Organ Duets

Here are some recordings by several accomplished pairs of organists.

Double Forte David Higgs & Todd Wilson Play Duos on the 141-rank Möller at National City Christian Church in Washington, D. C. in this 20-bit CD from Delos. $14.98	for Two to Play Timothy and Nancy LeRoi Nickel play various duets on the 1984 Fritts-Richards Organ at St. Alphonsus Church, Seattle, Washington. This instrument was visited by the OHS during the 2008 National Convention. Among works performed are two of the earliest known keyboard duets, composed by Thomas Tomkins and Nicholas Carleton. $15.98
Kiyo & Chiemi Watanabe Play Duets Kiyo and Chiemi Watanabe play works composed for organ duet and some arranged pieces on the 2003 Dan Garland 4-74 incorporating the Aeolian-Skinner at First Methodist, Wichita Falls, Texas. The Watanabes studied at Baylor University (Kiyo), Juilliard (Chiemi), Manhattan School of Music (graduate degrees for both) and each plays for a different Methodist church in Wichita Falls. ROY PERRY: Christos Patterakis JONGEN: Toccata (Symphonie Concertante) MERKEL: Sonata in d 4 hands LISZT: Les Préludes DINDA: Max Cat Rag; Charlie Dog Blues KIYO WATANABE: 2 Hymn Preludes in Jazz Style Aurelia & Morning Song SOUSA: Stars and Stripes Forever $16.98	musica organi elegans Organ & Harpsichord, Solo, 4-Hands: The “Gallant” period brought forth several examples of pieces for two keyboard instruments, which according to the practices of the time, were not specified. Craig Cramer and Christoph Keggenhoff make elegant music on an 1818 Geib organ and a 2000 Klop harpsichord. Click on the headline for more information and to order. $12.98
Mozart Transcribed: Organ Duet Spanish organist Jordi Vergés and Italian organist Fabio Ciofini play their transcriptions for four hands and four feet of Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachmusik and his Symphony No. 40 on a Spanish organ! Discover the majesty of these pieces as arranged for what Mozart called the "King of Instruments." $14.98	Organa Americana Tom Trenney plays the 2003 Schantz 3-56 at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Savannah, Georgia. Andrew Kotylo joins him for Stephen Paulus' Paean for Organ Duet Click the headline for works by Anne Wilson, Shearing, Dudley Buck, Dan Miller, Ives, Paulus, Phillips, Jennifer Conner, and improvs by Trenny. $14.98
Four Hands, 9 Organs A veritable organ crawl — 9 organs in Germany and a Möller in Pennsylvania — and organ music for four hands from the 18th to the 20th centuries. Iris and Carsten Lenz make four-hand music on organs built 1770-1995, with photos of organs and consoles, stoplists, and brief histories. Click on the headline for more information and to order. $14.98	1867 Mehmel 3-46 organ, Greifswald Romantic Organ Music for 4 Hands and 4 Feet is played by Katja Richter and Markus T. Funck on the magnificent 1867 Mehmel 3m organ at St. Mary’s in Greifswald, Germany, the largest surviving instrument by this important Romantic builder and apprentice to Ladegast, with no lost stops and only two added on blank sliders. The organ was restored in 1991. The repertoire is all originally composed in the 19th century for two organists. $14.98
Sylvie Poirier & Philip Crozier This duo received rave endorsements from many in attendance at the 1999 OHS Convention in Montreal. Here are their three CDs of delightful duets for organ, almost all of the pieces having been composed as such.	The Chenaults Elizabeth and Raymond Chenault, Atlanta based, comprise a well known and polished team with two interesting CDs including one for the Christmas holidays.
Virtuosic 4-Hand Organ These two players are fantastic! Marguerite and Marc Adamczewski (she was born in Poland, he in France) love historic pipe organs. This delightful sojourn features a 2m organ built in 1861 by the little known Narcisse Martin in fine acoustics at the Church of St. Peter & St. Paul at Précy-sur-Oise in France. $13.98	Winchester Cathedral Organs David Hill and Stephen Farr, the musicians at Winchester Cathedral, play a varied program of duets on three organs there including the large 1988 Harrison & Harrison based on an 1851 Willis. $15.98
Bolero Four Hands $16.98	Music for Two Organs: Organa Dupla Two 19th-C. American Organs A program for two organs is played by George E. Damp and David Jackson on the two historic organs in the resonant St. Mary’s Church, Auburn, New York: the 1886 Barckhoff in the West gallery and the ca. 1870 Garret House at the East end. Works By Rawsthorne, Warren, Lang, Gabriele, Mouret, Karg-Elert, more. Click ikon for repertoire $14.98