Organ, Sacred Music, and Historical Keyboards
Recordings by Faculty
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The 1785 Schiörlin Organ-Tryserum, Sweden Praeludium in g / Georg Böhm |
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The Eastman Italian Baroque Organ The only full-size Italian Baroque organ in North America, Eastman’s newly installed and restored instrument reveals the exotic sounds of another culture and time. As Featured On NPR’s “Day to Day” radio program, the organ sounds as beautiful as it appears: a genuine work of art. |
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Bach at Bryn Mawr Music by Johann Sebastian Bach David Higgs Prelude And Fugue In G Major, BWV 541 Prelude And Fugue In G Major, BWV 541 Concerto In A Minor, BWV 593 (After Vivaldi) Concerto In A Minor, BWV 593 (After Vivaldi) Concerto In A Minor, BWV 593 (After Vivaldi) Prelude And Fugue In D Major, BWV 532 Prelude And Fugue In D Major, BWV 532 Trio Sonata No. 5 In C Major, BWV 529 Trio Sonata No. 5 In C Major, BWV 529 Trio Sonata No. 5 In C Major, BWV 529 Fantasia And Fugue In G Minor, BWV 542 Fantasia And Fugue In G Minor, BWV 542 |
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Nicolaus Bruhns & Johann Nicolaus Hanff: Organ Works Prelude for organ in E minor / Nicolaus Bruhns |
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David Higgs at Riverside Works by Sowerby, Shearing, Mendelssohn David Higgs Comes Autumn Time / Leo Sowerby |
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Johann Ludwig Krebs – Clavier Übung One of Bach’s most favored students, Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713-1780) composed works revealing Bach’s influence in their complexity and harmonic daring. His Clavier-Übung is a collection of 39 pieces based on 13 favorite chorales of the 18th century. This is the first complete recording of the pieces, played by William Porter on the 1806 Pehr Schiörlin 2-33 organ in Gammalkil, Sweden, restored in 1996 and recorded on CD for the first time. |
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Music Sweet & Serious: The Organ works of Heinrich Scheidemann and Jacob Praetorius William Porter Two organists, both students of Sweelinck, dominated the organ scene in Hamburg in the early 1600’s, but their temperaments and music are a study of contrasts. William Porter plays the landmark North German Organ of Gothenburg, Sweden. |
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Meyerson Symphony Center – Fisk Inaugural Recital Works by J. S. Bach, Franck, Schumann, Mozart, Liszt, Daquin, Hampton David Higgs Toccata and Fugue for organ in F major / J.S. Bach |
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One of a Kind The Paul Fritts Organ, Pacific Lutheran University Works by J.S. Bach William Porter This is the first CD recorded on the new Paul Fritts organ at Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington, heard to great acclaim at the AGO National Convention in July, 2000. Fritts’ magnum opus, this spectacular organ has 54 stops/ 80 ranks on three manuals. The pedal division includes a full length 32′ Posuane as well as a 32′ Subbass. The combination of one of the finest organbuilders and organists in the United States, 24-bit recording technology, and Lagerquist Hall’s four-second reverberation time, make this CD a must-have! |
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In Praise of Humanity: Music of Calvin Hampton Harry Huff with David Higgs Fanfare for the New Year; In Praise of Humanity; In Paradisum; Concerto for Solo Organ; Lullaby; Voluntary on “Engleberg”; Alexander Variations |
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Double Forte! Works for two performers by Saint-Saens, Wagner, Hampton David Higgs & Todd Wilson Danse macabre / Camille Saint-Saens |
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An Organ Portrait William Porter Nicolaus Bruhns, Prelude |
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Dieterich Buxtehude and the Mean-Tone Organ, Volume 1 The large organ that Buxtehude played in St. Mary’s Church, Lübeck, had fifty-four stops on three manuals and pedal. We do not know exactly how it was tuned during Buxtehude’s time, but recent research suggests it may have been in mean tone, a tuning in which the tonal excursions that Buxtehude included in some of his praeludia would have been difficult to play. Hans Davidsson’s bold undertaking of the recording of Buxtehude’s entire organ repertoire in mean tone gives us startling new insights into how his organ music might have sounded in the seventeenth century. -Kerala J. Snyder |
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Buxtehude Complete Organ Works, volume 2: The Bach Perspective 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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Complete Organ Works of Matthias Weckman (3 CDs) The North German Baroque organ in Örgryte nya kyrka in Gothenburg, Sweden provides exciting new perspectives on Matthias Weckman’s organ music. This recording offers the first opportunity in our time to hear the complete works at their original pitch and in the original temperament, in quarter-comma meantone temperament at a Chorton pitch of a=465 Hz, and with the original registrations documented in the Weckman manuscripts. New aspects of registration and tonal realization became apparent through the process of working with this music on the new Baroque organ in Örgryte, and they are documented in the liner notes, which specify all the registrations for each work. Several of the chorale works are presented according to the alternatim practice, with a selection of hymn verses sung by the vocal ensemble Schola Gothia, directed by Ulrike Heider, interwoven with the organ verses. |
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Gelobet seist Du: Christmas in Lübeck, 1705 Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne for Organ in C major, BuxWV 137: Prelude / Buxtehude |
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French Symphonic Masterpieces Sonata for organ, No 1 in D Minor / Alexandre Guilmant |
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Complete Organ Works of Mathias Weckmann Recorded on the Arp Schnitger organ at Norden in the Ludgerikircheas as a part of Davidsson’s dissertation on the organ works of Weckmann. Complete notes and registrations in a 94 page booklet. 2-CD set |
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Historical Organs In Sweden – The Morlanda Organ Hans Davidsson Allein Gott in der Hoh’ sei Ehr’ / Sweelinck |
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Craighead Plays Reger and Vierne
David Craighead plays Rosales opus 11 of 87 ranks in Trinity Episcopal Church, Portland, Oregon. |
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French Fireworks: The Symphonic Organ Michael Farris, organ Works by Charles-Marie Widor, César Franck, Jehan Ariste Alain, Louis Vierne, Maurice Duruflé and Marcel Dupré. |
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The Last Rose of Summer David Craighead, organ Organ works by American composers John Knowles Paine, Dudley Buck, Horation Parker, Arthur Foote. |
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The Craigheads at Asbury Craighead Duets Marian & David Craighead play duets, often in their own transcriptions, recorded in October, 1995 on the Austin 2-79 at Asbury First United Methodist Church, Rochester, New York where Marian was organist 1956 until her passing in 1996. |
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Michael Farris at SMU
Organ works by J.S. Bach, Mozart, Arvo Part, Dietrich Buxtehude, Robert Schumann and Franz Liszt |
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Lou Harrison Concerto for Violin & Percussion with Eudice Shapiro Concerto for organ & percussion orchestra |
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Leo Sowerby – Works for Organ and Orchestra John Welsh, conductor David Craighead, organ Concerto for organ & strings (“Classic Concerto”) |
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King of Instruments: A Listener’s Guide to the Art and Science of Recording the Organ Michael Farris, David Higgs and others. Organ works by Bach, Buxtehude, Lefebure-Wely |
