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Herfried Mencke, organist
Arp Schnitger Organ (1711)
Salvatorkirche, Alte Kirche
 Isle of Pellworm

J.S. BACH: Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564
DIETRICH BUXTEHUDE: Ciacone in E Minor
NICOLAUS BRUHMS: Prelude and Fugue in G Minor
GEORG BÖHM: Chorale Fantasia: Aus tiefer Not Schrie' ich zu Dir
BÖHM: Chorale Partita: Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ
BUXTEHUDE: Chorale Prelude: Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ
BACH: Chorale Prelude: Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 722

The Isle of Pellworm is located of the coast of Schleswig-Holstein in the North Sea.  The two rank organ in the Salvatorkirche is the last built completely by Arp Schnitger.  This famous organ is captured sonically by bringing the listener close to hear the voicing and pipe location in a distinctive way.  Herfried Mencke gives us superb performances by way of this LP to CD transfer. Highly recommended.  

$12.00 per CD

Calvin Hampton, organist
Roosevelt Organ (1886) / G. Donald Harrison (1935)

MODEST MOUSSORGSKY (1839-1881)
Pictures at an Exhibition (Transcribed for organ by Calvin Hampton) 
 
 
Truly a remarkable achievement in playing, sound and transfer!  The clarity and depth of this 44 year old recording is present day in all respects bringing forth a unique version for organ by Mr. Hampton.  The deep low-end bass, for example, adds a new dimension to for the imagination to take flight in new directions with the very popular music.  Hopefully you will enjoy this performance as much as we have.   

$12.00 per CD

Pierre Labric, organist
Cavaillé-Coll pipe organ, 1888, 
Basilica of St. Sernin, 
Toulouse, France

LOUIS VIERNE: THE COMPLETE ORGAN SYMPHONIES  -   VOLUME 1
 
Symphony No. 1 for Organ, Op. 14  /  Symphony No. 2 for Organ, Op. 20

Thanks to another avid organ CD customer, we now present the third in a 3 CD series of the 6 Organ  Symphonies - 10 in all - of Louis Vierne, played by Pierre Labric who was well known as an organist at the St. Ouen Church in Rouen, Normandy.  For these recordings. M. Labric plays the massive Cavaillé-Coll pipe organ in the Basilica of St. Sernin, Toulouse, France. 

$12.00 per CD

Pierre Labric, organist
Cavaillé-Coll pipe organ, 1888, 
Basilica of St. Sernin, 
Toulouse, France

LOUIS VIERNE: THE COMPLETE ORGAN SYMPHONIES  -  VOLUME 2
 
Symphony No. 3 for Organ, Op. 28  /  Symphony No. 4 for Organ, Op. 32

as above 

$12.00 per CD

Pierre Labric, organist
Cavaillé-Coll pipe organ, 1888, 
Basilica of St. Sernin, 
Toulouse, France

LOUIS VIERNE: THE COMPLETE ORGAN SYMPHONIES  -  VOLUME 3
 
Symphony No. 5 for Organ, Op. 47  /  Symphony No. 6 for Organ, Op. 59

as above 

$12.00 per CD

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

This is three LP's of organ music carefully transferred to a 2 CD set  of organ music both familiar as well as unknown to many,  Beautifully played throughout and on one of Europe's finest Baroque Pipe Organs.  

THE NORTH GERMAN SCHOOL 
DIETRCH BUXTEHUDE (CA. 1637-1707): Prelude and Fugue in D Minor
FRANZ TUNDER (1614-1667): Chorale Fanasy “Kom heilige Geist, Herre Gott”
NIKOLAUS BRUHNS (1665-1697): Prelude and Fugue in G Major
ANDREAS KNELLER (ca. 1649-1724): Prelude and Fugue in D Minor
JOHANN NICOLAUS HANFF (1665-1711?): Chorale “Auf meinen lieben Gott”
MATTHIAS WECKMANN (1619-1674): Fantasie in D Minor
GEORG BÖHM (1661-1733): Chorale “Vater unser im Himmelreich”
ARNOLD BRUNCKHORST (?-1720) Prelude and Fugue in e Minor
GEORG BÖHM (1661-1733): Prelude and Fugue in C Major
JOHANN ADAM REINCKEN (1623-1722): Fugue in G Minor
JOHANN SCHIEFERDECKER 1679-1732): Chorale Prelude “Meine seele Erhebt den Herrn”
DANIEL ERICH (?): Chorale Prelude “Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ”
GEORG DIETRICH LEIDING (1664-1710): Prelude and Fugue in C Major
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN (1681-1767): Two Chorale Preludes on “Christ lag in Todesbanden”
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN: Two Chorale Preludes on “Vater unser im Himmelreich”
NIKOLAUS BRUHNS: Prelude and Fugue in E Minor

THE NORTH GERMAN FOLLOWERS OF SWEEELINCK
JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK (1562-1621): Praeludium pedaliter
MELCHIOR SCHILDT (1992/93-1667): Chorale Variations “Herr Christ der einig Gottes Sohn”
JACOB PRAETORIUS (1586-1651): Herr Gott, dich loben wir
PETER HASSE (ca. 1585-1640): Preambulum predaliter
DELPHIN STRUNCK (1601-1694): Chorale Variations “Ich hab mein Sach Gott heimgestellt”
MARCUS OLTER (?): Canzon
HEINRICH SCHEIDEMANN (CA. 1596-1663): Chorale Prelude “Vater unser im Himmelreich”
HEINRICH SCHEIDEMANN: Chorale Prelude “Nun bitten wir den heiligen Geist”
JOHANN DECKER (1598-1668) Preambulum

$20.00 per CD

Richard Ellsasser, Organist
Hammond Castle Organ, Gloucester, Massachusetts

RICHARD ELLSASSER PLAYS THE HAMMOND CASTLE ORGAN
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR: Organ Symphony Nº 5 in F Major for Organ, Op. 42
GEORGE WHITEFIELD CHARDWICK: Theme Variations and Fugue
JOHN KNOWLES PAINE: Variations on Austria 

Around the time of Virgil Fox's "reign" at the famous Hammond Castle in Gloucester, Massachusetts (USA) another virtuoso organist made a few recordings on the massive Hammond Castle Organ.  The results were very successful and caused Nonesuch to issue two LPs with incredible detail the including deep, visceral bass this pipe organ can produce. There is very wide dynamics too.  The recordings were not completely free of intrusions however. There a few rustlings and coughs and the organ console electronics caused clicks and pops to inflict the master tape, similar to those from minor LP scratches.  All has been removed with this CD transfer thanks to digital editing.  The Widor is incredible.  To fill the CD we included two unusual works by American composers, Chadwick and Paine.  This is a must have CD.

$12.00 per CD

E. Power Biggs, Organist

TWO CENTURIES OF HEROIC MUSIC IN AMERICA
MACDOWELL: A.D. 1620 (from Sea Pieces, Op. 55 No. 3)  
SHAW: Trip to Pawtucket; BILLINGS: Chester; ANONYMOUS: Brandywine Quickstep; The Duke of York's March; Captain Sargent's (Light Infantry Company's) Quick March; The Unknown;  
General Burgoyne's March; The London March; General Washington's March 
HEWITT: The Battle of Trenton; JOPLIN: Finale from Tremonisha: Marching Onward (A Real Slow Drag)
HOLDEN: Donshier Quickstep;  BETHUNE: The Battle of Manassas 
BUCK: Concert Variations on The Star Spangled Banner; SOUSA: The Stars and Stripes Forever  

Methuen Music Hall, Methuen, Massachusetts, USA Aeolian-Skinner 1947
St. John's Episcopal Church, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
Old West Church, Boston, Massachusetts, USA C.B. Fisk 1970
E. Power Biggs introduces each section of "The Battle of Trenton."

$12.00 per CD

E. Power Biggs, Organist
Aeolian-Skinner Organ (951) 1937, Germanic Museum,  Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

BACH: THE ART OF THE FUGUE -  COMPLETE: Contrapuncti 1 through 14 
Chorale Prelude: Wenn wir in hochsten Noten sind" 
               (When in the Hour of Deepest Need)

Haydn House continues with more E. Power Biggs. This release is taken from very rare RCA 78 rpm discs and carefully transferred with noise reduction efforts not pushed to the limits.  Biggs recorded these in the late 1930's shortly after the Aeolian-Skinner Organ was installed in the then, Germanic Museum - now Busch-Reisinger Museum - at Harvard University.  The Chorale Prelude was included as it was the "filler" on the original two volumes 78 rpm release. This is priceless Biggs and is at the foundation of his vast recordings legacy. 

$12.00 per CD

Gaston Litaize, Organist
Grandes Orgues de
L'Église Saint-François Xavier, Paris

LOUIS VIERNE : 24 Pièces de Fantaisie

What a spectacular find this mint 2-LP set is!  Now on 2 CD and carefully transferred too.  All 24 Fantasy Pieces will take your imagination for a trip around the cosmos if not beyond. The famous French organist, Gaston Litaize, to whom these organ works are dedicated, plays each work with a sense of deep feeling and never rushes with this Vierne collection of short organ works composed between 1925 and 1927,  the most popular being the "Carillon de Westminster".  The sound is rich with a solid, beep bass from the organ which dates back to 1878 and has had several restorations since then.  

$20.00 /  2 CD set

Virgil Fox, Organist

A VIRGIL FOX ORGAN CONCERT
J. S. BACH: Adagio in A Minor
JULIUS REUBKE: Sonata in C Minor on the 94th Psalm
GABRIEL PIERNÉ: Prélude - Cantilene - Scherzando
Recorded at the Church of St. Ann and the Holy Trinity, Brooklyn, New York, E. M. Skinner Organ, Opus 524
LOUIS VIERNE: Clair de Lune - Cantabile - Allegro
HENRI MULET: Thou Art the Rock
MARCEL DUPRÉ: Prelude and Fugue in G Major
JOSEPH JONGEN: Toccata
Recorded in concert at the Hammond Castle, Gloucester, Massachusetts

Spectacular Virgil Fox performances in good stereo sound an beautifully transferred from LP. 

$12.00 per CD

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

MARCEL DUPRÉ (VOLUME 3)
Trois Préludes et Fugues, Op. 7 (1912) - Nº 1 in B Major;  Nº 2 in F Major; Nº 3 in G Major
Trois Préludes et Fugues, Op. 36 (1939) - Nº 1 in E Major; Nº 2 in A-Flat Major; Nº 3 in C Major 

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.  Volumes 1 and 2 of this series can be found on page 3 of the Organ Loft Collection. 

$12.00 per CD

Reginald Foort, Organist
Aeolian-Skinner Organ (1949)
Symphony Hall, Boston

REGINALD FOORT - BOSTON SYMPHONY HALL
BOELLMANN: Suite Gothique - Gothic Minuet, Prayer to Our Lady
DUBOIS: Toccata; BACH: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor; BACH: When Tou Art Near
HANDEL: Arioso; REUBKE: Finale from Organ Sonata (94th Psalm)
HANDEL: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba; HANDEL: Suite from “Water Music” - Hornpipe, Air and Coro  

Reginald Foort (1893-1980) was named staff organist of the BBC in 1936, left England in 1951, never to return. Educated at the Royal Academy of Music, became "legend among the many British cinema organists" of his time due to his incredible playing technique and choice of organ register.  This recording gives us familiar music but with powerful playing and unique organ sound.  The Symphony Hall Organ is pushed to its limits here with "new" effects, perfectly chosen and very appropriate to the music. We highly recommend this CD.  A well-chosen audio effect complements the recording with width and space added to the original mono sound which also has deep low-end bass.  

$12.00 per CD

Frank Asper, Organist
Aeolian-Skinner Organ (1948)
Mormon Tabernacle, 
Salt Lake City, Utah  

MORMON TABERNACLE ORGAN RECITAL
Come, Come, Ye Saints (arr. Frank Asper); Fountain Reverie (Percy Fletcher); In Springtime (Ralph Kinder);
Aria - Water Music (G.F. Handel); Andante Cantabile - Symphony No. 4 (C.M. Widor);
Song Tune - Pesant Cantata (J.S. Bach); Truth Divine (Franz Joseph Haydn);
Prayer - Suite Gothique ((Leon Boellmann); Reflection (Asper); Hail Star of Heaven ( Edvard Grieg)
Evening Song (Robert Schumann); I Kneel Before Thy Throne (J.S. Bach); Prayer (Asper)  

A wonderful presentation of organ music and hymns as played by Frank Asper, longtime organist at the Mormon Tabernacle.  The sound is exceptional as taken from a rare Columbia "6 eye" stereo pressing.  The musical atmosphere is devotional and meditative, revealing a sincerity of belief by way of very good music.  We highly recommend this CD.   

$12.00 per CD

E. Power Biggs, Organist
Aeolian-Skinner Organ,
Academy of Music, Philadephia
Allen Organ, Philharmonic Hall, NYC*

POULENC: Concerto for Organ, Strings & Timpani
BARBER: Toccata Festiva
Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, Conductor
RICHARD STRAUSS: Festival Prelude for Organ and Orchestra*
New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, Conductor    

Long awaited and with many requests, spectacular Biggs performances with top rated orchestral support.  

$12.00 per CD

Maurice Duruflé & Marie-Madeleine Chevalier-Duruflé*, 
Organists
Moller (1965)
Great and Gallery Organs 

The National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington D.C.
BUXTEHUDE: Fugue à la Gigue in C  
J. S. BACH: Chorale Prelude: Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel auf  
HANDEL, arr. M. Duruflé: Organ Concerto Nº 8 in A 
SCHUMANN: Sketch (Canon) in B minor  
TOURNEMIRE: Chorale Improvisation: Victimae Paschali Laudes*  
DURUFLÉ: Prelude and Fugue on the name, ‘Alain’*    

The Duruflé's, this time at the National Shrine in Washington, D.C.  This is another unique CD of organ music as recorded in the huge D.C. cathedral including both gallery and great organs. The Handel 8th Organ Concerto is arranged by Maurice Duruflé, displaying a splendid antiphonal use of both organs. The transfer is superb with outstanding stereo sound.

$12.00 per CD

PIerre Cochereau,
Organist 
Aeolian-Skinner Organ (1949) 

PIERRE COCHEREAU AT SYMPHONY HALL, BOSTON
PIERRE COCHEREAU: Triptych Symphony for Organ in Four Movements
ANDRÉ FLEURY: Modéré et Expressif
MARCEL DUPRÉ: Fileuse, Suite Bretonne
LOUIS VIERNE: Adagio, Symphony III

Pierre Cochereau, longtme organist at Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris plays music on the organ in Symphony Hall to great effect.  This is a ultra rare LP in un-played condition and secured from an avid collector here on Cape Cod.  According to the record jacket notes, all four movements of the Triptych Symphony were recorded in one take!   

$12.00 per CD

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