E. Power Biggs,
Organist
 

ORGAN MUSIC OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL
Partite sopra la aria della folia de Espagna (Pasquini);Die nobis Maria (Corbezon);
Toccata in D Minor ( Seixas); Fantasia in D Minor (Carreira);
Toccata in D Minor (Frei Jacinto); Fantasia primi toni (Tomas de Santa Maria);
Paso en do major (Narcis Casanovas); La Romanesca con cinque mutanze (Valente);
Allegro in D Major (Carvalho); Verse de 8 toni per do-sol-re (da Cruz);
Tiento lleno por B cuadrado (Cabanilles);
Toccata in C Major - Allegro - Adagio - Minuete (Seixas);
ThreeToccatas: G Minor - C Major - F Minor (Seixas)

$12.00 per CD

This is one of the rarer E. Power Biggs recordings of the mid 1950's of 16th and 17th century Spanish and Portuguese Organ Music. The pipe organs recorded are those in the  Toledo Cathedral, Spain, Cathedral of El Pilar, Zaragoza, Spain, University of Coimbra, Portugal, National Monument of Mafra, Portugal, Royal Palace of Madrid, Spain, Cathedral of La Seo, Zaragoza, Spain, Church of the Incarnation, Lisbon, Portugal.  Please do not confuse this release with the History Organs of Sapin which was recorded a decade later.  The sound is superb and full bodied. 

Pierre Cochereau,
Organist at Notre Dame with
Maurice André, Trumpet
Brass & Timpani Ensemble
Dir: Armand Birbaum
Christopher Herrick,
Organist at Westminster Abbey

CEREMONIAL MUSIC AT NOTRE DAME AND WESTMINSTER ABBEY
   JEAN-JOSEPH MOURET: Sinfonies de Fanfares
   MICHEL-RICHARD DE LALANDE: Musiques Royales: Trois Suites de Sinfonies
  JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY Marche Royale

  ALEXANDRE GUILMANT: Grand Triumphal Chorus
  SIR WALTER ALCOCK: Marche Imperiale
  EDWIN HENRY LEMARE: Marche Moderne
  SIGFRIED KARG-ELERT: Marche Triumphale 
  SIR ALFRED HERBERT BREWER: Marche Heroique
  JOHN IRELAND: Alla Marcia
  LEON BOELLMANN: Finale (from Second Organ Suite)
  SIR WILLIAM WALTON: Marches (Three Pieces for Organ)

$12.00 per CD

When Pierre Cochereau and Brass plus timpani combined to play music at Notre Dame in Paris, a hair-raising musical experience took place.   The first half of this uniue CD release does just that.  Christopher Herrick gives us much of the same less additional musicians, but the ceremony effect does not deminish.  Listen to the High Quality MP3 Sample here    IN STEREO       

Jørgen Ernst Hansen,
Organist
Marcussen Organ (1944)
Jaegersborg, Denmark

The Netherlands, 17th Century Organ Music
Pieter Cornet: Toccada del 3, tono
Gherardus Scronx: Echo
John Bull: Prelude and Carol, Laet ons met herten reijne
Henderick Speuy: Psalm 118, Dancket den Heer seer hoogh' ghepresen
Karel Luython: Fuga suavissima
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelink: Fantasia
Anthoni van Noordt: Psalm 6, Heer, toon mij uw genade
Abraham van den Kerckhoven: Fantasia pro duplici organo

$12.00 per CD

Eclectic, unique, reverent, are the adjective that can be written here again with J. E. Hansen playing very special organ music of 17th Century Holland.  Few words can be added about the Marcussen Organ as is ranks very high worldwide as one of the best Baroque organs of Europe and is well recorded here.     IN STEREO       

E. Power Biggs,
Organist
Recorded in Symphony Hall, Boston on the 1949 Aeolian-Skinner Organ

BACH'S ROYAL INSTRUMENT (complete)
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564 
Six Chorale Preludes (“Schubler”) BWV 645 - 650 
Trio Sonata No. 1 in E Flat Major; Trio Sonata No. 2 in C Minor
Prelude and Fugue in G Major (“The Great”); Prelude and Fugue in B Minor (“The Great”)
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565; Bach/Vivaldi: Concerto in A minor, BWV 593
Fugue in C Major (“Fanfare”), BWV 531; Fugue in G Minor (“Little”), BWV 578
Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582 

$20.00/2 CD set

The first LP releases were in three volumes.  We have gathered them all from clean "6 eye" Columbia LPs, the best pressings of these early 1950's  E.Power Biggs, Bach recordings.  All this is from a generous customer who lent us these wonderful recordings, now to be shared with all our Biggs enthusiasts/customers and all newly transferred to CD.  

Rolande Falcinelli,
Organist
Aristide Cavaillé-Coll Organ 
at Marcel Dupré’s Home in Meudon, France

MARCEL DUPRÉ  (Volume 2) 
Nymphéas op. 54 (1959)
Scherzo op. 16 (1919)
Angélus op. 34 No. 1 (1936)
Deux Esquisses op. 41 (1945)  E minor and  B flat minor 

 $12.00 per CD

A Cavaillé-Coll organ was built for the home of Marcel Dupré's father near the turn of the 20th century in Meudon located just west of Paris.  Rolande Falcinelli plays while Dupré looks on during this fascinating 1968 recording.  It gives us the inside look and sound of Dupré's private home pipe organ played by his favorite pupil. All is played with virtuosity and zest with intimate acoustics.   
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Jørgen Ernst Hansen,
Organist
Frobenius Organ in St. Andreas Church, Copenhagen

CARL NIELSEN - Music for Organ
Commotio, Op. 58
20 Preludes for Organ, Op. 51

$12.00 per CD

Eclectic, unique, reverent, are a few adjectives of which can be thought about this organ music.  The soloist and the instrument are both perfect for this music.   The 20 preludes are revelatory in their purpose.   This an exceptional release and a "must have" for any organist who wants to expand repertoire.   High Quality MP3 Sample here IN STEREO        

E. Power Biggs,
Organist
1714 Silbermann Organ
Freiberg Cathedral

JOHANN GOTTFRIED WALTHER (1684 – 1748)
Six Concertos for Organ, After Italian Masters

$12.00 per CD

One of the last recordings made by E. Power Biggs on the majestic Silbermann Organ in the Mariendom, Freiberg Germany.  Both organ and church acoustics are in perfect match with plenty of detail, all in wonderful sound.  The Italian Masters treated here by Walther are Vivaldi, Albinoni, Torelli, Gentili and Taglietti whose influence on German composers was considerable during the 18th century.  Walther, being Bach's contemporary and close friend, is worthy of much more listening these days as both composers shared mutual musical inspiration.    IN STEREO        

Feika Asma,
Organist
C.Vatter/J.C. Müller Organ (1726) 
The Old Church (Oude Kerk) Amsterdam

CÉSAR-AUGUSTE FRANCK 
Pièce Héroïque
Chorale Nº 1 in E major
Chorale Nº 2 in B minor
Chorale Nº 1 in A minor

$12.00 per CD

To listen to Franck Organ Music on one of the most famous Dutch organs as recorded in the early 1950's is truly something extraordinary.  The performances are deliberate and reverent as Fieka Asma brings to us the more familiar Franck organ works.  We've issued this old recording as the result of many requests.  The Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony with Mr. Asma can be found in our main catalog at http://www.haydnhouse.com/HH2.htm   

Alexander Schreiner,
Organist
Aeolian-Skinner Organ, (1948)
Mormon Tabernacle
Salt Lake City, Utah

Edward P. Kimball, Organist
Austin Organ (1915)
Mormon Tabernacle
Salt Lake City, Utah

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
    Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565
    Toccata in F Major, BWV 540
    Toccata, Agagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564
SPECIAL HISTORICAL BONUS
SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN: The Lost Chord
Recorded in the Tabernacle in Salt Lake City June 10, 1927
SCHUBERT: Great Is Jehovah
Jesse Williams, soprano / The Mormon Tabernacle Choir with organ and piano
Recorded in the Tabernacle in Salt Lake City June 10, 1927

$12.00 per CD

This release features Alexander Schreiner, long-time organist at the Tabernacle in Salt Lake City.  The performances are big a rich but not labored.  The additional recordings are historical and are taken from an RCA Victor 78 rpm disc recorded over 80 years ago.  It is the 1915 Austin Organ here which was replaced in 1948 by an Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ of massive proportions.  All has been carefully transferred to CD.        

E. Power Biggs,
Organist

Recorded in Symphony Hall, Boston on the 1949 Aeolian-Skinner Organ

CATHEDRAL VOLUNTARIES AND PROCESSIONALS
PURCELL: A Trumpet Voluntary
VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS: Chorale Prelude: Rhosymedre
WALOND: Introduction and Toccata
PURCELL: Voluntary in C Major (“Fanfare”)
PARRY: Chorale Prelude: Melcombe
MURRILL: Postlude on a Ground
MARCELLO: Psalm 19; In cieli immensi
BUXTEHUDE: Chorale Prelude: Nun bitten wir, den Heilligen Geist”
BACH: “Komm Süsser Tod”
Verses from the Te Deum (annon.)
MATTHESON: Aria in E Minor
SCHUBERT: Litany for the Feast of All Souls
STRAUSS: Proccesional for Festive Occasions
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POULENC: Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani -> Richard Burgin, Conductor
Columbia Symphony  (BSO members) 

$12.00 per CD

It is always encouraging when customers provide good pressings. This time we had a choice of 3 different pressing of the same LP issue in order to make the best transfer to CD.  All recorded Symphony Hall, Boston on the 1949 Aeolian Skinner Organ.  As for the Poulenc Concerto, we fixed the pitch problems occurring near the end of the work.  Burgin, long-time concert master and assistant conductor of the Boston Symphony, conducts with the same commitment as the more familiar Munch recording of same.  
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Rolande Falcinelli,
Organist
Aristide Cavaillé-Coll Organ 
at Marcel Dupré’s Home in Meudon, France

 MARCEL DUPRÉ  
Trois Hymnes, Op. 58 (1963)   Matines, Vesper, Laudes
Annonciation, Op. 56, Nº 1, et Nº 2 (1961)
Six Antiennes pour le temps de Noël Op. 48 (1952)
Variations sur un vieux Noël, Op. 20 (1922)

 $12.00 per CD

A Cavaillé-Coll organ was built for the home of Marcel Dupré's father near the turn of the 20th century in Meudon located just west of Paris.  Rolande Falcinelli plays while Dupré looks on during this fascinating 1968 recording.  It gives us the inside look and sound of Dupré's private home pipe organ played by his favorite pupil. All is played with virtuosity and zest with intimate acoustics.   
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Virgil Fox,
Organist
Aeolian-Skinner Organ, (1947-1954)
Riverside Church, New York

CHRISTMAS CAROLS ON THE ORGAN

$12.00 per CD

This release features Virgil Fox playing Christmas Carols on the massive pipe organ at Riverside Church in New York City as recorded in 1954.  The arrangements are quite special and unique and includes the Gaston Déthier's Christmas, an  arrangement of "O Come, All Ye Faithful."    

Jeanne Demessieux,
Organist
 Ziegler Organ, Victoria Hall, Geneva (1950-1984)

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542
Chorale Prelude BWV 641l, “Wenn wir in hõchsten Nõten sein” 
Chorale Prelude BWV 688, “Jesus Christus, unser Heiland”
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major BWV 564
 Toccata in G major (à la gigue), BWV 577
Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543

$12.00 per CD

Jeanne Demessieux, long-time organist at La Madeleine in Paris was one of the first organists to  record organ music on the Ziegler Organ, once at Victoria Hall, in Geneva, Switzerland. Ms. Demessieux's Bach is uniquely lyrical, insightful and never hectic. The early 1950's mono sound is very good with some hefty low-end complementing the rest of the organ.  The instrument was completely destroyed by fire in 1884 to a degree that melted all the pipes and the impressive organ woodworks.  A best seller!  High Quality MP3 Sample here         

Marcel Dupré,
Organist
Cavaillé-Coll Organ (1862)
Saint-Sulpice Church, Paris

CÉSAR FRANCK
Grande Pièce Symphonique, Op. 17
Fantaisie in A major, Op. 16
Pastorale, Op. 19, No. 4

$12.00 per CD

The final LP transfer from the famous Dupré 1959 recording sessions.  After the first audition of this Franck Organ disc, the best and appropriate statement was, "Franck should be canonized!" This is the effect this recording can have with Marcel Dupré plying Franck on the Saint-Sulpice Organ.  It is revelatory in every way and the mid section the Grande Pièce could force tears.  As with the other two Dupré CDs below, careful efforts were employed to reduce some of the venue noises with out affecting the music and rough splices were fixed.  High Quality MP3 Sample here    IN STEREO

Marcel Dupré,
Organist
Cavaillé-Coll Organ (1862)
Saint-Sulpice Church, Paris

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 532
Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543
Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 548
Fantasia in C minor, BWV 906
Fantasia in G major, BWV 572
The Six “Schübler” Chorale Preludes

$12.00 per CD

Two more LPs on one CD from the famous Dupré 1959 recording sessions.  This is a 19th century Bach rendition on an organ that gives a "new" aural perspective of Bach's organ.  The question to be answered is, Would Bach have approved of his music played on an ultra-French organ in  expansive acoustics? You will have to answer for him.  It's spectacular in an unusual realm.   Rough splices were fixed and some of the venue noise was removed without touching the music; all this with present day digital editing. Again, a must have CD!    
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E. Power Biggs,
Organist

WIDOR: Toccata in F Major (5th Symphony)
WIDOR: Marche Pontificale (1st Symphony)
GIGOUT: Grand Chorus in Dialoque
BOELLMANN: Suite Gothique
DUPRÉ: Antiphon II from The Common Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary
DUPRÉ: Variations on a Noël
ALAIN: Litanies
VIERNE: Final (6th Symphony)
FRANCK: Prelude, Fugue and Variation
FRANCK: Pièce héroïque

$12.00 per CD

It is always encouraging when customers provide good pressings.  It this case we were able to transfer E. Power Biggs's older recordings of French Organ Music and combine them on one CD.  Most of these works were recorded at St. Paul's Chapel at Columbia University, NYC.  The Franck works were recorded at Symphony Hall, Boston and the Dupré Noel Variations was taken from a mint condition 78rpm disc and recorded at the then-called German Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts.  

Ashley Miller,
organist on the
1932 Wurlitzer Organ 

RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL ORGAN

$12.00 per CD

This will be the only theatre organ recording on this website as it is in high demand.  Ashley Miller gives splendid performances on the most famous theatre organ in the world.  It is all perfect NYC music as one customer called it,  in thunderous mono sound in a great transfer.  Most of the music is taken from familiar classical works along with some popular songs.  
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Arthur Fiedler,
Conductor
Fiedler Sinfonietta
Carl Weinrich, organ

MOZART  
The Seventeen Sonatas for Organ and Orchestra

 $12.00 per CD

This was issued in the mid 60's Carl Weinrich series of recording.  Mr. Fiedler, known far more for his Boston Pops recordings, leads an orchestra of NYC musicians in thoughtful and effective renditions of these delightful Mozart works as scored by the composer for chamber orchestra
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John Tuttle,
Organist
Casavant Frères Organ (1914)
Saint Paul’s Anglican Church, Toronto, Canada

MOZART: Fantasy in F Minor, K. 608
ROGER-DUCASSE: Pastorale
REUBKE: Sonata on the 94th Psalm

$12.00 per CD

It is difficult to convince many that "unknown" organists can offer us much.  Here we have a John Tuttle who gives us an unusual program recorded with complete dynamics range on an Casavant instrument in a very large Toronto church.  The playing in wonderful enough, near subsonic bass to challenge your subwoofer.  The instrument has that mid range presence which is similar in overall sound to the one pictured on the right at the top of this web. page.  
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Sir Adrian Boult, Conductor
London Philharmonic
E. Power Biggs

HANDEL: Organ Concertos- without opus no. (volume 3)
HANDEL: Six Little Fugues for Organ

$12.00 per CD

 Sir Adrian Boult, Conductor
London Philharmonic
E. Power Biggs

HANDEL: Organ Concertos Opus 7 (volume 2)

 $12.00 per CD

Sir Adrian Boult, Conductor
London Philharmonic
E. Power Biggs

HANDEL: Organ Concertos Opus 4 (volume 1)

 $12.00 per CD

Robert Noehren,
Organist

MAX REGER
Introduction, Variations and Fugue on an Original Theme, Op. 73
Toccata and Fugue in A minor, Op. 80
Melodia, Op. 29; Benedictus, Op. 59

$12.00 per CD

This is the second CD with the superb and sensitive organist, Robert Noehren.  He plays the incredible Frobenius Organ, Domkirke, Århus, Denmark giving us a new aural view of Reger's engaging organ music.  More Robert Noehren  a "few doors down."  
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Marcel Dupré,
Organist
Cavaillé-Coll Organ (1862)
Saint-Sulpice Church, Paris

MARCEL DUPRÉ: Cortège et Litanie; Variations sur un Noël; Carillon; 
 Lamento; Final in G minor; Prelude and Fugue Nº 1; Prelude and Fugue Nº 2;
 Prelude and Fugue Nº 3   
OLIVIER MESSIAEN: Le Banquet Céleste; Les Bergers

$12.00 per CD

TT: 78:20 

After being provided with two Mercury FR1 Stereo LPs of Marcel Dupré playing his own organ works and of Messiaen, we rushed to our production studio and began the long task of transferring these very-near-perfect LPs to CD.   Sitting to audition these first run LPs was an "limp-jawed" experience and our well-tuned and adjusted subwoofer gave us the complete full range of this recording of this famous organ.  Recorded in 1959, both albums fit on one CD.  Rough splices were fixed and some of the venue noise was removed without touching the music; all this with present day digital editing.   To hear Dupré's own music on "his" pipe organ is revelatory and these recordings attest to that without any reservations.  A must have CD! 
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Robert Noehren,
Organist
Beckerath Organ (1956)
Trinity Lutheran Church
Cleveland, Ohio

THE YOUNG BACH
   Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV 535
   Fugue in G major, BWV 576
   Fantasia con Imitazione in B minor, BWV 563
   Fugue in B minor, BWV 579 (on a Theme by Corelli)
   Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV 550
   Fugue in C minor, BWV 574 (on a Theme by Legrenzi)
   Fantasia in G major, BWV 571
   Fugue in G major, BWV 577 (Fugue à la Gigue)

$12.00 per CD

This CD features Johann Sebastian Bach's earlier organ works and played with assurance and "no flash", letting the music speak for itself resulting in religious, musical experience.   The organ is incredible and is the first USA installation by the Rudolph von Beckerath Organ Co of Hamburg, Germany back in 1956.  This recording was made in the early 1960's.    
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E. Power Biggs,
Organist
Flentrop Organ
Busch-Reisinger Museum

Famous Organs of Holland and North Germany
Organ Music of Bach, Sweelink, Tellemann, Buxtehude 
Paumann, Cornet and Koetzier

 $12.00 per CD

This CD features some of the very last recordings E. Power Biggs made in Europe.  It was withdrawn not to long after its release and  prime condition LP was provided by one of our customers for the transfer.   This is one of the most requested Biggs releases.  Several German Arp Schnigter organs are played among others.   Email us at HaydnHouse@comcast.net for a complete listing of music performed.   High Quality MP3 PRO sample here  IN STEREO   

E. Power Biggs,
Organist
Flentrop Organ
Busch-Reisinger Museum

LOUIS CLAUDE DAQUIN
 Book of Noëls:  Twelve Carols for Organ

 $12.00 per CD

The French Noëls  of the mid 1960's of E. Power Biggs and one of the most difficult LPs to find in prime condition.  Thanks to one or customers, we  were able to secure a perfect condition LP for the transfer.   As there is over 56 minutes on the LP, sonics were compressed and some deep bas was sacrificed to fit it all on LP.  Dynamics have restored and well as the lower sonics.  The transfer is a triumph.  High Quality