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London Circa 1740-- Handel's Musicians HANDEL: Trio Sonata, op 2:5; Hornpipe for Vauxhall; WEIDEMAN: Flute Concerto, op 2:6; SAMMARTINI: Recorder Concerto in F; CASTRUCCI: Gamba Sonata in G minor; OSWALD: [...]

4 Temperaments Tallis, Byrd, Parsons, Ferrabosco Phantasm-Linn 487--72 minutes This is a reissue of a 2005 recording originally on the Avie label. 'Four Temperaments' is a fanciful premise for assembling [...]

PRAETORIUS: Organ Pieces Joseph Kelemen-Oehms 691 [SACD] 77 minutes This is Volume 6 in Joseph Kelemen's series of North German Organ Masters. There is a companion series of South German [...]

Rejoice and Be Merry! Organ Music for Christmas from Bristol Cathedral Saint-Martin, Baker, Briggs, Barber, Cook, Vaughan Williams, Sumsion, Harwood, Ireland, Bryan, Shiner, Anderson, Hollins, Cochereau Paul Walton--Regent 406--78 minutes [...]

In Dulci Jubilo--Christmas Organ Bach, Konigsperger, Rheinberger, Grunberger, Merkel, Sattler, Geist--Norbert Duchtel TYX 13027--61 minutes This program of music for Christmas is played on the 2010 organ by the Swiss [...]

WHITLOCK: Organ Sonata in C minor; ALAIN: Litanies; DUPRE: Cortege et Litanie; FRANCK: Chorale 3 Greg Morris--Signum 379--73 minutes The principal work on this program is the Sonata in C [...]

CAROL: Noels Olivier Vernet, org--Ligia 104237-56 minutes Henri Carol (1910-84), a native of Montpellier, combined the two passions of his life--the priesthood and music--in a distinguished career that culminated in [...]

TORRES: Organ Music, all Bruno Forst--Brilliant 94715--54 minutes Joseph de Torres y Martinez Bravo (c1670 1738) was born in Madrid and in 1680 entered the Royal College of His Majesty's [...]

St-Etienne-du-Mont, Paris TOURNEMIRE: Improvisation on Victimae Paschali; VIERNE: Clair de Lune; Toccata; Impromptu; Westminster Carillon; MESSIAEN: Le Banquet Celeste; DUPRE: Prelude & Fugue in B; DURUFLE: Suite Petur Sakari BIS [...]

STANFORD: Organ Pieces 1 Fantasia & Toccata; Sonatas 1+2; 6 Preludes Daniel Cook Priory 1095--80 minutes The organ held a prominent place in the early career of Sir Charles Villiers [...]

COCHEREAU: Improvisations Variations on Adeste Fideles; 2 Noels; O Filii et Filiae; on a Noel; on La Marseillaise Pierre Cochereau, organ Solstice 302--79 minutes Pierre Cochereau (1924-84) was organist of [...]

VIERNE: Organ Symphonies 3+4 Hans-Eberhard Ross Audite 92.675 [SACD] 65 minutes This is the second volume in a three-disc project to record the six organ symphonies of Louis Vierne (1870-1937). [...]

GILLES: Requiem; Lamentations; Mass in D; Te Deum; motets Anne Magouet, s; Vincent Lievre-Picard, ct; Bruno Boterf & Jean-Frangois Novelli, t; Alain Buet, b; Les Elements; Les Passions/ Jean-Marc Andrieu [...]

DURUFLE: Choral & Organ Works, all Requiem; 4 Gregorian Motets; Our Father; Cum Jubilo Mass; Prelude, Adagio, & Variations on Veni Creator; Prelude on the Epiphany Introit; Fugue on the [...]

John Reading Manuscripts Blow, James, Greene, Stanley, Seedo, Reading, Croft, Barrett Riccardo Bonci, org Brilliant 94454--67 minutes John Reading (1686-1760) began his musical career as a boy in the choir [...]

French Trilogy--Winthrop University Organ PIERNE: 3 Pieces; SAINT-SAENS: 3 Preludes & Fugues, op 99; VIERNE: Symphony 2 Eric Plutz Pro Organo 7255--72 minutes Of the three composers on this program, [...]

VIERNE: Organ Symphony 6; COCHEREAU: Improvised Symphony Francois Lombard--Motette 13811--71 minutes This recording pairs organ symphonies by two former organists of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Symphony 6 by Louis [...]

HANDEL: Organ Transcriptions BEST: Occasional Oratorio Overture; Suite 1 in B-flat; Saul Act 1 Symphony; Zadok the Priest; MARTIN: Ombra Mai Fu; GUILMANT: Saul Act 2 Symphony; Prelude & Fugue [...]

FRANCK: Symphony; Redemption Interlude; Cantabile; Piece Heroique Simon Johnson, organ Hyperion 68046--74 minutes To be fair, I must confess at the outset that I am not a fan of organ [...]

Baroque Advent & Christmas BACH: Vom Himmel Hoch; 6 Preludes from Orgelbuchlein; aria from Cantata 61; Pastorale; CARISSIMI: Salve, Salve, Puellule; DANDRIEU: Noels (3) Babette Mondry, org; Eve Kopli Scheiber, [...]

Romantic Organ Arrangements Bach: KARG-ELERT: Chorale Improvisation & Fugue on Singet dem Herrn; Air on the G String; REGER: Prelude & Fugue in G minor; GUlLMANT: Sonatina from Cantata 106; [...]

Sauer Organ at St Thomas, Leipzig REGER: Fantasia & Fugue in D minor, op 135b; GIGOUT: Marche Religieuse; Minuet; Communion; Scherzo; Toccata; LISZT: Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen; FRANCK: Cantabile in [...]

MESSIAEN: Mystery of the Holy Trinity Daniel Beilschmidt Genuin 13276--81 minutes When Daniel Beilschmidt was engaged to record Meditations sur le Mystere de la Sainte Trinite (1969) by Olivier Messiaen [...]

HAMMERSCHMIDT: Motets (9); ROSENMULLER: Dixit Dominus Gli Scarlattisti/ Jochen Arnold Carus 83.377--51 minutes In his notes to this recording, conductor Jochen Arnold points out that Andreas Hammerschmidt (1611-75) is known [...]

BUXTEHUDE: Organ Pieces Marie-Claire Alain Warner 65179 [2CD] 144 minutes The late Marie-Claire Alain (1926-2013) was one of the great organists of our time and extraordinarily influential as a teacher. [...]

French Masses & Organ Works VIERNE: Messe Solennelle; Naiades; Adagio fr Symphony 3; WIDOR: Mass in F-sharp minor; LANGLAIS: Messe Solenelle; HAKIM: Embrace of Fire II Winfried Bonig & Ulrich [...]

Verses and Voluntaries Blow, Purcell, Hart, Greene, Roseingrave, Arne, Walond, Pepusch William Whitehead Regent 366--68 minutes This recording is a showcase for the 1723 Abraham Jordan organ at St George's [...]

PERGOLESI: Stabat Mater. with pieces by Sumsion, Lole, Moore, Hilton, Byrd, Ireland, Penny, Gibbons, Parry, MacDonald Oliver Hancock, org; Ely Cathedral Girls' Choir/ Sarah MacDonald--Regent 397--71 minutes Many of the [...]

OLSSON: Credo Symphoniacum; WIDOR: Symphonie Romane Georges Athanasiades, organ Tudor 7190--78 minutes In his notes to this recording, Georges Athanasiades credits his British friend Nic Davidson Porter with the suggestion [...]

VIERNE: Messe Solennelle; Symphony 1 Jeremy Bruns & John Scott, org; St Thomas Choir & Brass/Scott Pro Organo 7244--67 minutes From 1892 to his appointment as organist of Notre Dame [...]

DURUFLE: Organ Works; Motets; Requiem Kristian Krogsoe, org; Aarhus Cathedral Choir; Concert Clemens/ Carsten Seyer-Hansen Danacord 726 [2CD] 121 minutes Maurice Durufle (1902-86) was severely self critical, and his reputation [...]

BONNET: Organ Pieces, op 5 Marie Ducrot Carthagene 730540-51 minutes This is a reissue of a recording from 1974 of 9 of the 12 pieces from Opus 5 (1909) by [...]

Wilby: Choral & Organ Pieces Jeffrey Makinson, org; Exon Singers/ Matthew Owens Regent 338--64 minutes While perhaps best known as a composer for brass band, Philip Wilby has devoted a [...]

SCHLICK: Tabulatur Etlicher Lobgesang & Lidlin Schlick, Kotter, Hofhaimer, Isaac, Paumann, Kleber, Buchner Kimberly Marshall, org; Skye Hart, cantor Loft 1124--56 minutes In 1512 Arnold Schlick (c1460-after 1521), organist at [...]

PRAETORIUS, H: Organ Works Magnificats (all); office hymns; organ mass; chorale fantasias on Wenn Mein Studlein Vorhanden 1st & Christ Unser Herr zum Jordan Kam Friedhelm Flamme CPO 777 345 [...]

DECKER: Organ Pieces On This Day Earth Shall Ring; El Tigre; La Pantera; Liturgical Suite; Ave Maris Stella; Jesu, Dulcis Memoria; Golden Gates Pamela Decker Loft 1130--67 minutes This is [...]

ZELENKA: Sepolcri (3) Hana Blazikova; David Erler; Tobias Hunger; Tomas Kral; Collegium Marianum/ Jana Semeradova--Supraphon 4068--66 minutes The three works, claimed as first recordings, are among the earliest surviving music [...]

BACH: St John Passion (1724) Jan Kobow (narr), Stephan MacLeod (Jesus), Joshua Hopkins (Peter), Nathaniel Watson (Pilate); Les Voix Baroques; Arion Baroque Orchestra/ Alexander Weimann ATMA 2611 [2CD] 107 minutes [...]

BACH: Toccata & Fugue in F; Fugue on the Magnificat; Trio Sonata 5 in C; MUFFAT: Toccata 6; PACHELBEL: Magnificat Fugues, 1st Tone; KERLL: Toccata 1 in D minor; FROBERGER: [...]

SCHEIDEMANN: Organ Pieces Preludes in G & D minor; Magnificat, Tone 6; Canzona in F; Surrexit Pastor Bonus; Toccata in G; Paduana Lachrymae; chorale variations & fantasias Joseph Kelemen--Oehms 682 [...]

ROGIER: Masses, Inclita Stirps Jesse, Philippus Secundus Rex Hispaniae; Da Pacem, Domine; CLEMENS: Inclita Stirps Jesse; CABEZON: Cancion Francesca Glosada; Ave Maris Stella Magnificat; His Majesty's Sagbutts & Cornetts/ Philip [...]

Sweelinck: Organ Works, Vol. 1 Toccatas in D minor, A minor, G minor; Echo-Fantasia in D minor; Psalm 116; Fantasia in 4 Parts; Capriccio; Allemand with Variations; Variations on Erbarm [...]

Gebel: Christmas Cantatas, Volume 1 Verfolge Mich, O Welt; Gott Lob! Mein Jesus Macht Mich Rein Veronika Winter; Britta Schwarz; Andreas Post; Matthias Vieweg; Les Amis de Philippe/ Ludger Remy [...]

PARRY: Blest Pair of Sirens; STANFORD: Magnificat for Double Choir; STAINER: I Saw the Lord; NAYLOR: Vox Dicentis: Clama; WALTON: The 12; HOLST: Nunc Dimittis; FINZI: Lo, the Full Final [...]

BACH: Organ Arrangements Sinfonia from Cantata 29; Chaconne in D minor; Italian Concerto; French Overture; Passacaglia & Fugue in Cminor Hansjorg Albrecht Oehms 634 [SACD] 74 minutes In his notes [...]

PEETERS: Organ Works Concert Piece, op 52a; Aria, op 51; Suite Modale; Flemish Variations; Organ Chorales fr op 39; Elegie, op 38; Toccata, Fugue, & Hymn on Ave Maris Stella; [...]

BACH: Prelude & Fugue in E minor (Wedge); LISZT: Orpheus; MADER: Afternoon of a Toad; MOZART: Adagio & Fugue in C minor; LIDON: 4 Pieces for the Mass; GUILLOU: Scenes [...]

TUDWAY: Sacred Music Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in B flat; Is it True that God Will Dwell with Men?; Sing, O Heavens; My Heart Rejoiceth; Wimpole Te Deum & Jubilate [...]

PHILIPS: Cantiones Sacrae 1612 Trinity College Choir/ Richard Marlow Chandos 770--78 minutes As a boy Peter Philips (1561-1628) was a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral in London. Around that time [...]

GILLES: Lamentations; Diligam te Domine Anne Magouit, Vincent Lievre-Picard, Bruno Boterf, Alain Buet; Les Elements Chamber Choir; Les Passions Baroque Orchestra/ Jean-Marc Andrieu Ligia 202212--65 minutes Jean Gilles (1668-1705) began [...]