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| Virgil Fox recorded the large organ at the Gloucester, Massachusetts, John Hays Hammond Castle in 1946 & 1953 for RCA Victor. The Brahms Chorale Preludes (complete) were not recorded elsewhere by him, and this is his only commercially released recording of the Reubke Sonata on the 94th Psalm. | |
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| The second of Virgil Fox's two “Bach Gamut” concerts played to audiences of 5,500 people at St. Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco, is contained in this new release. The concerts survey Bach’s works in musical keys from A to G. This release contains both a DVD (surround sound) and a CD (stereo) of the same program. The DVD video track features kaleidoscopic "light show" images. Fox plays some pieces on his touring electronic; the rest are played on the Cathedral’s 4-manual, 89-rank Ruffati pipe organ. Prelude & Fugue in b; Toccata & Fugue in d; Fugue in G Gigue; Toccata in F; I Cry to Thee; Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring; Have Mercy on Me, O Lord; Prelude & Fuge in E Minor Wedge; Sleepers Awake! | |
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| Never before released live concert. In 1976, Fox played two “Bach Gamut” concerts to audiences of 5,500 people at St. Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco, surveying Bach’s works in all musical keys from A to G. This package comes with both a DVD and a separate audio CD bearing the same program in stereo. Included on the DVD is a TV interview with Virgil Fox. Click for details. | |
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| On CD for the first time! The Command Classics Recordings! Virgil Fox recorded these definitive performances on the Aeolian-Skinner organs at Riverside Church and Lincoln Center in New York City, and at Symphony Hall, Boston, in 1963 and 1965 for the Command Classics audiophile recording company, and they were released as four LP phonograph records and perhaps a few reel-to-reel tapes. Now, they are released for the first time on CD. Click for a list of works on this 2-CD set. | |
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| Now, it is transferred to CD! Virgil Fox’s “Great Protestant Hymns,” recorded by RCA in 1956 on the new Aeolian-Skinner in Riverside Church, is frequently requested but has been unavailable for years. 21 hymns are treated to Virgil’s rhythmic, dramatic, bold artistry. | |
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| First time on CD! When Virgil Fox was 29 in 1941, RCA Victor recorded him on the magnificent Skinner organ in the chapel at Girard College, Philadelphia. These touchstones of Fox’s art are digitally remastered and produced on a CD for the first time, including four pieces that were not released by RCA on 78 rpm shellac. Works by Gigout, Mulet, Campra, Willan, Vierne, Clarke, and J. S. Bach. Click picture for list of works and to order | |
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| This CD/DVD package features Fox's famous 40-minute audiophile Command Classics recording on a CD and on the audio track of a DVD-Video. The video on the DVD is a collection of kaleidoscopic collages. The great bonus on the DVD is an 11-minute TV interview of Fox at the Wanamaker Organ (1979), and a 30-minute performance videotaped in 1970 for a CBS network TV show. The CBS program was performed in a TV studio on the touring electronic. Click for repertoire and to order. | |
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| Fox’s famous 1958 stereo recording made at Riverside Church is digitally remastered to bring clarity and dynamic brilliance. BACH: ‘’Little’’ Fugue in g; Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring; Trio VI in G; Air on the G String HANDEL: Allegro, Concerto IV in F; Aria, Concerto X for strings BOYCE: Ye Sweet Retreat MULET: Thou Art the Rock PURCELL: Trumpet Voluntary SCHUMANN: Canon in b WIDOR: Toccata, Symphony V | |
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| Recorded at the Riverside Church, New York. A Mighty Fortress; Londonderry Air SULLIVAN: The Lost Chord TCHAIKOVSKY: None But the Lonely Heart; All Through the Night; Andante Cantabile GREIG: To Spring; Ich Liebe Dich MASSENET: Meditation from Thais LISZT: Liebestraume No. 3 DEBUSSY: Clair de Lune KREISLER: The Old Refrain MACDOWELL: To a Wild Rose SAINT-SAËNS: The Swan DVORAK: Songs My Mother Taught Me WAGNER: Evening Star | |
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| Recorded at the Riverside Church, New York. BACH: We All Believe in One God FIBICH: Poeme BOSSI: Giga VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia Old 100th GRIEG: A Dream MIDDELSCHULTE: Perpetuum mobile MCAMIS: Dreams MOLLOY: Love’s Old Sweet Song BÖHM: Calm as the Night RUBINSTEIN: Kammennoi Ostrow EBERHARDT-CADMAN: At Dawning BEETHOVEN: Minuet in G BOND: A Perfect Day | |
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