaret
Phillips
|
3
Rhapsodies on Breton Themes, 3 Preludes
and Fugues, 3 Fantaisies
|
Just
over the border in darkest Somerset, is
Milborne Port English Organ School run by
Margaret, who also travels the country on
concert tours in between times. One of
our very few 'great' lady organists.
|
£11.50
|
£12.99
|
|
YORKCD117
|
Saint-Saens
|
Plus
Two (Music for Organ)
|
Margaret
Phillips
|
7
Improvisations, 3 more Preludes &
Fugues (Op.99) PLUS TWO (1.Dubois)
Toccata, (2.LefebureWely) Sortie Bb,
Choeur de voix Humaines.
|
This
organ is the legendary 'Father Willis'
that was nearly chucked out of the
Congregational Church in Plymouth, just
as Torrington were about to give up on
their Compton. Since 1990 it has been a
local showpiece, beautifully played here
by Margaret. Charming, attractive,
capable. And that's just the instrument!
|
£11.50
|
£12.99
|
|
74321
350882
|
Saint-Saens,
Camile
|
Complete
Organ Works 4CD's
|
Stefan
Johannes Bleicher
|
Preludes,
Fugues, Versets, Fantasies, Themes,
Variations and Chorals. Everything.
|
Liszt
considered Saint-Saens to be the greatest
organist of his time."To be a better
musician is impossible", yet how
often does he feature in the usual bunch
of lollipops played in the UK.
|
£17.00
|
£20.00
|
So
we've gone to Lionel Rogg's pupil
Bleicher in Germany for the definitive
edition in a boxed set of 4. Price OK?
|
74321
350912
|
Saint-Saens,
Camile
|
Complete
Organ Works Vol3
|
Stefan
Johannes Bleicher
|
3
Preludes & Fugues Op109, 7
Improvisations
|
The
Improvisations were based on Gregorian
hymns which are suprising by their
simplicity and expression of arrangement.
|
£5.50
|
£5.99
|
No,
I don't know who keeps the scores for
these even if you like them for Sundays!
|
74321
350892
|
Saint-Saens,
Camile
|
Complete
Organ Works Vol1
|
Stefan
Johannes Bleicher
|
Fantaisie
1, Benediction Nuptiale, Offertoire,
Elevation, Salutaris, Prelude Cmaj, 3
Rhapsodies, Predication..
|
More
than 20 CD recordings mark Stefan as one
of a small handful of 'natural' greats,
leader of the Organ Academy of Southern
Germany
|
£5.50
|
£5.99
|
ChurchMouse
has been busy again. Splendid records for
the enthusiast but not £15!
|
74321
350922
|
Saint-Saens,
Camile
|
Complete
Organ Works Vol4
|
Stefan
Johannes Bleicher
|
Marche
Religieuse, 9 Pieces for Organ, Prelude
in Cmin, 3e Fantaisie, Cypres et Lauriers
|
An
outstanding and well reviewed series
played with precision
|
£5.50
|
£5.99
|
|
74321
350902
|
Saint-Saens,
Camile
|
Complete
Organ Works Vol2
|
Stefan
Johannes Bleicher
|
3Prel
& Fugues, Prelude Fmaj, 2 Versets,
Fantasie 2, Theme-Var-Choral de Dies
|
This
batch of recordings is the only complete
set in existence to our knowledge. The
boxed 4CDs are available here.
|
£5.50
|
£5.99
|
USA
recordings go for £16 now, so how do the
Germans make better music at £5.50??
|
8554202
|
Scheidemann,
Heinrich
|
Works
for Organ Vol 1
|
Pieter
van Dijk
|
Praeludium,
Die nobis Maria, MagnificatVI, Ballet,
Erbarm dich, Toccata, Paduana, Surrexit
pastor, Jesus Christus, Vater unser,
Praeambulum
|
Scheidemann
was among the most important pupils of
Jan Sweelinck and strongly influenced the
development of the North German
tradition.
|
£5.00
|
£5.00
|
The
emphasis was on the primacy of melody,
which makes good pop songs.
|
8554203
|
Scheidemann,
Heinrich
|
Works
for Organ, Vol 2
|
Karin
Nelson
|
13
includes Magnificat 3, Christ lag in
Todesbanden, In dich hab, Praeambulum in
Cmaj, Dminor
|
Organist
at St.Catharines, Hamburg, an important
pupil of Sweelinck. Primacy of melody
much influenced N.German practise.
|
£5.00
|
£5.00
|
Brombaugh
organ in the Haga Church requires a
'bellows treader' !
|
PRCD445
|
Stanford
|
Complete
Organ Sonatas, 2CD set
|
Desmond
Hunter
|
5
full sonatas plus the 6 short preludes
and postludes.
|
Glorious
1914 Hill organ spread across the hall in
a fine carved oak case was blown apart in
the Troubles of 1972, being rebuilt by
Hill,Norman & Beard when the hall was
restored.
|
£21.00
|
£22.99
|
"An
important and valuable release"
(gramophone)
|
CD
QS6222
|
Stanford
and contemporaries
|
British
Organ Music
|
Jennifer
Bate
|
Fantasia
& Tocatta , 3 Preludes Op88
(Stanford), Carol, Divertamento
(Whitlock), Martyrs (Grace), St.Marys
(Wood), Festal Flourish (Jacob), Fancy,
Reverie (Harris)
|
Did
you know the Swansea organ was from the
Elite Picture Palace? Have you ever heard
the Rushworth & draper in Plymouth's
rebuilt St.Andrews? St.James at Muswell
Hill is the third location for this super
little disc.
|
£6.50
|
£6.99
|
You
cant argue at this price…
|
PRCD414
|
Stanford,
Guilmant
|
Great
European Organs 32
|
Jane
Watts
|
Prelude
3 & 5, Fantasia 1, Idyll 2
(Stanford), 2 Scottish Themes (Langlais),
Cortege Academique (Macmillan), Sonata 5
(Guilmant)
|
A
gorgeous hall with a truly splendid Lewis
organ restored 1992 when this was
recorded
|
£12.50
|
£12.99
|
"Great
conviction and panache, wonderful colour,
verve yet not haste, clear phrasing,
… Do buy this one." (Org
Review)
|
8550904
|
Sweelinck,
Jan
|
Sweelinck
Organ Works
|
James
Christie
|
Toccata
in C, Ballo delGranduca, Ricercar, Malle
Sijmen, Mein Junges leben, Echo Fantasia,
Onder een linde, Toccata A minor, Poolsch
dans
|
One
of my favourites to play without pedals
is "Mein Junges Leben hat ein
end" with variations that rattle
away, lots of flutes and mutations, great
fun
|
£5.00
|
£5.00
|
Oh,
go on - give Sweelinck a try on disc,
then play some!
|
472722
|
Thayer,
Buck, Foote, Ives, Copland
|
America
|
Arturo
Sacchetti
|
Russian
National Hymn (Thayer), Star Spangled
Banner (Thayer), Var.on America (Ives),
Pageant (Sowerby)…
|
Rejected
by Europe, many good musicians ended up
settling in the US, taking all the styles
of music, performance, and instrument
building with them, so there is no
American school or 'sound' other than
'enthusiastic'
|
£6.00
|
£6.99
|
|
LRCD
155
|
Tournemire
1870-1939
|
L'Orgue
Mystique
|
Adrian
Gunning
|
14
pieces written for Sundays in the Church
Calendar, I.e. Offertoire, communion,
Alleluia, Postlude…
|
Recorded
on the Harrison organ which is such a
prominent feature of the Cathedral.
|
£12.00
|
£12.50
|
|
8554204
|
VanNoordt,
Anthoni
|
Works
for Organ Vol.1
|
Peter
Ouwekerk
|
Fantasie
No's 1, 3, 6, Psalms II, VII, VI, XV,
XXII, XXIV
|
1652
VanNoordt was appointed to the New Church
in Amsterdam, like the Protestant
Cathedral, when that city was the trading
centre of the World. He became very
famous.
|
£5.00
|
£5.00
|
The
music appears to have been composed to
show off the organs of the city
|
CRCD
2806
|
Various
|
Organ
Favourites from Lincoln Cathedral
|
Philip
Marshall
|
Trumpet
Voluntary, Solemn Melody, Bridal March,
Wedding March, Largo, Elegy, Nimrod, Pomp
& Circumstance etc…
|
Organ
snobs scoff at this stuff, but it is
bread-and-butter music for those of us
who play or work in the churches. Good
solid themes that everyone loves.
|
£12.00
|
£12.50
|
"Dr.Marshall's
performances at Lincoln bring the organ
glowingly and vividly alive" (Org.
Review)
|
CDA66258
|
Various
|
Organ
Fireworks 2
|
Christopher
Herrick
|
Pomp
& Circumstance 1 (Elgar),
Serenade(Bourgeois), Elfes (Bonnet),
Concert Fantasia (Lemare), Sortie,Bolero
(Lef-Wely), Melodies Anglaises
(Guilmant), Incantation (Langlais)
|
Hyperion
have un unparalleled reputation for
making music 'tingly' with quality
recordings like this. You will want more.
|
£12.60
|
£13.99
|
"The
Most stunning recording of this organ
ever made" (Organists Review says it
all!)
|
CDA67060
|
Various
|
Organ
Dreams
|
Christopher
Herrick
|
March
of the Templars (Benedict), Solemn Melody
(Wal-Davies), Jerusalem the Golden
(Spark), Offertoire G maj (Batiste),
Prelude 1 (Lloyd-Webber), Priere (Alkan),
Dreams of Derry (Spicer)
|
Dreams
1…implies that there are more to
come. A new record of unusual breadth in
composition. 1924 Harrison built for Lord
Glentanar's mansion
|
£12.60
|
£13.99
|
Massive
4 manual of perfect tonal qualities for
Church work. "recorded in a perfect
setting"(Classic CD)
|
806803CD
|
Various
|
Volume
3. Brecon. Powys
|
Paul
Derrett
|
26
tracks zip from Bach to Walther, Bennett,
Zipoli, Wesley, Tours, Mendelssohn,
Hopkins, and a lot of it out of print for
years. An Archive!
|
Organists
are enthusiasts, so in their own
recordings can give us all the bits we
want! The organ, and what it can do.
Another interesting walk about.
|
£11.00
|
£0.00
|
|
PRCD595
|
Various
|
Popular
Organ Music, Volume 3
|
Rupert
Gough
|
Mohrentanz
(Susato), Noels (Morancon), Rondeau
(Purcell), Concerto after Vivaldi (Bach),
Cornelius March (Mendelssohn), Andantino
(Fracck), March Aida (Verdi), Claire de
Lune (Vierne), Joie de Clarte (Messaien),
Chant de May (Jongen), Happy Birthday
Herr Bach (RonWatson)
|
A
rather academic programme with a Barry
Brunton special thrown in, so Rupert is
not too serious! From Norwich he came to
Wells in 1994 as a teacher of Organ at
the school additional to Cathedral duties
as Asst.Organist.
|
£12.50
|
£13.99
|
"A
further delectable addition…the
instrument is stunningly well captured.
(Classic FM Mag)
|
CD
QS6028
|
Various
|
Organ
Spectacular
|
Harold
Britton
|
Light
Cavalry (Suppe), Andantino (Lamare),
March from Aida (Verdi), Adagio
(Albinoni), Valkyries (Wagner), The
Entertainer (Joplin), None but the Lonely
Heart (Tchaikovsky),
|
Pomp
& Circumstance 1 (Elgar), Liberty
Belle (Sousa), Toc & Fugue in Dminor
(Bach), Toccata Sym 5 (Widor)
|
£6.00
|
£6.99
|
A
quality concert of entertainment on the
monster Willis so well known and loved.
|
PRCD561
|
Various
|
Cathedral
Kaleidoscope
|
Adrian
Lucas
|
Var.de
Concert (Bonnet), Hanover Lemare),
Prel,Fugue & Chaconne in C
(Buxtehude), Theme and Var (Andriessen),
Partita"sei gegrusset" (Bach),
Jardin Suspendu (alain), Homage to Handel
(Karg- Elert)
|
All
that remained was the case when it was
filled with a Nicholson of Worcester from
a Church Bolton no longer wanted. Made a
good job of it - soulds good.
|
£12.50
|
£12.99
|
"78
minutes - what value. And a testament to
enlightened modern British organ
building.
|
DCA702
|
Various
|
Jane
Parker-Smith
|
Jane
Parker-Smith
|
Sonata
5 (Guilmant), Improvisation (Jongen),
Marche Heroique (Brewer), Nunc Demittis
(Wood), Prelude, Andante & Toccata
(Fleury)
|
Jane
has enjoyed a considerable reputation as
a concert player for 15 years. The
instrument here is an 1874 Telford
rebuilt 1989 by the Irish Organ CO.
|
£12.60
|
£13.99
|
"so
full of abundant riches that one would
have difficulty finding a better
performance anywhere" (The Organ)
|
HAVPCD219
|
Various
|
Orb
& Sceptre
|
David
Goode
|
March-Orb
& Sceptre (Walton), Berceuse
(Vierne), Grand Choeur (Guillmant),
Tocatta (Dubois), Adagio/Tocatta 5th Sym
(Widor), Elgar Nimrod/ Pomp & Circ
|
"There
is no new thing under the sun" (Eccl
1:9). comes to mind, yet to organists an
ambience, a nuance, a pause or added
stop….Good solid stuff well played.
|
£12.50
|
£13.99
|
Do
you thing Oxford are a bit greedy having
so many superb instruments in one town?
|
HAVPCD119
|
Various
|
Winchester
Cathedral Organs
|
David
Hill/ Stephen Farr
|
Var.
Easter Theme (Rutter), Fancy for Two to
Play (Tomkins), Duet for Eliza (Wesley),
Danse Macabre (Saint-Saens),
|
Those
of us who plough a solitary furrow at the
organ would hardly imagine it to be good
for duetting! Suprisingly, here are some,
pretty amazing how good they sound.
|
£12.50
|
£13.99
|
Organist
and sub-organist work well together with
their Willis.
|
GMCD7144
|
Various
|
Virtuoso
Organ Works
|
Jeremy
Filsell
|
Toccata
5 (Widor), Jesu hilf/ Nun danket (Karg-
Elert), Conc. Overture in C (Hollins),
Sortie in Eb (Lef-Wely), Carillon de
Westminster (Vierne)….13 tracks
|
Played
on a fine 3 manual Mander…?.alright,
I lie. But you would not have known that
it is played rather magnificently on a
Viscount Prestige digital electronic.
Jeremy is dazzling.
|
£12.50
|
£12.99
|
Sorry,
but I just cannot believe this is just a
card of IC chips. I want one. Practise
instrument be blowed!! This is streets
ahead of what I have to play.
|
PRCD284
|
Various
|
Great
European Organs 16
|
David
Briggs
|
Marche
Episcopale (Vierne), Meditation (Vierne),
Cortege (Vierne), Passion Symphonie No 1
(Dupre), Improvisations sur Alouette
(Cochereau)
|
Every
church organist should do pantomime or
theatre, get it out of your system, and
what better than the fantasy- world organ
of Father Willis in Liverpool
|
£12.50
|
£12.99
|
|
PRCD568
|
Various
|
Popular
Organ Music Vol2
|
David
Briggs
|
Pre
& Fu Gmaj (Bach), 3 Clock Pieces
(Haydn), Piece Heroique (Franck), Bolero
(Cochereau), Sourcerers Apprentice
(Dukas), Miniature/waltz from Nutcracker
(Tchaikovsky), Jardin Suspendu (Alain),
|
Another
ancient beginning (1666) was this Harris,
registered like a chamber organ by the
standards of the 1888 rebuild by Henry
Willis
|
£12.50
|
£13.99
|
David
was at Hereford, Truro, then to
Gloucester in 1994. "Wow, what
playing! What sounds! And how sumtuous
the accoustic (Keyboard Rev)
|
YORKCD114
|
Various
|
The
Romantic Organ
|
John
Scott Whiteley
|
Toccata
9krieger), Chorale 'Entsprungen'
(Brahms), Salve Regina (Manari), 94th
Psalm (Reubke), Priere (Franck), Allegro
from Sym6 (Widor), …
|
In
the age of Imperialism, the greatest
nation was busy writing music-hall stuff
whilst the rest of Europe buried itself
in expansive works of great complexity,
such as the master- works portrayed here.
|
£11.50
|
£12.99
|
|
MER
97009C
|
Various
|
Organ
of St.PeterMancroft, Norwich.
|
Kenneth
Ryder
|
Great
Prelude & Fugue in E(Bruhns), Ch.Prel
"Wie Schon"(Paschelbel),
Ch.Prel"Wie Schon"(Bach), 5
from Orgelbuchlein(Bach), Prel &
Fugue in G (Buxtehude), Vater
Unser(Buxtehude),
|
This
programme exhibits as many tonal colours
as possible on this 1984 Peter Collins
classic, capable of creating the tones
found in continental instruments of the
17th/18th c. Ken Ryder's dream came true.
|
£12.50
|
£12.99
|
|
PR
WEDD
|
Various
|
Music
for your Wedding
|
Various
|
Hymns,
Psalms, Anthems and Organ Music suggested
for those engaging in Marriage in Church.
|
Ideal
for those who are not sure what is
appropriate music to have at the Wedding.
It may make life easier for the
vicar/minister, and steer folk away from
the 'old chestnuts'. Good idea,+ booklet.
|
£9.50
|
£9.99
|
|
PRCD002
|
Various
|
Toccata!
|
Keith
John
|
Chaconne
form Violin Partita (Bach/Busoni) Suite
from Violin Partita (Bach/ Rachmaninov),
Sinfonietta (Guillou), Tanz-Toccata
(Heiller)
|
One
wonders why a Sumsion chorister who left
school with an ARCO is not a prominent
church man, but Keith went on the
international circuit instead. He plays
the newish 'werkprinzip' Grant,Degens
& Bradbeer organ
|
£6.00
|
£6.00
|
"The
splendid and varied sound of the organ is
caught with great clarity" (Keyboard
Rev)
|
75605
570102
|
Various
|
Great
Organ Classics
|
William
McVicar
|
Tocatta
V(Widor), Nuns Hymn (Lef-Wely), Tocatta
& Fugue Dminor (Bach),Ros
Entsprungen(Brahms), Suite Gothique
(Boellman), Musical Clock (Haydn)
|
After
the fire of 1992, St.Barnabus was rebuilt
with a new organ by Kenneth Tickell,
played here by the resident organist
Dr.McVicar
|
£9.50
|
£10.99
|
A
bright, clear instrument without being
brittle, and thoroughly in the English
style.
|
HAVPCD145
|
Various
|
Vierne,
Widor, Tournemire
|
Jeremy
Filsell
|
3rd
Symphony (Vierne), Symphony Gothique
(Widor), Suite Evocatrice (Tournemire)
|
All
Cathedrals are special but Ely has been
blessed with a magnificent building,
choral tradition, Arthur Wills and a
superb Harrison
|
£12.50
|
£13.99
|
Jeremy
Filsell takes the organ through its paces
with a powerful French cocktail
|
OXCD
61
|
Various
|
The
Organs of Cambridge 4
|
Charles
Harrison, Daniel Clarke, Stephen Cleobury
|
Fantasia(Mozart),
Est-ce-Mars (Sweelink), Voluntary
1647(Tomkins), Voluntary 9 (Stanley) /
Concerto Aminor(Bach), Magnificat primi
(Buxtehude),/ Old 100th (Purcell),
Voluntary (Boyce), Aire & Gavotte
(Wesley), Sonata 4 (Mendelssohn)
|
Final
volume 4 in the Cambridge extravaganza by
OxRecs, ending our walkabout at the
University Church as guests of Stephen
Cleobury and the magnificently
restored(Mander) Hill organ
|
£12.50
|
£12.95
|
|
8553215
|
Various
|
Early
French Organ Music Vol 2
|
Joseph
Payne
|
A
Bedient organ is the tool for these
16/17th century compositions from
Titelouze, Jullien, Lebegue, Roberday,
Dumont, Louis Couperin, Attaignant,
|
Email
from a 'punk' Baptist in USA complained
that the congregation was DOWN to 2000.
Americans have resources, cash and
enthusiasm so deserve these splendid
organs.
|
£5.00
|
£5.00
|
Think
we are a bit jealous really? Only the
Lottery would get us a decent bit of
plumbing!
|
8553214
|
Various
|
Early
French Organ Music Vol 1
|
Joseph
Payne
|
The
Fisk organ is host to these charming
little French pieces from Marchand,
Compere, Japart, Corrette, and deGrigny,
1474 to 1732
|
Everyone
with even the slightest interest in organ
should build a small collection of these
discs to paint the picture of the King of
Instruments
|
£5.00
|
£5.00
|
It
is interesting that in the USA there is
great interest and a lot of cash being
put into the pipe organ which we assume
is declining in interest.
|
8550582
|
Various
|
English
Organ Music Vol1
|
Gareth
Green
|
TubeTune(Lang),
Ps.Preludes 1-3(Howells) Sonata
Op28(Elgar), Rhosymedre(R.V.W) Hymn
Preludes(Whitlock)Darwells/Song13
TubaTune(Cocker
|
Much
about GarethGreen,recitalist,composer
& teacher, and notes on tracks, but
not the Organ!!
|
£5.00
|
£5.00
|
|
8550772
|
Various
|
English
Organ Music Vol2
|
Donald
Hunt
|
Sonata2
from Severn Suite(Elgar), Old English
Tune(Parry), Cantique(Elgar),
Siciliano(Howells), Plymouth
Suite(Whitlock) 3Welsh HymnTunes(RVW)
Intermezzo/Cer.March(Sumsion)
|
A
Bradford Computing Organ was installed
for flexibility during services. It's
suprisingly good, but not like the old
one!!Try this.
|
£5.00
|
£5.00
|
Bradford
is now part of Makin, but the technology
was not totally developed at this time.
It's better now though, but accoustics
make this a very atmospheric recording.
|
8550964
|
Various
|
German
Organ Music Vol 1
|
Joseph
Payne
|
Buxtehude,Praetorius,Scheidemann,Bohm,Fischer(2o
preludes),
Albrechtesberger,Muffat,Czerny,Hummel
|
|
£5.00
|
£5.00
|
|
8550965
|
Various
|
German
Organ Music Vol 2
|
Joseph
Payne
|
Kittel,CPE
Bach, Kellner, Ammerbach, Praetorius,
Schlick, Krieger, Krebs,
Murschhauser,Walther, Buxtehude,
Paschelbel, JS Bach.
|
|
£5.00
|
£5.00
|
|
CDA66121
|
Various
|
Organ
Fireworks
|
Christopher
Herrick
|
Var.
de Concert (bonnet), Grand Choeur
Triomphale(Guillmant), Fanfare
(Whitlock), Marche Heroique (Brewer),
Toccata (Monikendam), Trumpet Tune
(Johnson), Finale Sym7 (Widor), Alleluyas
(Preston), Now Thank We (Hoviland
|
"If
you want only one CD of the Grand Organ
this has to be it. Every organ addict
will need to own so fine a product"
(Gramophone)
|
£12.60
|
£13.99
|
"Technically
sizzling"(HiFi News), "A Tour
de Force" (Penguin Guide),
|
8550718
|
Various
|
Early
English Organ Music Vol 1
|
Joseph
Payne
|
13
from the Mulliner book, Fantasy
(Farnaby), Voluntary in G (Purcell), Vol
in D (Boyce), Vol in A minor (Gibbons),
Suite in C (Blow), Intro &
Vol.(Walond)
|
34
pieces in all, oddly recorded in the USA
despite being 'English' (Oh well…)
|
£5.00
|
£5.00
|
|
OXCD
58
|
Various
|
The
Organs of Cambridge 1
|
Richard
Marlow, Anne Page,Ralph Woodward, Andrew
Linn at Emmanuel College
|
NunKomm(Bach),
Voluntary 6 &7 (Stanley), /
Sonata6(Mendelssohn), Andante Em(Smart),
Sortie Bb(L-Wely), / Sonata 2
(Mendelssohn), PsalmPr.1 (Howells),
Fantasy (Darke) / Deilig er
jorden(Sandvold), Trio(Fasch), O filiae
et (Peeters), Prelude-SonEbm(Rheinb)
|
How
many of our Organists Guilds organise
Organ Binges around a town. Wives usually
have urgent appointments! Let Bernard
Martin of OxRecs take us on a four - day
cruise around Cambridge.
|
£12.50
|
£12.95
|
"I
can heartily recommend these splendid new
CD's to you (Org Review)
|
CRCD3002
|
Various
|
Eglwys
Gadeiriol Tyddewi
|
Kerry
Beaumont
|
Fantasia(Mozart),
Adagio/Allegro(Mozart), Trumpet Tune
(Green), Emperors Fanfare (Soler),
Rhosymedre (V-Williams), Vivace (Bach),
Pastorale (Tournemire), Toccata (Gigout),
and two improvisations by Kerry on
Gwalchmai and Aberystwyth.
|
Remarkable
for its intimacy and remoteness, this
place has to be seen, tucked in a hollow
amid ancient monastic ruins. A heavily
rebuilt Father Willis is a striking
feature.
|
£12.00
|
£12.50
|
|
OXCD
60
|
Various
|
The
Organs of Cambridge 3
|
James
Martin David Goode
|
Pre.&
Fu.in G (Bach), Alleluias(Messiaen),
Serenade(Bourgeois), Paean(Howells),
Allegro(Whitlock), LeMonde (Dupre) /
Alleluyas(Preston), Pre.& Fu inGminor
(Dupre), Chorale 1 (Franck), Finale from
Sym6 (Vierne).
|
Cambridge
walkabout, part 3. But beware, these are
your dream organs. Excellent cover notes
with pictures and spec.
|
£12.50
|
£12.95
|
(BBC
Music ****) Martin and Goode give fine
accounts of music well suited to these
instruments.
|
MER
97033C
|
Various
|
The
Organ of Norwich Cathedral
|
David
Dunnett
|
Orb
& Sceptre(Walton/McKie), Noel X
(Daquin), The Dminor(Bach), Chanson de
Matin(Elgar/Brewer), Salamanca(Bovet),
BellScherzo(Lemare), Tuba Tune(Cocker), 5
Rubrics(Dan Locklair), Elegaic Romance
(Ireland), Fantasia & Fugue on BACH
(Liszt)
|
A
beautiful, centrally placed 1899
instrument by Norman & Beard
originally, though considerably altered
since. David was sub at Winchester before
coming here in 1996. Recorded for the
Norwich Festival.
|
£13.50
|
£13.99
|
|
OXCD
65
|
Various
|
The
Organs of Eton College, Vol.1
|
Various
|
12
tracks from Leighton, Vierne, Dupre,
Whitlock, Parry, and unusually Sicilienne
(von Paradis), Intrada (Grayston Ives)
and Toccata (Gowers)
|
Two
from the Snetzler chamber organ, then
onto the massive guilded tower of pipes
errected by Hill in 1886. Superb booklet.
|
£12.50
|
£12.95
|
(Org
Review)"Recording and production are
exemplary, and both discs can be highly
recommended"
|
OXCD
66
|
Various
|
The
Organs of Eton College Vol.2
|
Various
|
Allein
Gott(Bach), Pass in Dminor (Buxtehude),
Fugue on Corelli(Bach), Balletto
(Sweelink), Prel & Fugue in Dminor
(Buxtehude), Noel Estranger(Daquin),
Tiento(Bruna), Jusus Christus(Tunda), /
Christe,Redemptor(Parry), Blue Rose
(Dickinson), In Weston's Y
|
The
Flentrop instrument is a true classic
from Rotterdam's English church, dated
1773 with earlier pipes. Lower Chapel has
a big old Lewis organ which is not
appropriate to its setting but sounds
good, no less.
|
£12.50
|
£12.95
|
(The
Diapason)"The playing illustrates
the high standard of the musical
establishment at Eton. An enjoyable and
instructive pair of CD's."
|
OXCD
41
|
Various
|
The
Organs of Oxford, Vol 1
|
Robin
Kimber, Magnus Williamson, James Dalton,
David Burchell
|
Allegro,Sonata
in G(Elgar), Elegy (Thalben Ball),
Fantasie(Saint-Saens), / A Verse
(Carleton), A fancy for 2 to
play(Tomkins), Verse in A(Gibbons),
Postlude No6 (Stanford) / Sei Gegrusset
(Bach), / Prauludium (Bruhns), Suite du
1er ton (Clerambault), Moto
|
(Oxford
Today)"Players of stature and music
of quality join with some of Oxford's
most distinguished instruments, splendid
in conception, the recording is quite
magnificent" (enough expletives for
you??)
|
£12.50
|
£12.95
|
|
OXCD
72
|
Various
|
Voluntaries
and Interludes
|
Gordon
Stewart
|
From
Whitlock's 'Fanfare', through Elgar,
Hollins, Lang and Mozart to Schubert's
Marche Militaire.
|
Not
strictly within our parameters of
Christian Music, but to appease the
plumbing-lust in the heart of all
organists. This is what television
replaced.
|
£12.50
|
£12.95
|
"The
pride of Huddersfield's townsfolk. A
first class recording and virile
playing.(Choir Schools Today)
|
OXCD
80
|
Various
|
Southwell
Splendour
|
Paul
Hale and Philip Rushforth
|
Tocatta
Nun Danket(Hovland), Wie Schon
(Buxtehude), Liebster Jusu (Bach), O
filii (Dandrieu), Harmonies du Soir
(Kerg-Elert), Marche
Triomphale/Offertoire/In Paradisum/ Fiat
Lux (Dubois),
|
An
unusually varied musical treat. The
remarkable new 4-manual tracker action
Nicholson screen organ in Southwell
Minster, a very flexible instrument.
|
£12.50
|
£12.95
|
(Org.Review)
"This speaks with an impressive
variety of convincing accents. It's also
played with fine musicianship and flair
in a very wide range of mood.
|
PRCD431
|
Various
|
Organ
Imperial
|
Paul
Morgan
|
Crown
Imperial (Walton), Vol for Double Organ
(Lugge), Vol in Amin (Locke), Tr.tune and
Air (Purcell), Intro & Fugue in C#min
(Wesley), Imp.on Orlando Gibbons
(Bullock), Saraband for Easter
|
Paul
lectured in music at Exeter Uni. whilst
asst.organist in Exeter. The organ dates
from 1665 though slightly modified since
by Willis, and Harrison, high pressure
reeds in the Minstrels Gallery.
|
£12.50
|
£13.99
|
How
Priory's engineers have captured so well
an organ which evidently speaks both East
and West is presumably a trade secret.
(Org.Review,UK)
|
PRCD477
|
Various
|
Popular
Organ Music Vol1
|
Colin
Walsh
|
Cantata
29; Wachet auf; Liebster Jesu (Bach),
Gigue Fugue (Buxtehude), Vater Unser
(Bohm), Sonatina 288 (Scarlatti), March
in C (LeF-Wely), Meditation Sym1; Finale
Sym 2 (Widor), Ch.Pr. Es ist Entsprungen
(Brahms), Piece Heroique (Franck), Pomp
& Circumstance (Elgar)
|
FR.Willis
incorporated the 1826 Allen organ (not an
electronic one!) in the rebuild of 1898
which lasted till 1960 when Harrison
rebuilt with a new console. Colin came to
Lincoln in 1988.
|
£12.50
|
£13.99
|
One
of the most satisfying recitals of it's
type (OR)
|
PRCD601
|
Various
|
1897
Centenary of the Gern Organ
|
David
Bleazard
|
Piece
Solomnelle (Ibert), Chorale 2 (Franck),
Fuga a 5 BWV552 (Bach), Majeste du Christ
(Massaen), Var on Adoro te (Lef-Wely),
Incantation (Langlais), Liturgical
Sequences, Improvisations (Tournemire)
|
Massive
four manual instrument by a German who
worked with Cavaille-Coll, then settled
in Kensington to establish his influence
there. Organ desparately in need of
rebuild as a conservation of history.
Join the queue…
|
£12.50
|
£12.99
|
|
8550955
|
Various
|
Organ
Showpieces
|
Andrew
Lucas
|
Carillon
(Murrill), Toccata D minor/Fugue D major
(Reger), Aria (Peeters), Toccata
(Dubois), Benedictus (Reger), Choral 3
(Franck), La Nativite(Langlais), Scherzo
(Gigout)
|
Recorded
by Gary Cole, owner (with Pippa) of
Regent Records, quality is guaranteed. A
fine setting with an accomplished player.
|
£5.00
|
£5.00
|
Never
have space to list all the super tracks
on these 70-minute-plus discs
|
OXCD
59
|
Various
|
The
Organs of Cambridge 2
|
Anne
Page,PeterClement, Philip Rushforth and
players of Gonville and Caius College
|
Fantasia(Byrd),
Voluntary (Tomkins), Voluntary in
G(Purcell), Ps 24(vanNootdt), / D
major(Buxtehude), Vater Unser (Bohm),
/Scherzetto from O.Sonata(Whitlock),
Elegy (Ireland), All.Mod from Sym 1
(Lemare) / Sonata 2(Hindemith) ,Scherzo
|
Part
2 of the Cambridge Binge, including the
rare old Abbott & Smith at the Roman
church on Hills Road, and a couple of
continental jobs.
|
£12.50
|
£12.95
|
|
PRCD389
|
Various
|
Great
European Organs 44
|
Jane
Watts
|
Suite
for Organ, Elegy (Popplewell), Breslau
(Willcox), Vox Dicentis (Preston), Sonata
(Hoddinott), Braint, Canzonetta,
Jubilate, Chorale, Toccata (Mathias)
|
We
do not know what happened to the original
organ of 1185 but this Mander is
virtually a new organ inside some
original case and pipes,
|
£12.50
|
£12.99
|
Jane
Watts' immaculate technique and vivacious
musicianship, produces a stirring
performance." (Gramophone)
|
PHICD152
|
Various
|
Organ
Music From Beverley Minster
|
Alan
Spedding
|
Fanfare
(Lemmens), Praeludium (Buxtehude), Trio
(Krebs), Jesu,leiden (Vogler), Vol VIII
(Stanley), AND…Toccata Carrilon by
Alan Spedding
|
This
is a very special organ thanks to
Wm.Hill's sympathetic restoration as
early as 1885 of this 1769 Snetzler. In
fact the makers would be overjoyed to see
the 1998 rebuilt include a Cornet. Nice
one P & D Wood of Huddersfield.
|
£12.50
|
£12.99
|
|
CHAN6518
|
Various
|
Organ
Classics
|
Michael
Austin
|
D
minor(Bach), Jusu Joy (Bach), Toccata
gothique (Boellmann), Tr.Voluntary
(Clarke), Wedding March (Mendelssohn),
Bridal March…12 tracks of popular
tunes
|
The
ones everybody knows, all the old
favourites for the non- specialist
non-organ buff.
|
£7.50
|
£7.99
|
|
VRCD013
|
Various
|
The
Wonderful Willis
|
David
Halls
|
Fanfare
(John Cook), Sym 5 (Ist mov.){Widor},
Television March (Coates), Naiades
(Vierne), Tocatta Troppos (Witchell)
|
A
thoroughly traditional Anglican Cathedral
music career has not stopped David from
seeking his own excitingly theatrical
style of recital. The Television
March….in Salisbury C……?
Dynamic.
|
£11.50
|
£12.99
|
Reference
quality. Well Recommended. (Org Review)
|
OXCD
71
|
Various
|
Town
Hall Organ Classics
|
Simon
Lindley
|
War
March of the Priests (Mendelssohn),Grand
Choeur Dialogue (Gigout),
Postlude(Smart), Chelsea Fayre
(GossCustard), Elizabethan Serenade ,
(Binge), Andantino (Lemare), Nuptial
Marche (Guilmant), The Lost Chord
(Sullivan) 16 tracks.
|
"He
lavishes technical accomplishment and
enthusiasm upon an entertaining
pot-pourri of Romantic classics and
shameless flim-flam"(BBCmusic ****)
|
£12.50
|
£12.95
|
"…sparkling
form in a most entertaining disc of
popular favourites and some
novelties…a finely recorded disc
(Org.Review)
|
PRCD422
|
Various
|
Great
European Organs 36
|
Marie
Bernadette Defourcet
|
Trois
Pieces (Barie), 6 excerpts from 10 pieces
(Vierne), Prelude (d'Indy), Prelude
(Roussel), Fugue (Honegger), Scherzo
(Dupre), Pre & Fugue (Langlais), Les
cloches de HINCKLEY??(Vierne)
|
Marie
is a young, pretty, married mum, who is
just brilliant at the manuals, a
Professor at the Sorbonne. No, we stocked
this French recording to demonstrate the
classic tones of a Cavaille-Coll
masterpiece.
|
£12.50
|
£12.99
|
"I
have found myself returning to this
programme several times and discovering
fresh delights" (Org.Review)
|
MER
98060C
|
Various
|
Notes
Tremendous
|
Nigel
Kerry
|
Concert
Overture(Hollins), Canterbury Interlude
(Campbell), Imperial March(Elgar) ,From
Sept Improvisations (Saint-Saens),
Pavanne(Faure), From leTombeau de
Couperin(Ravel), Toccata(Mushel), Nimrod
(Elgar), Pomp & Circumstance(Elgar),
Lantana(Whitlock),
|
Nigel
is musical director at the large Roman
church in Cambridge, and is well known on
the concert and recital stage. He chose
the works here to suit the grand
instrument in this splendid old concert
hall.
|
£13.50
|
£13.99
|
|
8550791
|
Various
|
Organ
Meditation
|
Janos
Sebestyen
|
18
including Dreaming (Schumann), Oboe
adagio(Marcello), Gavotte (Gluck),
Siciliano (Bach), Toccata (Carvalho), The
Swan (Saint-Saens), Scherzo/Pastorale
(Bossi),
|
A
large selection of transcriptions not
usually heard on organ these days. Where
would you get the music anyway?
|
£5.00
|
£5.00
|
A
very good five pounds worth, as are all
Naxos discs, even if you have not been to
Szekszard!
|
724357280426
|
Various
|
Unforgettable
Organ Classics
|
Noel
Rawsthorne/ Wayne Marshall
|
Marche
Pontificale (Widor), Saint-Saens
Benediction Nuptiale, Danse Macabre,
Carrilon de Westminster (Vierne),
Valkyries (Wagner)…
|
Record
collectors must wish ill on the Widor
Toccata and Bach Dminor! They are here
too, but this is a recommended disc for
the beginner.
|
£5.80
|
£5.99
|
Bach.."hit
the right notes at the right time and the
instrument will play itself".. No
comment.
|
PRCD485
|
Various
|
Great
European Organs 40
|
John
Scott
|
Laudes
(Petr Eben), Ricercare (Ligeti),
Passacaille quasi Toccata( Sokola),
Passacaile (Martin), Ettrick Banks
(Judith Weir), Salve Regine (Heiller)
|
Sounds
like an explosion in a foreign
organ-builders workshop. Not melodic,
harmonic or anything else. I am in that
99.9% who wish to enjoy music, not be
punished by it. Others out there will
love the strident tone and music off this
Rieger organ.
|
£12.50
|
£12.99
|
|
PRCD487
|
Various
|
Great
European Organs 41
|
John
Scott Whiteley
|
Symphonie
de la Passion (Maleingreau), 4 Pieces
(Peeters), La Chasse (Widor), Pastorale
(Pierne), Toccata (Guillou)
|
Everyone
seems to have had a hand in rebuilding
the York organ at some time, but it is a
beauty both visually and musically,
especially in the hands of a top-rate pro
who has played it every day since 1975!
And we complain…
|
£12.50
|
£12.99
|
"Played
with consumate skill and commitment, it
repays repeated listening.
|
473932
|
Various
|
Belgium,
Denmark, Netherlands
|
Arturo
Sacchetti
|
Fanfare
(Lemmens), Paques (Mailly), Marche
Triomphale (Callaerts), Postludium
(Moortgat), Marche (deGroot),
|
The
small nations heavily influenced by
surrounding musical styles, produced a
vigorous yet little known ferment. Much
is captured here on Arturo's grand tour.
|
£6.00
|
£6.99
|
|
PRCD380
|
Various
|
Great
European Organs 47
|
Christopher
Brayne
|
Scenes
in Kent (Fred.Wood), Intermezzo (Bonnet),
from Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky), Soliloquy
(Moore), Theme & Var (Andriessen),
Pastorale (Wolstenholme), Scenes on the
Downs (Fred Wood), Intro & Theme
(Sumsion)
|
Certainly
an unusual selection from the Organist
Choirmaster at Bristol, to suit his 1629
"Fair great organ"(say it in a
Bristol way!) rebuilt by Walker.
|
£12.50
|
£12.99
|
"Captures
the atmosphere of the Cathedral and the
warmth of the organ" (Gramophone)
|
PRCD627
|
Various
|
Great
European Organs 49
|
John
Kitchen
|
Scheidt,
Praetorius, Krieger, Muffat, Krebs,
Kittel, Rembt, CPE Bach,
|
Considering
John's carefully chosen programme, the
organ could have been made with this in
mind. Hard toned and brilliant, it is a
pleasand change.
|
£12.50
|
£12.99
|
|
PRCD618
|
Various
|
Great
European Organs 51
|
Peter
King
|
Praeludium
(Butehude), Vater Unser (Bohm), Orpheus
(Liszt), Triptice Pastor (Guridi),
Pastorella (JSB), Fantasie (Saint Saens),
Hommage a Buxtehude (Eben)
|
No
bigger than a Parish Church, this
building is tall and responds well to the
brighter tones of this lovely Klais
instrument newly built into the case
|
£12.50
|
£12.99
|
|
CHE00832
|
Various
|
Virtuoso
Organ Music from France
|
Ludger
Mai
|
Pange
Lingua (Grigny), Pointe d'Orgue (Grigny),
Ave Maris Stella (Dupre), Verset Dedicace
(Messiaen), Grand Dialogue (Marchand,
Westminster (Vierne), Toccata (Guillou)
|
Ludger
has studied under some very familiar
sounding names before taking over musical
directorship of the largest church in
Berlin. Now he is at the Cathedral in
Essen
|
£5.50
|
£5.99
|
These
are in no way 'budget' recordings, being
as good as you will get for £13 in the
UK, just not British!
|
CDE84263
|
Various
|
Organ
Concertos & Noel Variations
|
Gerald
Gifford
|
14
pieces from Torelli, Walther, Balbastre,
D'Aquin, Albinoni, Lebegue, Charpentier
|
Prof.
Gifford had a hand in designing this
Frobenius instrument in 1980 built on the
German Werkprinzip style appropriate to
this music
|
£12.00
|
£12.99
|
Spatial
separation of sound is the key to this
type of instrument, sounds darting out
from different places.
|
CHE00822
|
Various
|
Historical
Organs of Udine & Florence
|
Rupert
Frieberger
|
27
pieces of period music of Italy.
B.P.(before pedals!)
|
Italian
instruments are always bright and full.
These little instruments in the most
splendid cases portray music of the 16th
and 17th centuries
|
£5.50
|
£5.99
|
One
for the student or enthusiast rather than
general listening.
|
LAMM097
|
Various
|
Toccatas
from Coventry
|
David
Poulter
|
Bach's
Dminor, Trumpet Vol (Clarke), Jesu Joy
(Bach), Queen of Sheba (Handel), Te Deum
(Langlais), Andante 2 (Lef-Wely),
Fanfare/ Folk Tune (Whitlock),
Londonderry Air (Rawsthorne), Toccata
(Widor)
|
Everyones
organ favourites with a few others for
interest. David is now at Chester
|
£11.75
|
£12.99
|
Lammas
is a British firm from St.Albans doing
Church music
|
LAMM100
|
Various
|
The
Gallery Organ
|
Richard
Tanner
|
D
minor/ O Mensch (Bach), Livre d'Orgue
(Pierre du Madge), Voluntary 1 (Stanley),
Fantasia (Bowen), B.A.C.H.(Liszt), Finale
Sym 6 (Widor)
|
This
is the Festival organ whilst the chancel
has a smaller one to accompany the choir.
Richard (FRCO) is the Director of Music
at All Saints, what we not so young
things call the Organist!!
|
£11.75
|
£12.99
|
|
CDE84305
|
Various
|
Full
Stops
|
Arthur
Wills
|
Marche
Pontificale (Widor), Albinoni Adagio,
Valkyries (Wagner), Voluntary for double
organ(Purcell), Voluntary in A , Echo
Voluntary(Blow), Var on Amazing Grace
(Wills), The Storm (Lemmens)
|
Notable
is the 'own brand' Amazing Grace with
nine variations ending with a fugue and
Toccata, dedicated to Jane Parker
Smith….another willing victim!
|
£12.00
|
£12.99
|
Surprised
the Barry Brunton fanclub have not bought
all these! It's a good recording.
|
14012
|
Various
|
The
Splendour of Kings
|
Stephen
Cleobury
|
Carillon
(Vierne0, Transports de Joie (Messiaen),
Tocatta (Prizeman0, Nun Danket
(Karg-Elert), Tocatta Sym 5 (Widor), BACH
(Liszt), ….
|
Evolving
from 1606, the organ was rebuilt by
Harrison in 1934 with advice from Boris
Ord the organist, who insisted that the
purpose if the instrument was to
accompany the choir, hence the great
beauty of many quieter stops and
mutations.
|
£9.50
|
£10.99
|
|
RONCD231
|
Various
|
Organ
Masterpieces
|
JohnScott/LionelRogg
|
2CD's
for £5?? Bach D Minor, Mozart Fantasia
in F, Wesley Aire & Gavotte,
Mendelssohn Sonata 3, Franck Chorale 2,
Saint-Saens Fantasia in Eb, and others
|
Disc
2 from Adam Southwell at Clerkenwell
Green has Stanley Voluntaries 1/2/3,
Handel's Organ Concerto.
|
£5.00
|
£5.00
|
The
programme finishes with Lionel Rogg, a
master of Bach, Fantasia&Fugue
Gmin/Cmin, Pass&Fu in Cmin.
|
806801CD
|
Various
|
Volume
1. Cheltenham
|
Paul
Derrett
|
25
tracks, a few pieces at each church to
give the feel. Buxtehude,Walond, Peeters,
Walcha, Smart, Gigout, Sumsion, Saint-
Saens, Howells, Ley, Parry, Brahms….
|
Job
to catch Paul in. He is Dir.Mus at the
Crypt School, Gloucester, Organist of St.
Gregory's Priory, Cheltenham
|
£11.00
|
£0.00
|
"Paul
Derrett's playing is outstanding -
imaginative…" (Org.Review)
|
806802CD
|
Various
|
Volume
2. Newcastle under Lyme
|
Paul
Derrett
|
23
tracks spread over 6 instruments - Grace,
Cocker, Lemmens, Boellman, Elgar, Salome,
Whitlock's Plymouth Suite., Langlais,
ThalbenBall, Edmundson….
|
Having
made two well liked discs for Priory,
Paul says he likes to play the things he
likes at the places he likes.. So has his
own record label of stuff even you and I
certainly enjoy. Melodic, harmonic, and
not a duff note.
|
£11.00
|
£11.99
|
""I
hope that Paul will give us more of his
superb playing and of our rich organ
heritage" (Org.Review)
|
PRCD346
|
Various
|
The
Archbishop's Fanfare
|
James
Lancelot
|
Archbishops
Fanfare (Jackson), Prel & Fugue in
Cmin (RVW), Prelude (Harris), Andante in
G (Macpherson), Martyrs (Grace), Crofts
136 (Parry), Scherzo (Bossi), Mein Jesu
(Brahms), Ch.Preludes 5,28,50 (Karg
Elert)…..16 tracks
|
Originall
Father Willis but heavily rebuilt, it is
now lively enough to support this tonally
demanding Pot- Pourri
|
£12.50
|
£12.99
|
James
Lancelot handles the instrument
imaginatively and shows the full range of
tonal colours (Choir & Organ)
|
CDE84148
|
Various
|
Popular
Organ Music
|
Christopher
Herrick
|
Cantiques
Bretons 3(Saint Saens), Toccata
'Gothique' (Boellmann), Toccata 5
(Widor), Noel Suisse (Daquin), Noel
(Dandrieu), Noel (Dubois), Deuxieme
Offertoire (Guillmant)
|
Having
been sub organist here at the Abbey for
some years, Chris is well qualified to
give us this treat on the 5-manual
monster so familiar at State occasions
|
£12.00
|
£12.99
|
Quiz.
Guess the opening track.Starts 'diddle
deeeee' and most of us play it
blindfolded!!
|
YORKCD101
|
Various
|
Great
Romantic Organ Music
|
John
Scott Whitely
|
Imp.Te
Deum (Tournemire), Menuet-Scherzo
(Jongen), Tu Es Petra (Mulet),
Hockzeitspraludium (strauss), …
|
JSW's
interpretations have received much
acclaim, especially in the field of the
French Romantics. Here are some of his
favourites.
|
£11.50
|
£12.99
|
|
CDE84140
|
Various
|
The
Mighty Voice
|
Salisbury
Cathedral Organ
|
B.A.C.H.(Liszt),
Thou wilt keep him in (SS.Wesley),
Remember O Lord (Walmisley), Prelude
Fugue and Variation (Franck), For Lo/ A
song of Peace (Stanford), Fantasia in G
maj (Bach)
|
Reckoned
by many to be England's most perfect
organ, the Father Willis here is
described as 'arresting, exciting and
alive- a tapering tonal spire of sound.'
|
£12.00
|
£12.99
|
Sir
Walter Alcock had this organ from 1917-47
and would not let it be changed. Still it
is the best.
|
DC703502
|
Various
|
Organ
Classics (Simply the Best)
|
Noel
Rawsthorne, Jane Parker-Smith
|
11
tracks (74 mins) Ride of the Valkyries
(Wagner), Pastorale (Franck), Carillon
Sortie (Mulet), Tocatta (Gigout), Sonata
Eroica (Jongen), Tocatta in F (Grison),
..
|
Unusually,
a budget compilation without too many Old
Chestnuts. And some sparkling good
playing.
|
£5.50
|
£5.99
|
|
CHAN6602
|
Various
|
Pipes
of Splendour
|
Francis
Jackson, Michael Austin
|
TubaTune
(Cocker), Trumpet Tune &Almand
(Purcell), Intro & Fugue (Nares), Nun
Danket (Jackson), Paean (Leighton),
Toc& Fugue D min/maj (Reger), Final
in Bb(Franck)
|
Not
a 'themed' record but just something to
enjoy at a good price
|
£7.50
|
£7.99
|
|
PRCD228
|
Various
|
Great
European Organs 5
|
James
Lancelot
|
Intro
& Pass (Reger), Cantilene
(Rheinberger), Ps.Prelude 3 (Howells),
Berceuse (Mathias), Sonata 2
(Mendelssohn), Passacaille (Martin),
Postlude Complies (Alain), Hymn Te Deum
(Langlais)
|
People
seem to like the Durham organ of
Willis/Harrison last rebuilt 1970 with
extended capabilities, located either
side of the Choir, the place to sit for a
recital like this.!!
|
£12.50
|
£12.99
|
|
VRCD010
|
Various
|
The
Historic Pipe Organ
|
Geoffrey
Tristram
|
Postlude
Dmin.(Stanford), Fantasie (Saint-Saens),
Humouresque (Yon), Ein Feste Burg (Karg
Elert), Fiat Lux (Dubois), Tocatta
(Gigout),
|
Cumming
organ rebuilt Willis/Compton had only a
year to go when recorded. Since 1973 an
'electronic' has sufficed till Easter
1999 when a new Nicholson was born. We
are pressing Andrew Post, recordist and
organist, to hurry up with a VIF record
of it.
|
£11.50
|
£12.99
|
This
is an 'historic' recording so you can
compare the sound with the new organ,
helped by the profits from this disc.
|
PRCDSP700
|
Various
|
Organ
Classics
|
Calvin
Hampton
|
Toccata
& Fugue in Dminor(Bach), Trumpet
Voluntary (Clarke), Sheep may safely,
Jesu Joy of(Bach),Rondeau (Mouret), Lost
Chord(Sullivan), Ave Maria (Schubert),
Panis Angelicus, Wedding March..
|
The
feeling is that you have be American to
enjoy the organs and players.Try this
budget price album and see.
|
£5.00
|
£5.00
|
1886
Roosevelt instrument at the Anglican
Calvary Church in New York
|
CDA66121
|
Various
|
Organ
Fireworks Vol1
|
Christopher
Herrick
|
Var.de
Concert (Bonnet), Gr.Ch. Triomphale
(Guilmant), Fanfare (Whitlock), Marche
Heroique (Brewer), Toccata (Monnikendam),
Trumpet Tune (Johnson), Finale Sym7
(Widor)Alleluyas (Preston)..
|
"If
you want only one CD of a Grand Organ,
this has to be it. Every organ addict
will have to possess so fine a
product" Gramophone
|
£12.60
|
£14.99
|
Technically
sizzling (HiFiNews), A Tour de Force
(Penguin Guide).
|
8550719
|
Various
|
Early
English Organ Music
|
Joseph
Payne
|
25
tracks, 9 from the Mulliner book and
Stanley, Byrd, JohnBull, Wesley's 4 short
pieces
|
Although
England is not rich in ancient
instruments, the earliest music is found
in the Robertsbridge Codex, so the
tradition is well developed by this time
|
£5.00
|
£5.00
|
Mulliner's
London collection was more for personal
use than liturgical.
|
8550581
|
Various
|
French
Organ Music
|
Simon
Lindley
|
Grand
Choeur(Guillmant), Berceuse, Epitaph,
Enfant Defunt (Vierne), Suite Gothique
(Boellmann), Toccata 5 (Widor) and
Malengreau,Bonnet, Charpentier..
|
16
tracks, 74 minutes of French favourites.
Splendid playing, super organ, great
price! With notes by Simon himself.
|
£5.00
|
£5.00
|
Naxos
are well on the way to achieving the
promised 200 albums of organ music for we
who love it.
|
CRSCD231
|
Various
|
Masterpieces
for Organ
|
John
Scott
|
Stanley
3 Voluntaries, Handel Organ Concerto 4,
Tocatta (Boellman), Scherzo (Gigout),
Franck's Chorale 2
|
Just
occasionally something really good crops
up, like a double CD at a budget price,
2hr20min, actually three organists in
full flight
|
£7.00
|
£7.00
|
|
MACCD913
|
Various
|
Organ
of St. Pauls Cathedral
|
John
Scott
|
Toccata
& Fugue in Dminor (Bach), Fantasie
(Mozart), Air & Gavotte (Wesley),
Sonata 3 (Mendelssohn), Canon in Bminor
(Schumann), Chorale 2 (Franck)…
|
A
popular selection for the non organist
and enthusiast alike
|
£5.90
|
£5.99
|
|
473942
|
Various
|
Spain
& Portugal
|
Arturo
Sacchetti
|
Tento
(Paiva), Pange Lingua (Bermudo),
Caballero (Cabezon), Batalla
(Jimenez)…
|
From
1500 to 1900 the style changed little
within Iberian music though getting
bolder. It encapsulates the Rennaissance
in a 'time-warp', interesting and
enjoyable.
|
£6.00
|
£6.99
|
|
ISIS009
|
Various
|
Organ
Spectacular
|
Martin
Souter
|
War
March of the Priests (Mendelssohn), March
Aida (Verdi), William Tell finale
(Rossini), Nimrod (Elgar), Mountain King
(Grieg), Largo (Handel), Pilgrims Chorus
(Wagner)….13 tracks
|
A
spectacular of favourite operas and
symphonic transcriptions like you've
never heard them before.
|
£12.50
|
£12.99
|
They
don't make them like this anymore..(HiFi
World)
|
WHL2064
|
Various
classical
|
Organ
Extravaganza
|
Harold
Britton
|
14.
Bizet- March "Carmen", Elgar-
Pomp & Circumstance 4, Handel- Water
Music Hornpipe, Pachelbel- Canon,
Charpentier- Trumpet Tune, Guillmant-
Grand Choeur
|
The
monthly recital on this glorious
Victorian Concert organ (Makers name on a
postcard please…) Harold takes
recitals world wide. Stirring stuff.
|
£10.00
|
£11.50
|
Unusually
rich in the Easy-to-listen-to music
beloved of our Great British Town Halls.
What a refreshing change!
|
PRCD425
|
Vierne
|
Complete
Organ Symphonies of Louis Vierne. Vol 4
|
Iain
Simcock
|
Complete
Symphony 4 & 6
|
Sub
at the Abbey, then Asst at the RC
Cathedral, Iain hed gone freelance by the
time this was recorded in 1992. Organ
built over 12 years (!) by Willis &
Sons to be opened in 1922.
|
£12.50
|
£13.99
|
|
PRCD446
|
Vierne
|
Complete
Organ Symphonies of Louis Vierne. Vol 2
|
Colin
Walsh
|
Complete
Symphony 2 & 3
|
Colin
came to Lincoln from St.Albans in 1988.
Here he put the old Henry Willis organ to
good account with these familiar and
demandig French classics.
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£12.50
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£13.99
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8553524
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Vierne,
Louis
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Organ
Symphonies 3 & 6
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Bruno
Mathieu
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Organ
Symphony No 3 in F# minor, Organ Symphony
No 6 in B minor
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Music
like this always lacks authenticity when
played on any organ but one with French
tonal qualities.An 'historical' organ.
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£5.00
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£5.00
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Naxos
should produce the remaining symphonies
in time.
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CDE84192
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Vierne,
Louis
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Louis
Vierne Symphonies1&2
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David
Sanger
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Symphony
No 1 in D minor Op14, Symphony No.,2 in E
minor Op 20
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Walker
organ registered in the Italian style, a
great compliment to this powerful music
of contrasts.
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£12.00
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£12.99
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Despite
huge crescendo's this does not tire the
listener. 3 star Penguin award disc.
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CDE84176
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Vierne,
Louis
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Louis
Vierne Symphonies3&4
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David
Sanger
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Symphony
No.3 in F#minor Op28 Symphony No 4 in G
minor Op 32
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£12.00
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£12.99
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CDE84171
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Vierne,
Louis
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Louis
Vierne Symphonies5&6
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David
Sanger
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Symphony
No.5 in A minor Op 47. Symphony No.6 in B
minor, Op 59
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£12.00
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£12.99
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PRCD591
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Walton,
Finzi
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A
Walton and Finzi Organ Album
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Robert
Gower
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Coronation
March, Henry V Suite, Prologue, Forlana,
Romanza, Popular Song, Orb and Sceptre
(Walton) Intrada, Romance, Prelude,
Carol, Eclogue (Finzi)
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Poles
apart, Walton born into privilege, whilst
Finzi struggled to the top only to pass
on at 55. Their music was also very
different so that we have to wonder how
they came together at Hereford at all!!
Sounds good.
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£12.50
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£13.99
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PRCD410
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Weitz
(Guy)
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The
Organ Works Of
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Paul
Derrett
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Symphonies
1 & 2, Grand Choeur, Sicilienne,
Fanfare & Gothic March, Ave Regina,
Priere
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Weitz
1883-1970 came from a land of churches -
Belgium, yet who has heard of his
tantalising music?The people at
Westminster RC Cathedral, as he evacuated
there as Germany visited his country in
1914. He recorded widely on 78's (what's
that?)
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£12.50
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£12.99
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PRCD489
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Whitlock
|
Complete
Organ Works of Percy Whitlock. Vol 1
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Graham
Barber
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March
Phoebe, Plymouth Suite, 5 Short Pieces,
Air, Balloon Ballet, 4 Extemporisations,
Holiday Suite.
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Although
not strictly within our parameters of
Christian Music, many organists snatch at
bits of Whitlock due to their popularity.
Hull has a wonderful hall and organ,
played by a more than capable specialist.
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£12.50
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£13.99
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PRCD525
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Whitlock
|
Complete
Organ Works of Percy Whitlock. Vol 2
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Graham
Barber
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March:Dignity
and Impudence, Seven Sketches on verses
from the Psalms, Fantasie Chorale No 1
& 2, After an old French Aire,
Pazienza, Dolcezza.
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Hereford
is a building of warm pink stone with a
cosy feel, and is therefore doubly
blessed by owning a Father Willis of 1892
which has never been radically rebuilt
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£12.50
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£13.99
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PRCD542
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Whitlock
|
Complete
Organ Works of Percy Whitlock. Vol 3
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Graham
Barber
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March:Rustic
Cavalry, Sonata in Cminor, Adagio, Six
Hymn Preludes
|
A
double surprise to me was finding out
about a massive neo- Gothic 'cathedral'
in the Mendips SW of Bath, a Benedictine
Mosas-tery, with incredibly, an enormous
John Compton 4 manual containing
absolutely everything!
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£12.50
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£13.99
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PHICD153
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Whitlock
|
Whitlock
Organ Music
|
Roger
Fisher
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Sonata
in Cminor, Divertamento (4extemp),
Toccata (plymouth Suite), Scherzo
(5short)
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Recital
given in memory of Nicholas Danby who
died the day before the performance.
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£12.50
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£13.99
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CD
DCA957
|
Whitlock,
Percy
|
Whitlock
Organ Sonata
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Robert
Gower
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5
Short Pieces, Sonata in C minor, 3 Quiet
Reflections, March: Rustic Cavalry
|
The
shy young Percy wanted Rochester, but
ended up as Civic organist on
Bournemouth's Compton, using his
intricate skill to compose for the local
Symphony Orchestra
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£12.60
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£13.99
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"With
Robert's undoubted virtuosic skills, he
produces an immensely rewarding
performance" (Gramophone)
|
CD
QS6233
|
Whitlock,
Percy
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Plymouth
Suite and others
|
Jennifer
Bate
|
Plymouth
Suite, 5 Short Pieces, 4
Extemporisations, 7 Sketche on Psalms
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Whitlock
was one of the great all-rounders of the
20's and 30's. Always essentially in the
service of the Church, he made a living
playing concerts and more regularly in
Bournemouth
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£5.50
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£6.00
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Variety
of tone and style is well handled here by
Jennifer Bate, a superb player as well as
academic.
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CD
DCA958
|
Widor,
Charles-Marie
|
Widor
|
Jane
Parker-Smith
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Symphony
5 in F minor, Symphony 7 in A minor
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The
French are noted for their love of beauty
- churches, organs, music - and our very
popular Jane Parker-Smith, in excellent
form on this disc.
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£12.60
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£13.99
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"Highly
recommended on all counts"
(Organists Rev)
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