Varied Organ Music Recordings Played on Organs in Continental Europe & Elsewhere



Magnificat On the Rieger organ at The Scots' Church, Melbourne, Australia, organist Douglas Lawrence performs 300 years of French and German repertoire, including several which are based on the Song of Mary.$15.98		North of the Yarra NEW! Organist Gordon Atkinson expertly demonstrates seven instruments old and new in the Melbourne, Australia area. Melbourne is located just north of the Yarra River, which got its name from a misheard aboriginal phrase. This recording features several instruments built by Australian firms, including the oldest surviving organ to have been built in the state of Victoria.$15.98



Organ Miniatures Five organists perform short works on the 1882 T.C. Lewis organ at St George's Uniting Church, in the East Kilda area of Melbourne, Australia.$15.98		Harmonies / Orgel Modern Martin Haselböck performs 20th century works on the 2001 Karl Schuke organ (Opus 525) at the Warsaw Philharmonic, Poland. This recording is "a useful record of some recent and important trends in organ music," says The Tracker. "Haselböck performs the music flawlessly, and obviously with great zest and appreciation." Recorded in high quality SACD format and will play in all SACD and CD players.$24.98



Michael Unger: Organ Recital Unger is "stellar" and "one of our most promising young players," raves The Tracker in its review of this recording on the 1984 Marcussen & Søn organ at Musashino Civic Cultural Hall in Tokyo. The award-winning artist records works of Buxtehude, Bach, Litaize, Widor, and Messiaen.$8.98		The Romantic Concert Organ Playing his own transcriptions of Elgar and Grieg, as well as Lemare’s of Elgar and Murrill’s of Walton, Thomas Heywood welcomes to its new home a 1909 Albert Keates organ.$14.98



A British Organ: Sounds of an Empire Jonathan Dimmock plays a rare and almost entirely intact three-manual organ built by "Father" Henry Willis and reinstalled in Örgryte New Church,Göteborg, Sweden in 1998.$14.98		Largest Organ in Korea Tong-Soon Kwak Plays Korea’s celebrated organist and teacher Tong-Soon Kwak plays Franck, Tournemire, Nibelle, Dupré, Manz, Buxtehude, and Bach on the 117-rank Rieger at the Torch Center for World Missions, Seoul.$14.98



J.S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier: Desenclos at Four Organs Frédéric Desenclos, student of Litaize and Isoir and assistant organist at the Chapelle Royale in Versailles, performs the Well-Tempered Clavier on four organs in France and the Netherlands.$52.98		Organs of the Barossa Valley, Volume One John Stiller and Christopher Dearnley begin a 2-CD tour of Australia's Barossa Valley and its wealth of late nineteenth and early twentieth century organs.$15.98



Organs of the Barossa Valley, Volume Two Christopher Dearnley and John Stiller continue their organ tour of central southern Australia with a delightful group of late nineteenth and early twentieth century organs.$15.98		The Grenzing Organ of St. Francesc, Palma de Mallorca Arnau Reynés I Florit introduces the Grenzing organ in the Franciscan Convent church of Palma de Mallorca, incorporating a late-gothic case and Bosch pipework.$14.98



Madness! Carol Williams in Luxembourg Carol Williams makes her second visit to St. Martin's Church in Dudelange, Luxembourg and plays works by Susato, Satie, Verdi, Widor, Fats Waller, Jenkins, and Glass, among others.$14.98		The Rieger at Scots’: Douglas Lawrence Plays This recording documents well the 1999 Rieger organ in The Scots’ Church in Melbourne,built behind the church’s 1874 case, moved to accommodate the new instrument.$12.98



L’Orgue Monumental Dutch organist Peter Eilander describes his experience of the Cavaillé-Coll masterpiece at St. Sulpice as “Magnificent, colorful, and mind-blowing.” Listeners will agree!$17.98		Springs of Genius Margaret Phillips plays the 2004 Bernard Aubertin organ of 51 stops in the Church of St. Louis-en-L’Île, Paris, inspired by the Hildebrandt in St. Wenzel’s Church, Naumburg.$15.98



The Great Cavaillé-Coll Organ at St. Sernin, Toulouse The organ at St. Sernin was inaugurated in 1889 by Guilmant with 54 stops on 3 manuals and pedal. It remains essentially unchanged today.$14.98		The Last Rose of Summer: Hook Opus 553 in Berlin Hook Opus 553 moved to Germany and played by three organists who chose a program of American music to delight a listener of any nationality.$16.98



A Masterpiece in Time: Mutin Cavaille-Coll in Argentina A 1912 Mutin Cavaillé-Coll in Buenos Aires offers majesty, solemnity and acoustic splendor in a program of chorale preludes of varied styles played by James Warren.$14.98		The New Organs of the Cathedral of Monza At Monza: Two new organs (or is it three?), two organists, eleven composers and three centuries of literature!$25.95



Gabriel Dessauer: Just For Fun A good double handful of lighthearted tunes, three manuals and 67 ranks of well-built pipe organ and a talented and adept organist who likes to joke and grin$14.98		The Organ of Saint Sulpice, Paris Joseph Nolan performs fine romantic works on the famed organ of St. Sulpice.$17.98



Munich Composers Munich Domorganist Hans Leitner plays works of composers associated with Munich from the days of Conrad Paumann in the 15th century to the present using two organs built by Jann.$14.98		Andreas Bach Buch: Benjamin Alard Visits a Family Treasure A copybook gathered and owned by the Bach family yields a wonderful collection of music.$12.98



The Last Schnitger Organ Elizabeth Harrison plays the last organ built by the last organbuilding Schnitger.$14.98		Dulcis Memoria Tribute to 16th century Krakow The musical diversity of a prominent era in Krakow's history is recalled in the selections of Marcin Szelest performed on the 18th century organ of the city’s Heilig-Kreuz Kirche.$14.98



Organ and Bells of Salem Minster German Romantic organ from the turn of the 20th century and wonderful bells!$14.98		Maurice and Marie-Madeleine Duruflé in Concert BOTH Duruflé's play at Sallanches$14.98



Müthel & Mohrheim Organ Works The Hillebrand firm of Hannover, Germany has built a new organ of 3 manuals and pedal and 46 stops for the Marienbasilika, Gdansk, Poland. Two seldom heard composers are featured.$29.98		Cathedral Music at Freiburg A complicated array of four organs is heard together and separately.$14.98



Sydney Opera House Grand Organ Inaugural Recital Series 1979 Now available on compact disc is a selection of works performed by significant Australian organists for the 1979 inauguration of the massive Ronald Sharp organ at the world-renowned Sydney Opera House. The 205 rank instrument was, at the time of the recording, the largest organ in Australia and the largest mechanical action instrument in the world. Includes a complete stoplist, information about the instrument and the works performed, and an article from the Melbourne Age entitled Sydney's musical monster.$16.98		Die Eule-Orgel im Saal der Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig Arvid Gast, professor of organ performance at the "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Conservatory, Leipzig, performs works of Elgar, Karg-Elert (an alumnus and former teacher of the school), Reger (former teacher), Franck, Vierne and Dupré on the Romantic 2001 Eule instrument in the concert hall. The instrument is remiscent of the Walcker instrument that was in the concert hall when it was destroyed in World War II, and is modeled after two surviving Walcker instruments.$14.98



Great Hall Grandeur Amy Johansen plays an interesting program of works from throughout the world, dating from Sweelinck to the present. She performs on the von Beckerath organ in the Great Hall at the University of Sydney, where she is University Organist. Includes works by, among others, Bach, Howells, Mendelssohn, Langlais and her husband, Robert Ampt. Click above for a complete list of repertoire performed$16.98		Carillon and Organ At each of the more than 50 graduation ceremonies held each year at the University of Sydney, the War Memorial Carillon and the Great Hall Organ (1972 Rudolf von Beckerath) are an integral part of the festivities. University Carillonist Jill Forrest and University Organist Amy Johansen have recorded some of the works typically performed in the graduates' honor, including two works where organ and carillon are played together. BONUS! Also included is an 8-minute mpeg video which features scenery from the university as well as a "behind the scenes" look at the organ and the carillon. Click above for more information!$14.98



Predigerkirche Erfurt The Predigerkirche ("Preacher's Church") in Erfurt, Germany was built in the 13th century as a monastery for monks of the Dominican order. On this recording, the ancient building is filled with the sound of current titular organist Matthias Dreißig playing works of J.S. Bach, Pachelbel, Mendelssohn and Karg-Elert on the 1977 Schuke organ.$14.98		Tastenreigen Cheerful organ music from the Baroque and Rococco Organist Michael Eckerle performs 17th and 18th century works on the only surviving organ built by Joseph Martin: at the Church of St. Urban and Vitus in Neuhausen (near Stuttgart), Germany.$14.98



Ponte in Valtellina Portrait of a Renaissance Organ Jean Claude Zehnder performs Renaissance-era works of Northern Italy and (what is now) Southern Germany on the 1519/1589 Bizzari-Antegnati at the Chiesa di Campagna, in Ponte in Valtellina, Italy. Enjoy historically appropriate works played on an instrument which has endured almost 500 years unscathed by modernizations and evolutions in taste. The instrument retains the majority of its pipes and, thanks to a 1993 restoration, an excellent sound.$14.98		Die Orgeln und Glocken der Abteikirche Maria Laach Organ and bells of Maria-Laach Elisabeth Roloff plays the 1998 Klais Choir organ and the 1910 Stahlhut Main organ at Maria-Laach, a Benedictine Abbey on the Laach Lake in northwestern Germany. In addition to the works by J.S. Bach, Cor Kee, Boëllmann, Howells and Reger played by Roloff, enjoy a 4½ minute peal of the magnificent bells of the abbey.$14.98



Romantische Orgelmusik A proposed new peal of bells at the Cathedral of St. Nikolai in Greifswald, Germany is the inspiration for this recording by Cathedral Organist Frank Dittmer. The "Prayer and Professor Bell", a c' bell cast in they year 1440 which is audible beyond the city limits, is to be joined by six more bells at pitches e flat', a flat', b flat', c", e flat", and f". The works on this recording are based on some of these pitches. Includes an improvisation on the "Prayer and Professor Bell" as well.$14.98		Hansjürgen Scholze A 1755 Silbermann sings again! Hansjürgen Scholze plays the restored Gottfried Silbermann organ (originally completed in 1755) at the Cathedral in Dresden, Germany, where he has been Cathedral Organist since 1972. Despite having its pitch changed significantly (from a= 415 or below to a=440), and modernization in the wind system, a restoration completed in 2002 allows this organ to perform as it did during Silbermann's lifetime.$14.98



Die Klais-Orgel des Dortmunder Konzerthauses In this premiere recording of the 2002 Klais organ at the Concert Hall in Dortmund, Germany, Bernhard Buttmann honors the legacy of Gerard Bunk, former organist at the Reinoldkirche in the same city, by performing works of Bunk and his contemporaries, Marco Enrico Bossi, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, and Max Reger.$14.98		Gottfried Silbermann at Crostau: Martin Schmeding Plays NEW! An elegant Silbermann spans the centuries$23.50



Naissance d’un Grand Orgue NEW! TWO CDs and a DVD document the birth of a grand organ$42.50		Die Orgeln des Wormser Kaiserdoms Ancient acoustics, recent organs! Dan Zerfaß plays the "Swallow's Nest" Organ, a 1985 Klais, and the Choir Organ, a 1996 Oberlinger (built in the style of Cavaillé-Coll) in the magnificent acoustic of St. Peter's Cathedral in Worms, where he has been organist-choirmaster since 1999.$12.98



Silbermann-Orgel, Ponitz Organist Reinhardt Menger plays the 1737 Gottfried Silbermann organ at the village church in Ponitz. The program features mostly works by composers that Silbermann would have encountered in his lifetime. The only exception is Dandrieu, whose presence here represents a nod to the French influence on Silbermann's instruments.$13.98		L'Orgue de Châteaux Salins (Moselle) Organ and organist are both featured when Philippe Delacour takes command of the Orgue Haerpfer (1960) - Aubertin (1995) in Châteaux Salins, Moselle, France. The versatile instrument proves itself quite capable in a myriad of styles as virtuoso Delacour demonstrates on this disc.$14.98



Toccatas - Maurice Clerc Maurice Clerc demonstrates his prowess on the organ at the Cathédrale Saint-Bénigne in Dijon, where he has been 'organist titulaire' since 1972. Here, Clerc showcases his ability by playing four centuries of toccatas, (which are written for that purpose), including two of the most recognizable organ works ever written, by Bach and Widor.$14.98		Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin, Saint-Sulpice German and Canadian music played in France! Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin plays works of Denis Bédard and Felix Mendelssohn on the famous Cavaillé-Coll organ at Saint Sulpice, Paris.$14.98



Ronald de Jong: Oude Kerk, Zoetermeer The 1838 N.A. Lohman & Zonen organ at the Dutch Reformed Old Church in Zoetermeer, Holland, is played by the church organist, Ronald de Jong. Using an interesting variety of music, (including some of his own compositions), de Jong ably demonstrates the capabilities of the modest two manual instrument, which had a 3-rank pedal division added in 1971.$14.98		The Legendary Piet van Egmond Four discs of recordings of the late Dutch organist, Piet van Egmond playing on varying instruments in Holland and elsewhere in Europe. Many of the recordings are from van Egmond's performances with the AVRO broadcasting company before World War II, and with the NCRV broadcasting company in the 1950s and 60s. Click the icon for more information about each of the discs!



un récital d'orgue à Pontoise Philippe Bardon plays varying works on the Great Organ at the Cathédrale Saint Maclou in Pontoise, near Paris, France. Hear an instrument that has survived the French Revolution, a flood and two World Wars, and has been played by Balbastre, Beauverlet-Charpentier, Lefébure-Wely, Guilmant, Gigout, Boëlmann, Dupré and Litaize.$13.98		Notre-Dame d'Afrique à Alger A Mutin-Cavaillé-Coll in Africa! On three separate CDs, organist Michel Colin plays at Notre Dame d'Afrique near Algiers.



Koraalbewerkingen en Improvisaties Chorales and Improvisations Organists Feike Asma, Piet van Egmond, Dirk Jansz. Zwart, Hermann van Vliet, Sander van Marion and Peter Eilander perform chorales and improvisations on organs throughout Holland. Click above for a complete list of works and instruments!$14.98		Pascale Rouet, orgue - Charleville-Mézières J.S. Bach · F. Mendelssohn Œuvres pour orgue Organist Pascale Rouet plays works of Bach and Mendelssohn on the 1997 Yves Kœnig organ at the Basilica Notre-Dame d'Espérance de Charleville-Mézières in Northeastern France. This disc earned a rating of 5 from France's Diapason magazine.$17.98



Organs in Contrast Christopher Kent plays works of Johann Pachelbel and John Bull on two instruments to demonstrate two of the organ styles that Pachelbel would have encountered in his lifetime. Click above for more information!$14.98		Il Grande Organo della Cattedrale di Messina Massimo Nosetti plays works of Lang, Bach (Fox), Sibelius, Lazzaro, Franck, Whitlock, and Matthey on the massive symphonic Tamburini organ in the Cathedral of Messina, Italy.$17.98



"L'Orgue de Concert" (Vol. 2) Massimo Nosetti plays works of varying time periods and nationalities on the two manual 1855 Giuseppe Gandolfo organ (restored Zanin de Codroipo 1996) at the Collegiata di Sant'Ambrogio in Alassio, Italy.$14.98		...Rund um die Welt Harald Vogel plays works of various European composers of the "meantone period" from the 16th through early 18th century on the 1992 Brombaugh Organ at the Haga Church in Göteborg. This is the first of a series of recordings of period music on period instruments.$14.98



Altenbruch & Lüdingworth Organist Ingo Duwensee plays works of the Late Renaissance and the Baroque periods on historic organs in the Altenbruch and Lüdingworth districts of Cuxhaven in Northern Germany.Included are stoplists, notes on the works, and history of each of the instruments. Click above for more information and to order this two CD set!$28.98		Die Ludwig-König-Orgel, Kempen Ute Gremmel-Geuchen plays works of Corrette, Muffat, J.S. Bach and C.P.E. Bach on the reconstituted 1752 Ludwig König organ at the Paterskirche in Kempen, Germany.$17.98



Die Schiegnitz-Orgel der Annakirche zu Limburg Markus Eichenlaub performs works of Muffat, J.S. Bach, Boëly, R. Schumann, Becker, Bossi, Merula, H. Haselböck, Holloway and Vierne on the 2005 Schiegnitz Organ at the Annakirche in Limburg, Germany. Several works feature soprano Dorothee Laux.$17.98		The two Organs of Antwerp Cathedral Stanislas Deriemaker plays the 1993 Metzler organ and the 1891 Schyven organ at Antwerp Cathedral. On the Schyven organ, which is more suited to music of the 19th century and later, Deriemaker plays works by Mendelssohn and Dudley Buck. On the Metzler organ, which is built in an older style, Deriemaker plays music of J.S. Bach, Jacques Boyvin, Johann-Heinrich Buttstett and Johann Pachelbel.$17.98



Orgelmusik aus der Basilika Vierzehnheiligen *Organ Music from the Pilgrimage Basilica of the Fourteen Saints* The 1999 Rieger Organ in the Pilgrimage Basilica of the Fourteen Saints is played by the Cathedral's organist, Georg Hagel. Performance notes and stop list in German and English included. Click on the picture above for a list of repertoire performed!$12.98		Carol Williams Plays! at St. Martin's Church in Dudelange, Luxembourg Carol Williams, San Diego Municipal Organist, visits Luxembourg to play the Stahlhuth organ, built in 1912 as a 3-45 and now enlarged to four manuals and 94 ranks.$14.98



Hildebrandt Organs in the Saxony-Anhalt Triangle Zacharias Hildebrandt organs from 1728 in Pösfeld and Sangerhausen and 1730 in Sotterhausen are ably demonstrated by Marina Pohl.$14.98		George Bozeman plays the Hook in Berlin-Kreuzberg George Bozeman plays Hook Opus 553 after its move to Germany from its Massachusetts home.$14.98



Historic Organs in Crakow and Kazimierz Dolny Jozef Serafin plays the organ built in 1620 in the Parish Church of St. John the Baptist in Kazimierz Dolny by Szymon Liliusz, or possibly Johann Hellqig, and remaining as the oldest playable organ in Poland. Miroslawa Semeniuk-Podraza plays in the Parish Church of St. Nicholas, Crakow on an 18th- century organ by Thomas Fall.$17.98		Historic Organs in Gdansk and Crakow Joachim Grubich plays the 1914 Zebrowski organ built into a case dating to 1761 by Józef Weissmann and located in the Monastery Church of St. Paul, Crakow in works of J.S. Bach, Zipoli, and Surzynski. Jan Jargon plays the 1755/1788 Johann Friedrich Rhode organ in the Church of the Dominican Monastery of St. Nicholas in Gdansk as restored in 1977, performing works by J.S. Bach, Nowowiejski, and Jargon.$17.98



Schweitzer Plays Franck and Mendelssohn The three Franck Chorales and Mendelssohn’s Sonata No. 6 are played by the famed Dr. Schweitzer in his Alsatian village church.$9.98		Six Manuals at Mainz Cathedral Difficult acoustic? Deal with the problem by placing 113 stops in three locations. Albert Schönberger plays at Mainz Cathedral.$14.98



A Pentecost Concert from Würzburg Würzburg Cathedral Organist Stefan Schmidt performs works for the Feast of Pentecost$17.98		Frauenkirche, Dresden: New Kern Organ in Rebuilt Church Destroyed by Allied bombing near the end of World War II, Dresden’s great 18th-century Frauenkirche has been rebuilt and was rededicated on October 30, 2005. The Frauenkirche’s 1736 Silbermann organ, played by Bach, was entirely destroyed by the bombing, so the reconstructed church has a visually identical and tonally eclectic organ built by Daniel Kern of Strasbourg. In this first CD from this most important new organ, Samuel Kummer plays Bach and Duruflé. The CD is recorded as a surround sound SACD Hybrid playable on all CD players.BACH: Concerto in d after Vivaldi; Trio on Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend, BWV 655; Sei gegrüßet, BWV 768; Pièce d'orgue, BWV 572 DURUFLÉ: Suite, op. 5$25.98



Imperial March -- English, French, & German Romantics Marcus Eichenlaub plays the 2001 Göckel 3-51 organ built in Romantic style at St. Bonifatius Church in Wirges (near Koblenz).Click the headline for repertoire and to order.$17.98		Wright in Naumburg William Wright, organ teacher at the University of Toronto and director of music at Deer Park United Church there, plays a program from all periods on the only organ known to have been played by J. S. Bach, approved by him, and possibly designed by him, and as built by Zacharias Hildebrandt in 1746 at St. Wenzel Church in Naumburg, Germany. The wide range of repertoire demonstrates some of the colorful effects on this organ, including a celeste, and the recording is very effective in capturing the sumptuous reverberation of St. Wenzel Church. Click the headline for titles and to order.$17.98



French Invention & Russian Transcriptions The popular French organist Jean-Paul Imbert plays the inaugural CD on the 4m organ of 72 ranks built in 2004 by Bernard Dargassies at the Basilique Notre-Dame du Perpétuel Secours in Paris. The Russian works are transcribed for organ by Imbert. COCHEREAU: Improvs on Vesper Versets Nos. 1-5, 7, 13; BACH: Passacaglia & Fugue in c BWV 582; FRANCK: Choral No. 2 WIDOR: Mvt. from Sym 5 BOËLLMANN: Gothic Suite RACHMANINOV: Vocalise PROKOFIEV: 3 extracts from Romeo & Juliette SCRIABIN: Etude, op. 2/1 SHOSTAKOVICH: Waltz No. 2 in d$14.98		Essen Cathedral -- 2004 Rieger 4-69 The new 4m Rieger organ of 69 stops built in the sumptuous acoustics of Essen Cathedral is played by Jürgen Kursawa, organist of the Cathedral. Click the headline for works by Bach, Vierne, Reger, and Guillou, and to order.$17.98



Strasbourg Cathedral: Organist Plays 65' Above Floor Since the 14th century, the organ at Strasbourg Cathedral has been located in a “swallow’s nest” at a height of about 65 feet above the floor, and it still includes the case built by Friedrich Krebs in 1498. The current 3-45 organ by Strasbourg builder Alfred Kern reuses material from previous organs including 317 pipes from the 1716 Andreas Silbermann organ that was largely replaced in 1935. The organ thrives as a destination for organ tourists and concert goers. Pascal Reber, appointed titulaire in 2002, improvises and plays works by Fleury, Guilmant, Fauré, Grigny, Marchand, and Bach. Click the headline for details and to order.$12.98		Jane Parker-Smith Plays Romantic Masterpieces Jane Parker-Smith plays Romantic works of French, Belgian, English, and German/American heritage on a new 4m organ built in French Romantic style by the Goll firm of Lucerne, Switzerland, for the Church of St. Martin in Memmingen, Germany, replete with two 32’ stops and three horizontal reeds. Click for works by Demessieux, Middelschulte, Boulnois, Mulet, Jongen, Languetuit, Whitlock, and York Bowen.$15.98



Glorious Pipes: Great Organists Play on Two CDs Glorious Pipes compiles important recordings by major organists on a 2-CD set. Plays include Olivier Latry, Gillian Weir, Peter Planyavsky, Marcel Dupré, Simon Preston, Pierre Cochereau, Thomas Trotter, Peter Hurford, Wolfgang Rübsam, Helmut Walcha. Click the headline for works and to order.$19.98		Concert Showstoppers in Holland Stephanuskerk in Hasselt and Grote Kerk in Dordrecht, magnificent buildings with environments most enhancing to organ sound and exciting organ playing. Click the headline for works by Grison, Festing, Rheinberger, Dubois, Guilmant, Bach, and an improvisation by Mulder.$14.98



International Marches in DVD Audio and Conventional CD This special release includes two discs for the price of one: one conventional CD and the same program on a second disc produced in DVD-Audio. Roland Muhr plays the restored organ at the former Cistercian monastery church in Fürstenfeld near Munich. Finished in 1736, the organ of 27 stops comprising 43 ranks on two manuals and 18-note pedal was restored by the Sandtner firm and fills the huge and resonant Bavarian abbey church with its original sounds as so amply demonstrated with this happy program of marches by Guilmant, Boellmann, Smart, Purcell, Nowowiejski, Grieg, Fumagalli, Gherardeschi, Hartmann, Mendelssohn, Handel, Balbastre, and Lasceux, many transcribed by Muhr. Click the headline for the marches and to order.$14.98		Three Organs in Ottobeuren Basilica: a Steinmeyer & 2 Riepps The master work of French organbuilder Karl Joseph Riepp (1710-1775) in the Basilica of Ottobeuren — actually a double organ — is one of the most treasured historic organs in Europe. It was not until 1957 that a third organ was added by G. F. Steinmeyer & Co, which has recently been renovated and augmented by Johannes Klais, making 100 stops available on 5 manuals. Young German organist Axel Flierl gives an impressive performance amid this wealth of riches. Click the headline for titles and to order.$14.98



Feike Asma, Beloved Dutch Organist -- Retrospective Passionate Dutch Organist Feike Asma (1912-1984) polarized the Dutch organ scene in the latter half of the 20th century, having developed a passionate and expressive style that made him a frequent recitalist who brought large audiences and many people to the organ. Writes organist Herman van Vliet, “His interpretations of the great organ repertoire were monuments in sound. . . He possessed a natural understanding of tension and its release, for timing, rubato, style of playing and touch, and for colorful and dynamic registrations.” The Festivo label presents several retrospective CDs of Feike Asma, both live concerts and recording sessions, playing famous Dutch organs. Click the headline for descriptions of each CD.		Midnight at Notre-Dame Midnight at Notre-Dame in Paris, where Olivier Latry is titulaire organist and conducted sessions for this high-tech Deutsche Grammophon CD in November and December 2003, after the daily crowds had left and the tumult outside had subsided. Click headline for repertoire$19.98



Latry Sampler This newly issued CD selects 12 great tracks from Latry’s many recordings made for the French BNL label, several of which are now out-of-print. Click the headline for works by Handel, Mozart, Bach, Litaize, Widor, Vierne and Duruflé.$14.98		Norma's Beauty The 1919-29 Hill, Norman & Beard organ now in Dunedin Town Hall, Otago, New Zealand, was restored by the South Island Organ Company 1993-95 and lovingly given the name “Norma.” Hans Uwe Hielscher plays a diverse program to demonstrate the fantastic sound of the 75-stop organ which was originally built as a touring concert organ and billed as the “Bathurst Mammoth Touring Cathedral Organ” that moved around on seven trucks with a crew of 10 men who could remove, pack, and reinstall the 23-ton organ in just 14 hours. After less than a decade of use in England, the organ was sold to Dunedin in New Zealand and greatly enlarged in 1929 by Hill, Norman & Beard.Click headline for repertoire$14.98



Time Span Amazingly musical Bengt Tribukait plays the new "Schnitger" organ created by Go-Art and the 1871 Willis organ at Ögryte Church in Göteborg, Sweden. Two new works are by young Russian-born composers as well as works by Liszt, Wm. Byrd, and Bach Click picture for repertoire$14.98		Fisk, Yokohama Great Organs of Japan, Vol. 2 Of about 100 ranks, the C. B. Fisk organ in Minato Mirai Concert Hall in Yokohama plays all styles and periods of organ music, and is especially adapted for performance with orchestra via a floating Tuba division. Hatsumi Miura, resident organist at the hall, has studied and worked in Japan, the U. S., and Europe, has won competitions in Japan and Switzerland, and teaches at Ferris University. Click the headline for titles and to order.$14.98



152 Ranks in Gdansk, Poland at Oliwa Cathedral, where the organ was begun in 1763 and has been periodically enlarged to its current 152 ranks. It occupies a large and spectacular Rococo case. Roman Perucki’s program pleases, and introduces two recent works. Click the headline for titles and to order.$15.98		1765 Cabinet Organ In the Kashubian Ethnographic Park Roman Perucki plays the 5-rank organ built by Gottfried Weinert of Gdansk. It and the church which contains it were moved in 1987 to an historical park. Click the headline for titles and to order.$15.98



Julian Gembalski Plays In Frombork Cathedral, Poland Born in 1950 in sourthern Poland, this fine organist and improvisateur studied widely (notably with Isoir and Chapuis in Paris) and is now Professor and Head of the Organ and Harpsichord department in the Music Academy in Katowice. The organ at Frombork Cathedral is a modern electropneumatic one of 67 stops on 5 manuals, residing in a spectacular 17th-century case and retaining some older pipes. Click the headline for titles and to order.$15.98		Vierne & Tournemire in Warsaw Jan Szypowski (b. 1969 Warsaw, studet of Bovet, Darasse, Robilliard, Roth, Szathmary, Wulf, Zacher, Zerer) plays the recent 3m, 81-rank Eule organ in Warsaw Cathedral. Vierne: Symphony No. 6 and Tournemire Symphonie Sacrée$15.98



Lausanne Cathedral Fisk: 5m, 124 ranks, 3 ranks at 32'! The first American-built organ in a European cathedral was completed by the C. B. Fisk firm in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 2003. This first CD features Jean-Christophe Geiser playing works in four styles: German Baroque, French Classic, German Romantic, and French. LÜBECK: Praeludium in d DUMAGE: Suite du 1er ton LISZT: Évocation à la Chapelle Sixtine DURUFLÉ: Suite, op. 5$14.98		Spiritual Movement No. 1 Barbara Dennerlein: Jazz Pipe Organ Jazz organist Barbara Dennerlein records her first CD on a pipe organ in great acoustics. This CD has been the subject of much discussion for its quality of music making and sound. The recent organ was built by the Goll firm of Switzerland for St. Martin Church in Memmingen, Germany. Click the headline for titles and to order.$15.98



Gleams of Light and Vaults of Sound The spectacular contemporary stained-glass windows in the oldest church in Cologne, with beginnings in the 4th century, provide the themes for improvisations and classic organ pieces played by Jürgen von Moock on the new Weimbs organ (2001) in this magnificent, restored edifice. Click the headline for works by Bach, Franck, Couperin, Bruhns, Dupré, and Improvs.$14.98		Åkerman & Lund the venerable Swedish organbuilder, created a 2-21 in French style for the music school occupying the villa Stora Sköndal in Stockholm. Mikael Wahlin plays interesting works superbly. Click the headline for titles and to order.$14.98



Great European Organs No. 69 Stefan Engels plays the Seifert Organ of St. Matthias, Berlin - Schöneberg Stefan Engels, professor of organ at Westminster Choir College and organist at First Presbyterian in West Chester, Pennsylvania, plays the 1958 Romanus Seifert organ at St. Matthia in Berlin. With 74 stops and rich acoustics in the church, it is well known and a popular choice for radio broadcasts and recordings.$14.98		Rain Machine Thunderstorms created by the organ were popular concert fare a century ago and even before, so much so that some organs were equipped with thunder pedals and rain machines. The fabulous organ at the Hofkirche in Lucerne, Switzerland, contains a rain machine built in 1862 and it is given a workout in these pieces either containing composed thunderstorms or related to inclement weather and the calm thereafter. The notes on the works are highly informative. The organ contains 18 registers created in 1650, 35 created in 1862, and the rest of its 116 ranks in 81 registers on five manuals were built by the superb Swiss firm of Th. Kuhn in 1977. Click Picture for Details & to Order$14.98



Sauer in Romania Dutch virtuoso Christine Kamp explores more Romantic repertoire on the 4-m Sauer (1914-15) in Sibiu, Romania. Click the headline for works by Bartmuss, Karg-Elert (Bach transcriptions), Merkel, and Liszt.$14.98		Great European Organs No. 63 Nicolas Kynaston plays the Klais Organ of Megaron, The Athens Concert Hall Nicholas Kynaston performs German works from Bach to Karg-Elert on the four manual Klais Organ at the Athens Concert Hall, the largest organ in Greece.$14.98



Guggenmos Plays Varied Concert Music Of great interest here are effective yet unfamiliar concert pieces and Willibald Guggenmos’ superb playing of them. Composers include Claussmann, Paponaud, Kropfreiter, Verschraegen, Dupont as well as Dupré and S. S. Wesley. The organ is the 1987 Rieger 3-54 at St. Martin’s Catholic Church in Wangen/ Allgäu, Germany. Click on the headline for more information and to order. $14.98		Wine & Water: Schwarz organ at 100 Wine & Water plays with the old Cistercian monastery’s location near the Lake of Constance and its past as a wine producer. The unusual theme suggests an interesting repertoire for the 1900-1901 Schwarz organ in the former monastery. Michael Eckerle is the organist. The score of Hans Uwe Hielscher’s California Wine Suite is available in the sheet music department. Click on the headline for more information and to order. $14.98



Two Klais Organs at Cologne Cathedral Cathedral organist Clemens Ganz plays the new “swallow’s nest” organ and the famous 1948-51 Klais 4m of 68 stops in the transept, enlarged in 1956 to 86 ranks,and rescorded before the 2001 rebuilding by Klais. RHEINBERGER: Sonata 6 JOACHIM BLUME: Fantasia Kosmologica (Sonata V) ALAIN: Première Fantaisie; Le jardin suspendu VIERNE: Clair de lune FRANCK: Choral 2$14.98		2 Klais at Cologne Dom FIRST CD OF REBUILT NAVE ORGAN:Winfried Bönig demonstrates with an eclectic program the two Klais organs (1998 swallow’s nest 3-72 organ and the 2001 rebuild of the 1951-56 Klais electropneumatic nave organ) in the reverberant acoustics of the 750-year-old Cologne Cathedral. Click on the headline for more information and to order. $14.98



St. Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney: The Létourneau Organ Peter Kneeshaw records the first CD on the organ built in 1999 by the Canadian firm Orgues Létourneau of St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada in a transept gallery in St. Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, Australia, as seen on the cover of The American Organist. The 46-stop, 59-rank organ is one of four in the church. Click the headline for repertoire by Rutter, Bach, Widor, Holland, Jongen, Balbastre, Thalben-Ball, Pachelbel, Buxtehude, Tregaskis, Whitlock and Fletcher, and to order.$14.98		Great Australasian Organs IV The Walker Organ of Adelaide Town Hall Australia’s oldest Town Hall houses a 4-84 J. W. Walker & Sons instrument from England, the largest mechanical action organ built in the United Kingdom in 100 years, says the CD booklet. Calvin Bowman, a resident of Australia and Yale University Fulbright scholar, performs.$14.98



1869 Friese Organ, Another German Romantic Masterpiece in Schwerin At St. Paul’s in Schwerin, Germany, the city’s fine organbuilder Friedrich Friese built this restored 2-35 in 1869 with several Romantic features, influenced by the huge Ladegast organ in the nearby Dom. Click on picture for repertoire by Hertel, Mendelssohn, Bach, Messiaen, Kiel, Franck, and Dubois.$12.98		Sumptuous & Symphonic: Organs in Erfurt Cathedral The main organ (1992 Alex. Schuke 3-85, with some pipes from the 1906 Klais) in the Cathedral of St. Mary in Erfurt possesses mighty, sumptuous symphonic sound, with further charm added whenever the choir organ (2-49) plays either simultaneously or in dialogue. Silvius von Kessel, cathedral organist, plays a symphonic program of four works. Click picture for repertoire$14.98



Symphonic Organ Music, Vol. 2 Hans-Ola Ericsson plays works in symphonic style by Respighi, Gounod, Bellini, Smetana, and Elgar on an 87 rank organ built in 1998 by Gerald Woehl. Click picture for repertoire$17.98		Stephen Tharp: Debut in Europe In November, 2001, Tharp concertized and recorded his first European CD at the Parish Church of St. John at the Latin Gate in Troisdorf-Sieglar, Germany, on the recent 4m Seifert organ of 55 ranks in Romantic style. He plays Bach, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Dubois, Franck, and Widor. Click picture for repertoire$12.98



Choplin at Saint-Sulpice, Paris, 5th CD! In her fifth CD Sophie-Véronique Choplin plays the great 1862 Cavaillé-Coll at St-Sulpice, Paris, including works by Pierné, Boellmann, Mulet, Brahms, Saint-Saëns, Mendelssohn, Vierne, and Grunenwald. Click the picture for works and to order.$14.98		Choplin at St. Suplice, IV In this fourth CD recorded at St-Suplice in Paris where she is second organist, Sophie Véronique Choplin improvises and plays works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Boely, Rheinberger, Duruflé, and Daniel Roth.$14.98



Choplin at Saint-Sulpice III Sophie-Véronique Choplin plays at St. Sulpice: Messiaen, Mendelssohn, Rheinberger, Grunewald; and she improvises La Creation.$15.98		Choplin at Saint-Sulpice, II Sophie-Véronique Choplin plays the recently discovered Mendelssohn Allegro, Chorale & Fugue and Sonata 3, as well as works of Demessieux, Bach, and Brahms. Also, her own earth-shaking improvisation on the 102-rank Cavaillé-Coll.$14.98



Great European Organs No. 61 Roger Judd plays the Organs of St. Laurenskerk, Rotterdam St. Laurens Church in Rotterdam, was completed in 1525, and only the walls and tower remained after a German air raid in 1940. The church was rebuilt 1947-1968. Three new organs were built by the Danish firm Marcussen & Søn, under Sybrand and Jürgen Zachariassen. Roger Judd of St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, who is an active musician and teacher in Great Britain, plays an eclectic program, from Sweelinck to Hurford with lots in between.$14.98		Trier Cathedral and a Famous Klais, 100 Ranks Trier Cathedral is the oldest church north of the Alps, with walls dating to the 4th century, and it has a gigantic, thrilling acoustic. Thus, the very famous 100-rank Klais installed in 1974 sounds all the more magnificent, especially under the hands of cathedral organist Josef Still. Works by Reger, Schumann, Eben, Schroeder, and Dupré Symphony Passion Click picture for repertoire$12.98



Et Incarnatus Est Christoph Bossert plays the 1906 Gebrüder Link 3m, 57-rank organ (of which 26 are at 8’ pitch, 10 are at 4’ pitch, and 7 are at 16’ pitch!) now restored at St. Mary’s Evangelical Church in Giengen-an-der-Brenz. A book about the Link firm (in German text) is also available here. Works by Franck, Reger, John Cage, and Bach. Click picture for repertoire$12.98		Music in Honor of Mary: Michael Gailit Plays Music in honor of St. Mary provides a context for a program of music from the Baroque and Romantic periods on the eclectic 1987 Sandtner organ in the church of St. Hedwig in Bayreuth, played by internationally known Michael Gailit. Click picture for repertoire$14.98



Sydney Town Hall: Willibald Guggenmos Plays World's Only Functioning 64' Rank! A sonic thriller from Down Under! Guggenmos plays the great 1890 William Hill organ -- the largest extant and intact English organ and one of only two in the world with full-length 64' ranks. Crowd-pleasing yet unfamiliar works by well-known composers are: Marches by Sowerby and Hollins, an arrangement for organ alone of the Adagio from Saint-Saens' "Organ Symphony," YON: American Rhapsody BARBER: Adagio for Strings RAWSTHORNE: Hornpipe Humoresque Click for repertoire$14.98		Great Australasian Organs I The Hill Organ of Sydney Town Hall Jane Watts plays the famous 1890 Hill 5m organ of 127 stops, including an almost unique full-length 64’ (well, the Atlantic City Convention Hall organ has two of them but the organ is barely playable through no fault of its own), in works by George Thalben-Ball, W. T. Best, and Marcel Dupré.$14.98



Robert Ampt, Sydney City Organist The largest British organ built in the 19th century including a full length 64' stop, one of only two in the world.$16.98		Great Australasian Organs II The Klais Organ of The Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane Jane Watts performs on the 4 manual, 122 rank instrument. "From the first few bars, you can tell why Jane Watts’ performances have gathered such superlatives,” raves Gramophone Magazine.$14.98



Famous Bells of Europe tour is especially concentrated on important and typical chimes from the individual countries. Special emphasis has been given to European bells and chimes with deep and beautiful peals. Recorded here are the bells of St. Peter’s in Rome, St. Paul’s in London, St. Odien’s in Dublin, the mighty bells of the Pantheleimon Monastery on Mt. Athos, the Sigismund bell at the Wavel in Krakow, the Emmanuel of Notre-Dame in Paris, and the bells of Magdeburg Cathedral in Germany. Spoken commentary is in German.$14.98		Organ Music by Women Wolfgang Baumgratz plays the 1894 Sauer organ in Bremen Cathedral so appropriate for these Romantic works. Superb notes on the composers and the 100-rank organ. Works by Chaminade, Barraine, Andrée, Clara Schumann. Click ikon for repertoire$12.98



Bamboo Organ CD & Movie in 2-CD Set Quick-Time Movie Included! on the second CD in this 2-CD set for the price of one CD! The world's only organ with pipes made of bamboo can be seen and heard: on a conventional CD, the fine Australian organist Douglas Lawrence nicely plays Zipoli, Pachelbel, Galuppi, Bach, Couperin, and Handel (with orchestra in the last). Place the second CD of "extras" in your PC or Mac computer and view an 8-minute movie of the organ with stereo sound! Click for more information$16.98		Maid in China: The New Austin in Beijing, Carol Williams Plays Carol Williams inaugurates the new Austin organ at the Forbidden City Concert Hall, Beijing, China. The Beijing Symphony, Tan Lihua, conductor, plays the final movement of the Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony. Works by Gavin Stevens, Ramon Noble, Sebelius, Clarke, Franam, Joplin Herman, Lefebure-Wely, Purvis, Hellewell, Boellmann, Sousa, Saint-Saens (Organ Symphony), Widor, Bossi, Bach Click picture for more details$14.98



Two Famous Dutch Organs: Herman Van Vliet, Organist Van Vliet celebrates 40 years as an organist by making this CD in 2001 on two famous Dutch organs: the 1845 F. A. Naber 3-55 organ at Saint Joriskerk in Amersfoort and the 1762 Bätz 3m enlarged to 4-62 at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Den Haag. The program features mostly nineteenth and twentieth century composers. Click picture for repertoire$14.98		Orgel-Feuerwerk from Wiesbaden Orgel-Feuerwerk consists of five CD volumes from St. Bonifatius in Wiesbaden, Germany, where Gabriel Dessauer plays in grand acoustics the large Mayer organ of 1985. The programs on each disc are a delightful mix of the rare and the well-known. Click on picture for the contents of each volume



Contrast With great flair and in grand acoustics, Gabriel Dessauer serves up works of greatly varying character, from theatre-like (the wonderful "Three-Piece Suite" by Nigel Ogden) to minimal to baroque to symphonic. He plays a large and recent organ at St. Boniface Church in Wiesbaden. NIGEL OGDEN: An Art Deco “Three Piece” Suite HOLZMAN: Blaze Away March GLASS: Dance No. 4 VIERNE: Final, Sym. 3 HÖLLER: Ciacona, op. 54 TOURNEMIRE: Improv. on Victimae paschali$14.98		Thème & Variations Jean-Paul Imbert plays the 1885 Cavaillé-Coll 3-70 at St. Etienne in Caen. In sets of variations by Lemare, Bossi, Lefebure-Wely, Reger, Guilmant, and Flor Peeters. Click on headline for repertoire and to order.$14.98



Great European Organs No. 50 Hans-Otto Jakob plays the Klais Organ of Frankfurt Imperial Cathedral Jakob celebrates at Frankfurt Imperial Cathedral the 40th anniversary of the arrival of the Klais (1957). Its 87 stops with the 1994 choir organ’s 28 stops make it one of the larger organs in Germany. Its bright, clear and colorful sounds respond well in the resonant cathedral. A very interesting CD documenting a very definite style and point-of-view in neo-baroque organbuilding.$12.98		Demessieux Retrospective Vol. 1: At the Madeleine The legendary Demessieux performs at the Madeleine.$14.98



Demessieux Retrospective "These are phenomenal performances by an extraordinary organist whose technique and musicality knew no bounds . . ." The American Organist, July, 1999.		3 Cavaillé-Colls $14.98



Robilliard on a Great Cavaillé-Coll $14.98		Goulburn’s Grand Hill Organ $17.98



Organ at the Opera $16.98		Melbourne Sounds Grand $16.98



Majesty in Miniature On an organ built in 1822 by the British firm of Forster & Andrews and exported to Australia, Pastor de Lasala plays a widely varied program, including some of his own published arrangements of Handel, to demonstrate the capabilities of majesty within the diminutive resources of this seemingly small organ.$17.98		From Venice to New York Rhapsody in Blue $17.98



Schoenberg & Ives in Helsinki $14.98		Silbermann at Petrikirche, Freiberg, Wagler Plays Dietrich Wagler plays the 1735 Silbermann at St. Peter's Church, Freiberg, Germany. Works: Kuhnau, Bach, Beyer, Homilius, Merkel$14.98



Silbermann at Dresden, Johannes Ricken Plays The last great Silbermann, dedicated in 1755 at the Dresden Cathedral, is played by Johannes Ricken. Works by Bach, Scarlatti, Haydn, Lindberg, May, Lefébure-Wély, Mendelssohn$14.98		Abendmusik at Freiberg Cathedral Dietrich Wagler plays the 1714 Silbermann 3m at the Cathedral in Freiberg. Works by Dandrieu, Buxtehude, Bach, Mendelssohn$14.98



Herman Van Vliet: Organ Recital on Six Monumental Organs Dutch organist Herman Van Vliet features six historic Dutch instruments.$14.98		Romantic Rarities from Holland Herman van Vliet presents a program of beautiful and interesting rarities played in live acoustics on the 1845 C. F. A. Naber organ Amersfoort, Holland.$14.98



The Riepp Organ at Dole On the 1750 Riepp organ at Dole, Michael Chapuis performs the recently found Faverney Miracle Service dating from the French Counter-Reformation.$14.98		Kooiman plays works by J. S. Bach and his school Ewald Kooiman plays at the restored organ of the Bovenkerk in Kampen, The Netherlands$14.98



Trumpet and Organ Marek Stefanski plays the organ at St. Mary’s Church, Kracow, Poland, with trumpeter Marek Skwarezynski$15.98		Homage à Gottfried Silbermann The organ in Dresden's Cathedral was finished by Zacharias Hildebrandt after Gottfried Silbermann’s death, played by Mozart, and most recently restored by the firms of Wegschneider and Jehmlich.$14.98



la saveur des dissonances Nearly undisturbed, the French classic Boillot organ in Ville de Saint Jean de Losne, is used on this recording to perform, very well, a broad range of repertoire.$12.98