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Additional copies of Hazel's Story are on the way!
Discover all of Hazel's story in this dynamic documentary release in hi-res Blu-ray format! Includes a 49-minute documentary, a live Q&A session with Hazel stakeholders and the restoration team, and Highlight reels of the Year of "Hazel."
The Hazel Wright Organ is an icon of the musical world with a unique history. This is her story.
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First commercial recording of the newly restored Hazel Wright Organ.
Few pipe organs in history have received as much attention as the iconic "Hazel," the organ of Christ Cathedral (Garden Grove, CA), formerly the Crystal Cathedral. David Ball's performance takes full advantage of this "King of Instruments'" potential. With more than 17,000 pipes, 300 stops and 300 ranks, Hazel plays from all four corners of the Christ Cathedral building give listener's a "surround sound" experience.
See also G-49338 "Hazel Is Back!" with Emma Whitten on the Hazel Wright organ.
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Few pipe organs in history have received as much attention as the iconic "Hazel," the organ of Christ Cathedral (Garden Grove, CA), formerly the Crystal Cathedral. David Ball's performance takes full advantage of this "King of Instruments'" potential. With more than 17,000 pipes, 300 stops and 300 ranks, Hazel plays from all four corners of the Christ Cathedral building give listener's a "surround sound" experience.
See also G-49337 "The Hazel Wright Organ," available on this website.
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The Hazel Wright Organ book is now available for purchase directly from Christ Cathedral Gift Shop. Note the web address here:
https://www.christcathedralcalifornia.org/new-hazel-wright-organ-recordings/
Few pipe organs in history have received as much attention as the iconic Fratelli Ruffatti instrument dedicated in May, 1982. This 178-page book tells the story leading up to the recent restoration following the Dioceses of Orange's acquisition. The content, by David Crean, describes the organ's history and the cathedral's music programming, highlighted by historical photographs, interviews with key players, and complete organ specifications, plus a list of
all concert programs and performers from 1982-1998.
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The 25th anniversary of the installation of the 1911 Murray M. Harris organ at Saint James is the occasion for this double-album. Acclaimed recitalist Todd Wilson demonstrates the Harris organ's exceptional range of colors and dynamics. Extensively restored and rebuilt in 1995, the Harris organ at Saint James shows why he is often called "the Father of Organ building in the West." Harris built the instrument at St James. Todd Wilson's substantial program demonstrates the full range of colors and dynamics of this instrument -- in its first commercial recording.
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Organ music for two, vol 5
Elizabeth and Raymond Chenault
Cathedral of St Philip (Atlanta)
World Premiere Recordings!
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Internationally acclaimed recitalist Kimberly Marshall performs a musical celebration of Notre Dame (Paris) on the largest mean-tone organ in the world, the North German Baroque organ in Gothenburg, Sweden. Schola Gothia, the renowned women's choir, joins her in music honoring the Virgin Mary.
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and to see the booklet!
A prominent element in the shared culture of cities of the Hanseatic
League were the pipe organs. Jonathan Moyer begins a series on these
remarkable instruments in Lubeck, on an organ
with pipework from the mid-1400s. Expanded by Stellwagen in 1637, the
"north" organ in St Jakobi was an important model in the revival of
historical styles of organ building in the 20th century.
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Part a series of concert recordings celebrating 50 years of the Flentrop organ at Saint Mark's Cathedral (Seattle). This concert explores works
from Bach's earliest days through the end of his time in Weimar. Major works on this program include the Chorale Partita: "O Gott, du frommer
Gott", The "Gigue" G major Fugue, the Prelude and Fugue in F minor (BWV 534), and the Prelude and Fugue in A minor (BWV 543).
Fanfare: "A major release, superbly recorded."
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Superior NEW review in The American Organist, October 2022!
Part a series of concert recordings celebrating 50 years of the Flentrop organ at Saint Mark's Cathedral (Seattle). Major
works on this program include the Prelude and Fugue in C minor
("Arnstadt"), Toccata and Fugue in D minor ("Dorian"), Fantasie and
Fugue in G minor (BWV 542), Fugue on the Magnificat and three large
"Leipzig" chorales.
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The first recording of Richards-Fowkes Opus 16 in Goodson Chapel at Duke University Divinity School! The chapel space presents a warm acoustical environment, allowing the organ to project a solid but unforced sound. The new organ is a gem among the extraordinary collection of organs at Duke.
Rakich is known for creative programming and this recording includes many unusual pieces, such as a Mendelssohn Prelude and Fugue (transcribed), the famous Concertino in D by Chaminade with Wendy Rolfe, flute, three new toccatas by James Woodman, and more.
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This fifth volume in the series Decker Plays Decker includes the premier recording of "The Seven Last Words and Triumph of Christ" - played by Doug Cleveland. Edward Landin Senn plays Decker's Praeludium and Decker plays her own Fantasy on the name of Roy Andrew Johnson. Also included is a beautiful "Meditation" by Decker's husband, Ken Yukl. All performance on the Flentrop organ of Saint Mark's Cathedral (Seattle).
Decker's playing in awe-inspiring, commanding, and exhilarating." -- Fanfare
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Composer Pamela Decker performs another program of her highly acclaimed work! This time she is joined by Faythe Freese, who plays "The Freese Suite" which was commissioned and dedicated to her. Both organists were recorded on the great 4M/58-stop Flentrop organ of St. Mark's Cathedral, Seattle. With six seconds of reverberation and 24-bit-recording technology, these CDs are audiophile gems as well as world-premiere recordings!
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"The organ is magnificent, featuring generous scaling resulting in broad and powerful principal stops and singing flutes. The marriage of performer, organ, room, and repertoire is triumphant." - The Living Church.
This recording documents a recital given on the Brombaugh organ of Christ Church Parish, Tacoma, Washington. The program features works by composers known to Bach, including Brunckhorst, J. Praetorius, Pachelbel, Buxtehude, C.P.E. Bach, and J.S. Bach himself. Christ Church is a concrete building with generous acoustics, and one of the best settings ever for a Brombaugh organ.
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Scott Dettra plays a varied program on the Anglo-American Classic organ of Church of the Incarnation (Dallas). Formerly organist of the Washington National Cathedral, Dettra is acclaimed as one of America's leading concert organists.
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Robert Parkins plays the newly renovated 1932 Aeolian organ at Duke - the last built by this builder and their only organ of this size and significance built for a church. His unusual program includes American works influenced by German Romantic, jazz and blues traditions.
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Anne Laver explores works about celestial light, with examples from a wide variety of styles, including the rarely heard Fantasy and Fugue by Heinrich Reimann. Played on the large Paul Fritts organ at St Joseph Cathedral in Columbus, OH.
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The first recording of the Fisk organ at Pomona College is presented by William Peterson, Pomona College Organist, Emeritus. Peterson's program includes a number of works with Pomona College connections, including pieces by John Cage, Karl Kohn and Tom Flaherty. Also included are several works from "Voices of Christian Sorrow", a large collection dedicated to heroes of WWI.
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Robert Bates performs selections from Attaingnant's compilation of dances and chansons on an organ with the oldest playing facade pipes in France (1568).
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The iconic Walt Disney Concert Hall organ's rich textures are demonstrated in this dramatic program by Daryl Robinson. Included are world premiere recordings by Aaron David Miller, Jeffrey Brillhart, David Briggs, Jason Roberts and George Baker. Made by Glatter-Gotz and Manuel Rosales, the Disney Hall organ is heard here in its first commercially available recording.
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This recording is the fourth of a series celebrating 50 years of the Flentrop organ at Saint Mark’s Cathedral in Seattle. Mel Butler, Canon Musician Emeritus of Saint Mark’s performs in recital!
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The first recording of Georg Böhm's (Boehm, Bohm) complete organ works performed on a large, four-manual organ, similar to the Schnitger organs in Hamburg that inspired his stylistically diverse compositions. Later Boehm became mentor to the young J.S. Bach in Luneburg.
This product includes a free YouTube hosted video by the Davidsson Organ and Dance Collaborative. For details on this video and its role in the performance of this CD collection, see the article in the on-line PDF booklet.
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The Complete Organ Works of Correa de Arauxo---the first recording of hiss complete works in the New World. Using three 17th-century organs in Oaxaca, Mexico and two new organs in Spanish Baroque style in California, Robert Bates offers new insights in this neglected organ repertoire. Five CDs, and a 120 page full color book, in both Spanish and English.
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This first solo release by Raymond Chenault, is performed on the Buzard organ of All Saints’ Episcopal Church (Atlanta) and features 19th and 20th century French, Belgian and Dutch organ works.
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Concert performances by David Dahl on the Fritts organ of Pacific Lutheran University! Honored as Distinguished Alumnus by PLU and awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the Organ Historical Society, Dahl has been an influential organist, teacher and advocate for the organ. Includes Guilmant's Symphony (with the PLU Orchestra)!
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The third in a series celebrating 50 years of the Flentrop organ at Saint Mark's Cathedral in Seattle! Trumpeter Fred Sautter and organist Roger Sherman team up to play both famous and infamous works for trumpet and organ. "The Prince of Denmark", Purcell Trumpet Voluntary and the theme from Masterpiece Theatre are all here, along with famous solo works for organ: Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, the "Little" G minor Fugue, and Franck's Chorale in E major. Also included is William Albright's "Jericho: Battle Music"---a dramatic work for trumpet and organ which is infamous for the virtuosity required of both players.
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The second in a series celebrating 50 years of concert recordings of the Flentrop organ at Saint Mark's Cathedral (Seattle) features the current Canon for Music, Michael Kleinschmidt. His program includes several works played by E. Power Biggs in the inaugural recitals.
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A monumental achievement---Colin Andrews is one of only a handful of organists that has recorded Messiaen's complete works for organ. This recording is also the first of Messiaen's complete works to be recorded on American organs, both built by C. B. Fisk. "Andrews is a master at capturing the grandeur, spaciousness and reverence of this music, and he offers new and compelling interpretations. He is not afraid to explore what Messiaen himself described as ‘extremely delicate variations of rhythm and tempo’ – inflections that are intensely personal, impossible to notate or replicate and are frequently captivating. The enormous variety of touches called for across the cycle are worthy of mention, most notably a wonderfully smooth legato...The recording quality is excellent, with Roger Sherman from Loft expertly negotiating the challenge of recording organs in resonant rooms, balancing clarity with spaciousness...Highly recommended." - Sydney Organ Journal
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Intended as his final major work for organ, Messiaen's "Meditations on the Mystery of the Holy Trinity" is the culmination of his lifetime work as a composer for the organ. Begun as a set of improvisations celebrating the renovation of the organ at Trinity (and the church's 100th anniversary), "Meditations" employs new musical languages to explore the mysteries of Christian faith. (Part of The Complete Organ Works of Olivier Messiaen by Colin Andrews, LRCD-1163)
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"Livre du Saint Sacrement" is a summation of Messiaen's musical and theological persona, a statement of faith and a profound summary of his entire organ "oeuvres". Here he employs the significant compositional techniques of his life's work: modes of limited transposition, Hindu rhythms, Greek rhythms, plainsong, birdsong, "communicable language", and serialism. These elements are used to explore the mysteries of Christian faith, in this, his most massive work for organ. (Part of The Complete Organ Works of Olivier Messiaen by Colin Andrews, LRCD-1163)
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Messiaen's Livre d'Orgue (1951) is a technical tour de' force, demonstrating his complete mastery of Viennese serial technique, while also incorporating complex Hindu rhythmic formula and bird songs. In addition there are several popular early works, "The Celestial Banquet" and "Apparition of the Eternal Church," and three recently discovered pieces that have been rarely heard. (Part of The Complete Organ Works of Olivier Messiaen by Colin Andrews, LRCD-1163)
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Although most pieces in Bach's Orgelbuchlein are short-form works they are anything but unsophisticated. Packed with imaginative approaches to setting chorale melodies, this set of virtuosic gems is worthy of repeated hearings.
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Following a disastrous fire, Somers Congregational Church (Somers, CT) rebuilt their church and commissioned a new Richards-Fowkes organ The organ and acoustics are perfect for chamber music and intimate performances of organ solo literature.
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The first recording made on the new Richards-Fowkes organ in Handel's parish church in London! Kimberly Marshall plays a program of Handelian themes, and Bach. The new organ is the first American-built instrument in London.
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World Premiere Recordings! The Chenaults play newly commissioned works for two in their fourth volume on Gothic. Every work is a world premiere recording on this disc. This recording features the Aeolian-Skinner organs at the Washington National Cathedral, and at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Amarillo, TX.
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Regarded as having one of the most beautiful organ cases in the world, the 1738 Christian Müller organ at the Bavokerk in Haarlem speaks nobly into one of the great acoustical environments of Europe. With 60 speaking stops, it was the largest organ in the world when built. Played on by Handel, the ten-year-old Mozart, Mendelssohn and countless other musicians over the past 275 years, this instrument continues to impress those fortunate enough to hear and play it. Grammy Award winner Jonathan Dimmock has recorded more than 35 CDs and concertized extensively on six continents. This recording features some of Bach's most popular works, including the famous Toccata in d minor.
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Following the success of the first two volumes, composer Pamela Decker performs another program of her highly acclaimed work. Decker's definitive recordings were both made on the great 4M/58-stop Flentrop organ of St. Mark's Cathedral, Seattle. With six seconds of reverberation and 24-bit-recording technology, these CDs are audiophile gems as well as world-premiere recordings!
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Douglas Cleveland plays in this first recording of the newly renovated1928 E. M. Skinner organ of Rockefeller Chapel at the University of Chicago. With the new renovation by Schantz, and a new opening for tonal egress, the organ now speaks more persuasively into the room. This is the instrument that Marcel Dupré used to teach his American students in the 1950s.
Cleveland plays French and English music of the era, plus two new works dedicated to him.
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Colin Andrews, a large Fisk organ, and the acoustics of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Greenville, NC, are the ideal ensemble for Messiaen’s most popular organ work, the Ascension Suite, and his evocative Mass for Pentecost. (Part of the Complete Organ Works of Messiaen by Colin Andrews -- LRCD-1163)
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This unusual recording celebrates 30 years of Joan Lippincott's Bach recordings on Gothic, and includes her own dazzling transcription of the Bach/Vivaldi concerto for four harpsichords.
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Scott Dettra presents a program of large-organ favorites on this, the final recording of the Washington National Cathedral's Great Organ.
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This recording brings together a splendid tapestry of music from the Franco-Belgian tradition, including traditional Gregorian chant, monody from the Notre Dame Conductus which flourished in Paris circa 1200, and the medieval "Messe de Tournai." This music is paired with the excerpts from the Pentecost Mass for organ by Olivier Messiaen, the 20th century Roman Catholic mystic; also Messiaen's choral motet, "O Sacrum Convivium," and music from the Cathedral's 53-bell carillon.
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Music from Organists and Choirmasters at the Washington National Cathedral from 1907 to 2007.
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Dan Locklair is one of America's most widely performed composers. His music has been performed at Presidential inaugurations and funerals, and he was named Composer of the Year by the American Guild of Organists. Marilyn Keiser has long been a champion of his organ music and presents here the definitive performances of his most popular works.
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After a wait of over eighty years, the vast tonal palette of The Philadelphia Orchestra is joined, once more, with the world’s greatest symphonic pipe organ for this historic concert! Recorded live, September 27, 2008. Includes Joseph Jongen's Symphonie concertante, which was commissioned for the Wanamaker organ and the Philadelphia Orchestra in the 1920's, but never performed together until this "Grand Celebration".
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Recorded live at the concert marking The Wanamaker Organ Centennial, Peter Conte and Symphony in C play large-scale works for organ and orchestra.
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Buxtehude's visit with Arp Schnitger in Hamburg in 1687 began an association that lasted for many years and resulted in the building of the four-manual organ at the Cathedral in Lùbeck, as well as modifications to the organ at Saint Marien. Hans Davidsson explores the encounter between Buxtehude and Schnitger using the four-manual organ in Gothenburg, Sweden in this final volume of the complete works of Buxtehude.
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Each of the seven movements of this powerful work presents a musical and theological statement, expressed in Messiaen’s unique musical vocabulary. The haunting opening creates a mystical, mantra-like atmosphere that lays the path for an hour of extraordinarily compelling music. Colin Andrews, a large Fisk organ, and the acoustics of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Greenville, NC, are the ideal ensemble for Messiaen’s mystical masterpiece. (Part of the Complete Organ Works of Messiaen by Colin Andrews -- LRCD-1163)
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Under the artistic direction of Douglas Mears, this massive musical ensemble of 300 singers with full symphony orchestra has created a beautifully produced recording with imaginative orchestrations and arrangements. Herald in the season with the Fairfax Choral Society and Orchestra's first release on Gothic!
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Christmas carols on a grand scale! Under the dazzling fingers of organist Peter Richard Conte, the world's largest musical instrument teams up with Philadelphia Brass in this program of Christmas favorites. A sonic spectacular!
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In 1723, J. S. Bach dedicated this organ with a concert featuring his choir from St. Thomas Church in Leipziag and his wife, Anna Magdalena, as soloist. The organbuilder Hildebrandt achieved an unusually high variety and quality of tone for an instrument of this size, earning him Bach's lifelong admiration, and later his collaboration on larger projects, particularly the large Hildebrandt organ in Naumburg.
This is the only recording of one of the few extant organs played by Bach, largely in its original condition!
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The first solo recording of the Watjen Concert Organ at Seattle’s Benaroya Hall! Carole Terry puts the new Fisk organ through its paces in a varied program of works by Mendelssohn, Sweelinck, Bach, Albright, Stanley, Schumann, Vierne
and Widor.
“Carole Terry is a musician's musician who plays with great elegance, but also, when needed, with fire.” — THE AMERICAN ORGANIST
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Scored for organ (or pedal clavichord), the Bach trio sonatas can be played on a variety of instruments, as Christa Rakich demonstrates in this imaginative program. Six different organs, six different organ builders, and an assortment of period chamber music instruments are used on this double-CD set!
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Olivier Messiaen’s French-Catholic mysticism is reflected in his unique musical vocabulary—it forms the basis of one of the most important organ repertoires of the twentieth century. His “Nativity Suite” is one of the most popular of his early organ works, offering musical meditations on the themes and characters of the Christmas story. Also included is the premiere recording of Lionel Rogg’s "Hommage à Messiaen". Acclaimed organist Colin Andrews presents his own musical homage for the centenary of Messiaen’s birth (2008). (Part of the Complete Organ Works of Messiaen by Colin Andrews -- LRCD-1163)
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Bach's prelude and fugue compositions reached an extraordinary peak of sophistication and virtuosity during his tenure as court organist in Weimar (1708-1717). Joan Lippincott plays the Paul Fritts organ in a highly reverberant room that is not unlike the court chapel in Weimar.
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Munetaka Yokota—researcher, designer, and organ builder at GOArt (the Göteborg Organ Art Center) at Göteborg University, Sweden—designed the organ at Korea National University of Arts (K'Arts) according to the style of Arp Schnitger and based on the extensive Schnitger research done by GOArt. Yokota especially modeled this organ after an example of Schnitger's in Charlottenburg (Berlin), which demonstrates some significant differences from Schnitger's North German instruments.
K'Arts organist Ja kyung Oh is director of the Early Music Institute at K'Arts.
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This recording documents a recital given by Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra on the Martin Pasi organ of Trinity Lutheran Church in Lynnwood, WA. Compositions of J. S. Bach were organized by the liturgical year, and interspersed with Ruiter-Feenstra's own improvisations. Based on ideas found in Bach’s works and stemming from genres he most commonly used, her improvisations create new works using Bach’s compositional processes. In her roles as artist and teacher, Ruiter-Feenstra is a major advocate of improvisation and performance on historically-based instruments.
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The chorale “Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern” (“How brightly shines the Morning Star”) is presented on this CD in a wide variety of musical styles, along with other hymns, anthems and voluntaries for the season of Epiphany. J. Melvin Butler directs the cathedral choir in this program of familiar–and unusual–works.
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The first recording of the Fritts organ at St. Joseph Cathedral, Columbus, Ohio! Dedicated in December, 2006, this organ took more than two years to construct, consists of about 5,000 pipes, and ranks as one of the largest mechanicalaction organs in the United States. Gothic artist Douglas Cleveland, director of music at Plymouth Congregational in Seattle, “pulls out all the stops” in the organ’s vast tonal palette. The CD starts with a Battalia for the horizontal trumpet stop (located inside the pedal towers).
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Drawn by reports of the acclaimed organist of the Mariankirche in Lübeck, Dieterich Buxtehude, the 20-year old J. S. Bach traveled almost 300 miles to hear Buxtehude’s music first hand. On the second in our three-volume set of the complete organ works of Buxtehude, Hans Davidsson plays the ground-breaking repertoire that was known to Bach and his circle, and which may have influenced his musical compositions and performance.
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