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| Critically Acclaimed Recording! Karel Paukert performs a mostly Italian program on an Italian-inspired organ, bringing full meaning to the aptly chosen title. Paukert’s choice of repertoire spans three and a half centuries, and all are beautifully sounded through the 1986 Gerhard Hradetzky organ. Click to read what critics are saying about this fine recording. $14.98 |
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| Puccini, operatic master and organist, not only knew both of these organs, but played and signed them both. Liuwe Tamminga shows another side to Puccini and two wonderful organs. $16.98 |
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| Excellent playing and obvious enthusiasm for operatic literature mark this enjoyable recording of overtures by Rossini on the 1821 Fratelli Serassi organ, Op. 384 in Caluso. $11.98 |
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| Although Johann Christoph Pez (1664-1716) was born and died in Germany, he was heavily influenced by the music of Italy. Laura Cerutti performs her own transcriptions and reaarangements of Pez's orchestral music. Cerutti performs on the 1785/87 Holzhey organ at Weissenau Kirche, Ravensburg, Germany. The instrument was restored in 1989. $15.98 |
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Frescobaldi’s Fiori Musicali in Italy! Playing from a new score by Wayne Leupold Editions, Calvert Johnson surveys the great work of Frescobaldi.$14.98 |
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OHS Member Kimberly Marshall not only plays works of J. S. Bach specifically influenced by Italians, but also plays works of Frescobaldi, whom Bach studied. Marshall plays the 1984 Fisk Organ (Opus 85) at Stanford University's Stanford Memorial Church in Palo Alto, California. The four manual organ can be played in equal-temperament or in one-fifth comma meantone. $14.98 |
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| Extremely limited supply! "The Renaissance" At St. Mary’s Cathedral in Spilimbergo on the 1524 Vicentino organ reconstructed in 1981 by Gustavo Zanin, Massimo Nosetti elegantly plays works of the Italian Renaissance by composers Antico, Cavazzoni, Diruta, Gabrieli, Frescobaldi and others. $15.98 |
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| Vincent Boucher plays Wilhelm Opus 129 in Italian Style $15.98 |
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| Jack Mitchener Plays the Salem Tannenberg On the 1799 Tannenberg in Winston-Salem, Jack Mitchener makes the first recording of Graun's Concerto in g, and also plays J.S. and C.P.E. Bach and several others. $14.98 |
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| The Harpsichord in 18th-Century Venice Works of Vivaldi, Marcello, Galuppi, Turrini, Grazioli and others performed by virtuoso Michele Barchi in the sumptuous context of contemporary architecture beautifully filmed by Federico Savio. $22.50 |
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| Catherine Todorovski played for the 1999 OHS Convention in Montreal and became an instant favorite of the 400 in attendance. Her playing is both graceful and exciting, vastly musical and virtuosic. Her program of works in Italian style is wonderfully rendered on a beautiful 2m organ built in the Italian style in 1993 by Karl Wilhelm and now for sale, recorded in a fine acoustic. The Gherardeschi and anonymous works have been discovered and/or published within the past two decades by Umberto Pineschi. Click picture for repertoire $15.98 |
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| The only full-size Italian Baroque organ in North
America is owned by the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, and installed in the
Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester in 2005. Hans Davidsson, David Higgs,
and William Porter play. The CD booklet presents a history of the organ, characteristics of the music
and the organ, and decisions made in its restoration. $14.98 |
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| A bouquet of Baroque flowers from Italy and Germany is played by Roland Muhr on the historic Bavarian organ in the former Cistercian monastery in Fürstenfeld near Munich. Built by Johann Fux, the 27-stop organ was finished in 1736 and is now restored. FRESCOBALDI: from Fiori Musicali — Toccata avanti la Messa della Madonna; Kyrie; Canzona dopo l’Epistola; Ricercare dopo il Credo; Toccata avanti il Ricercare; Ricercare; Toccata per l’Elevatione J. C. F. FISCHER: from Musikalischer Blumenstrauss — Prelude 1 (Doric); Prelude 8 (Hypomixolydian) JOHANNES SPETH: from Musikalische Blumen-Felder — Ten Toccatas $14.98 |
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| The works presented in this 2-CD set were composed expressly for Milan Cathedral or in its cultural environment and are performed here by the Cathedral musicians. Some of the scores, kept in the Choir archive, are still handwritten, and represent six centuries of uninterrupted musical tradition. The cathedral had an organ as early as the 14th-century and the choir had its beginnings in the early 15th century. By 1938, there were seven organs, playable as one, comprising 15,350 pipes. One CD is devoted entirely to organ works (some for multiple organs, such as the Bossi piece) and the other to works for organ and choir. The CD booklet (in four languages including English) is a fascinating supplement. Click on the headline for more details. $29.98 |
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| This recording on the 1519 Piffaro organ in Siena’s Church of Santa Maria Della Scala makes authentic sounds of the 16th century and establishes a tangible link to the musical and artistic culture of the Italian Renaissance. The organ has a beautiful gentle vocal sound that is deal for the 16th century music. Kimberly Marshall plays these delightful gems on this, her most popular recording. Click on the headline for more information and to order. $14.98 |
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| The music of early Italian composers is heard on two historic organs in the Italian province of Vincenza: the 1845 Giobatta de Lorenzi organ at Filippini’s Oratory in Vincenza, and the 1832 Serassi op. 460 at the Chiesa Arcipretale in Valli del Pasubio. The organist is Fiorella Benetti-Brazzale, a brilliant and stylish player. Click picture for repertoire $12.98 |
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| The 1835 Morettini Organ in the charming Italian hilltop castle village of Panicale (population 510) is located in the Collegiate Church of San Michele Arcangelo and was built in Morettini’s workshop in Perugia, 22 miles east. The organ was restored in 2000 by Eugenio Becchetti, who plays wonderfully in this recording. Works are drawn from 18th- and 19th-century composers, most of whom are anonymous. The style is largely based on opera and the percussion devices in the organ are well used in a few of these works. Click picture for repertoire $14.98 |
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| Giovanni Gabrieli of Venice had become Italy’s leading composer by about 1600, but his roots were in Munich at the court of Duke Albrecht V of Bavaria under Orlando di Lasso. These ensemble works are performed by The Musicalishe Compagney, an early-music group based in Berlin and performing in historic style on period instruments including organ. Click picture for repertoire $14.98 |
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| Ennio Cominetti plays the 1862 De Simoni-Carrera organ in the church of San Giovanni di Bellagio, Lago di Como, Italy, one of few remaining creations of a prestigious organbuilding firm in 19th century Lombardy. The composer, Giovanni Battista Martini (1796-1784), was a musical theorist, priest, and significant influence on the young Mozart. Click picture for repertoire $16.98 |
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| Volume 9 Now Available! This popular series of CDs imported by OHS presents fascinating instruments and repertoire from many builders and every era of Italian organbuilding, expertly played by specialists. A wonderful document of these beloved organs. Click ikon to see the contents of each volume |
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| Six historic Italian organs built 1471-1825 are played by three fine organists: Umberto Pineschi, Sergio De Pieri, and Liuwe Tamminga, in engaging repertoire that is ideal for these instruments. The organ are located in Feltre at the Cathedral of San Pietro Apostolo (1767 Gaetano Callido); in Tai di Cadore at the Parish of San Candido (1813 Antonio & Agostino Callido); in Bologna at the Basilica of San Petronio (Epistle organ of 1471 by Lorenzo da Prato and Gospel organ of 1595 by Baldassarre Malamini); in Vignole-Quarrata at the Priory of San Michele Archangelo (1825 Agati), and in Mestre at the Duomo di San Lorenzo (1801 Gaetano Callido) Click picture for repertoire $14.98 |
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| Marco Enrico Bossi composed and enjoyed an active continental career as an organ recitalist. Massimo Nosetti plays the ca. 1927 Balbiani-Vegezzi-Bossi 3-45 in Alessandria Cathedral. Click picture for list of 12 works on this CD $15.98 |
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| The Italian organ, with its traditional ripieno, has often not been understood beyond the peninsula, yet its music was very influential beyond Italian borders. Michel Colin plays a rare Italian-built instrument which made its way into Provence, France, in 1830, to the collegiale church of St. Pancrace d’Aups, where this original Agati organ has been in recent years reconstructed by Yves Cabourdin $13.98 |
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| Arturo Sacchetti plays organ works by Marco Enrico Bossi, who in the late 19th century led Italian organ culture to modernity, including new organ teaching methods. Bossi himself admired traditional organ mastery, developed compositional expression at the organ, and was a virtuosic and clever organist. $12.98 |
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| Serge Schoonbroodt plays the complete organ works of Gilles Jullien (1653-1703) on two 4-manual organs of the French classical period, yet contrasting significantly: at the Cathedral in Montauban, the 1687 Hew (Hoan)/1787 Jean-Pierre Cavaillé reconstructed 1996- 2000 by Pascal Quoirin; at the Abbey in Mouzon, the 1725 Moucherel reconstructed by Barthélémy Formentelli in 1991. Added to the recording is the eight-minute Motet of Saint Cecilia as sung by a quartet and accompanied by a superb string trio and chamber organ played by Bob van Asperen. GILLES JULLIEN: Premier Livre d’Orgue: 8 Suites (du 1er-8e tons); Motet de Sainte-Cæcile Two CD Set $28.98 |
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