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E. Power Biggs,
Organist
 

The Art of the Organ

$20.00/2 CD set

Includes 12 photos of most of the organs played

The most requested for transfer to CD of all the Biggs recordings.  The famous 2 LP set of E. Power Biggs first and best sonic documentation of organs in England, Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.  Meticulously transferred from "6 eye" issue Columbia LP's.  The two CD set includes organ music of Purcell, Sweelink, Pachelbel, Buxtehude and Bach.  E Mail us at HaydnHouse@comcast.net for a complete listing of  contents including the names of the organs and venues.  Included are many photos of the instruments played.
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E. Power Biggs,
Organist
 
Arp Schnitger Organs
 

BACH AT ZWOLLE
Prelude and Fugue in D Major (“The Great”)
Prelude and Fugue in C Minor (“Arnstadt”) 
Prelude and Fugue in E Flat Major (“St. Anne”)
MOZART AT HAARLEM
Fantasia in F Minor, K. 608; Fantasia in F Minor, K. 594
Adagio and Fugue in C Minor, K. 546; Adagio for a Glass Harmonica, K. 356
Andante with Variations, K. 616; Prelude on the Ave Verum, K. 580a

$12.00 per CD

Two popular Biggs LP's on one CD.  The Zwolle recording comes our way from a prime Columbia "6 eye" stereo LP!  The Haarlem recording is from a mint gray "2 eye" LP release.  Classic recordings of two ultra famous Dutch pipe organs.  
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E. Power Biggs,
Organist
Flentrop Organ, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University

PAUL HINDEMITH: The Three Organ Sonatas

$12.00 per CD

Having enjoyed a long history (the mono pressing)  within the HH Collection, this recording is truly unique with superb playing and very good sound.  This CD release was re-mastered from a mint condition Columbia "6 eye" stereo pressing made available especially for transfer.    This is a "must have" for all Biggs enthusiasts.  High Quality MP3 PRO sample here  IN STEREO 

E. Power Biggs,
Organist
Zalzburg Mozarteum Orch.
Bernhard Paumgartner, Conductor

MOZART ORGAN TOUR
17 Festival Sonatas for Organ and Orchestra
Fantasia in F Minor, K. 594 - Fantasia in F Minor, K. 608
Andante with Variations,  K. 616 - Fugue in G Minor, K. 375
Adagio (Prelude on the Ave Verum) K. 580
Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, K. 546
Adagio (for Glass Harmonica), K. 356
Bells and short organ excerpts from other "Mozart Organ" Churches

$20.00/2 CD set

Includes some photos of most of the organs played

Even more rare Biggs recordings!  Taken from a Columbia "6 eye" 3 LP set which highlights another early E. Power Biggs organ tour. The 17 Organ Sonatas were recorded in the Salzburg Cathedral where they were originally performed by Mozart. The organ works were recorded in churches and cathedrals visited by Mozart during his lifetime.  This set was issued in 1955 to celebrate the 200th anniversary year of the composer's birth.  2006 is the 250th year.  
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E. Power Biggs,
Organist
Columbia Chamber Orch.
Maurice, Peress, Conductor

RHEINBERGER:
Concerto in F Major for Organ, String Orchestra 
       and 3 Horns, Op. 137
Concerto in G Minor for Organ, String Orchestra, 
       2 Trumpets, 2 Horns and Timpani, Op. 177

$12.00 per CD

One of the more rare of the Biggs recordings!  Biggs plays the 1958
Möller Organ at St. George Episcopal Church in New York in energetic performances of two Rheinberger Organ Concertos.  Peress and his orchestra back up with incisive playing. Taken from a mint Columbia LP. Highly recommended.    
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Rolande Falcinelli,
Marcel Dupré,
Organists

ORGAN RECITAL AT SAINT-SULPICE, PARIS
WIDOR: Symphonie Romane
DUPRÉ: Improvisation on a Theme of Rolande Falcinelli

$12.00 per CD

Recorded the famous Cavaillé-Coll Organ at St. Sulpice in Paris in 1971, Rolande Falcinelli plays the 4 movement Widor Symphony and Dupré plays his own improvisation. A Must!   
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E. Power Biggs, 
Organist 
Richard Burgin, Conductor
Columbia Chamber Orchestra

Recorded in
Symphony Hall, Boston

1949 Aeolian-Skinner Organ

MUSIC OF JUBILEE - JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Sinfonia to Cantata No. 29
Chorale Prelude: In Dulci Jubilo
Chorale Prelude: Rejoice, Beloved Christians
Concerto and Chorale “Alleluia” - Cantata No. 142
Chorale: Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring - Cantata No. 147
Chorale Prelude: Fantasia on “In Dulci Jubilo”
Chorale: Now Christ Doth End in Triumph - Christmas Oratorio
Duet: My Spirit be Joyful - Easter Cantata No. 146
Sheep May Safely Graze - Birthday Cantata No. 208
Chorale: Now Thank We All Our God - Cantata No. 79
Sonata to Cantata No. 182
Chorale: Awake Thou Wintry Earth - Cantata No. 129
ORGAN WORKS - from Bach's Royal Instrument LP Vol.  3
Fugue in G Minor (“Little”)
Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor
Fugue in C Major (“Fanfare”)
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor

$12.00 per CD  

This release has been long in coming as finding a decent LP was a monumental task. When this was released in the early 1950's it was a best seller. We were able to secure a Columbia "6 eye" pressing in mint condition in order to bring forth this recording on CD in the best possible sound. The Bach organ works were taken form a similar quality LP. Solo Trumpets: Roger Voisin and Marcel LaFosse; Solo Flutes: Philip Kaplan and Lois Schaefer; Solo Violin: Alfred Krips, all musicians of the Boston Symphony.  High Quality MP3 PRO sample here

E. Power Biggs,
Organist

BACH FESTIVAL

$12.00 per CD

with:
Trumpets: 
    Roger Voisin, Armando Ghitalla 
    and Marcel LaFosse
Trombones: 
    Jacob Raichman, Josef Orosz
Bassoon:
    Ernst Panenka
Timpani: 
    Roman Szulc
Concerted Chorales
conducted by Rosario Mazzeo

Recorded in
Symphony Hall, Boston and
German Museum, Cambridge

1 Now Thank We All Our God (Johann Crüger, 1648)
      Chorale from Cantata No. 79, Gott, der Herr, ist Sonn’ und Schild
2 Good News From Heaven: 3 versions: 
       Martin Luther, Val Schumann Gesangbuch, 1539
       Chorale Prelude for Organ from Miscellaneous Preludes
       Chorale from “Christmas Oratorio"
3 Sleepers Awake: 2 versions: 
        Philipp Nicolai, 1599; Ludwig Krebs: Chorale prelude for Trumpet and Organ
        (Roger Voisin, solo trumpet) 
4 How Brightly Shines the Morning Star: 2 versions:
        Bach: Chorale for Brass Quartet; Philipp Nicolai, 1599 
5 Two Chorale Preludes from “Anna Magdalena Notebook” (Brass Quartet)
        Deal with Me, Father, As Thou Willest; To Thee, Jehovah, Do We Sing
6 Three Wedding Chorales: 
        What God Hath Done Is Rightly Done (Nürnberg Gesangbuch, 1690)
        Now Therefore Bless the Lord of All (Wittenberg, 1524)
        Now Thank We All Our God (Johann Crüger, 1648)
7 Bach: Three Concerted Chorales: 
       To Thee Alone Be Glory (Wittenberg, 1591)
       Praise the Lord, Thee Almighty (Stralsung Gesangbuch, 1665)
       Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow (Louis Bourgeois, Genevan Psalter, 1551)
8 Gottfried August Homilius: When Adam Fell (Jos. Klug. Gesangbuch, 1535)
        (Roger Voisin, solo trumpet) 
9 Bach: Five Chorales for Brass Quartet
        Deck Thyself, O Soul, with Gladness (Johann Crüger, 1649)
        My Heart Is Ever Yearning (Hans Leo Hassler, 1601)
        All Glory, Laud and Honor (Melchior Teschner, 1613)
       What God Doth, That Alone Is Right (Nürnberg Gesangbuch, 1690)
       Now All the Woods Are Sleeping (Heinrich Isaak, Georg Fosters Liedersammlung, 1539) 
10 A Mighty Fortress Is Our God: 2 versions - (Martin Luther; Jos. Klug. Gesangbuch, 1535)
11 Bach/Vivaldi: Concerto in A minor, BWV 593

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E. Power Biggs,
Organist

Historic Organs of France
Buxtehude at Lüneburg

$12.00 per CD

Two more popular Biggs LP's on one CD!   The French organs music is played on two Silberman organs; at the Abbey Churches of Marmoutier and Ebersmunster.  The Buxtehude was recorded on the 1550 "Böhm Organ" at the Johanneskirche in Lüneburg, Germany.  The sound of the closely miked positiv stop has been vastly improved and better balanced with the rest of this magnificent instrument.  E Mail us at haydnhouse@comcast.net for contents.  Superb transfers from mint LP's.   High Quality MP3 PRO sample here  IN STEREO

E. Power Biggs,
Organist

Historic Organs of Italy 
Historic Organs of Spain

$12.00 per CD

Both popular LP's on one CD!   Some of the unusual pipe organ sounds  ever recorded. E Mail us at haydnhouse@comcast.net for contents.  Masterfully transferred from mint LP's  
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Maurice Duruflé and
Marie- Madeleine* Duruflé-Chevalier, 
Organists

Casavant Organ
St. Joseph's Church
New Bedford, Massachusetts,
USA

JS BACH:  Prelude and Fugue in D Major*
COUPERIN: Récit de Tierce en Taille
CLÉREAMBAULT: Récit de Nasard
BUXTHUDE: Fugue in C Major
BRAHMS: Two Chorale Preludes
    Oh, que vous êtes heureux, vous qui êtes pieux 
    Ardement J'aspire à une fin heureuse
FRANCK: Chorale Nº 3 in A Minor
TOURNEMIRE: Fantaisie on Ave Maris Stella
DURUFLÉ: Prelude in E Flat Major
DURUFLÉ: Prelude and Fugue on the Name ALAIN*
DAQUIN: Le Coucou*
DUPRÉ: Première Esquisse, Op. 41 (1945)*
DUPRÉ: Variations sur un vieux Noël*

$19.95 per CD

Recorded "live" in concert on December 7, 1971 at St. Joseph's Church, New Bedford, Massachusetts, The Duruflé's give us exciting performances of mostly French organ repertoire.  This comes to you highly recommended.  This one of our own recordings. 
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