Historic Organs of Boston - Thirty-one Historic Pipe Organs

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Album Summary

Performers

• Frances Fitch (Organ)
• Erik Suter (Organ)
• Brian Jones (Organ)
• Robert Barney (Organ)
• Andrew Scanlon (Organ)
• Dana Robinson (Organ)
• L. Jodry (Organ)
• Libor Dudas (Organ)
• Rosalind Mohnsen (Organ)
• Lois Regestein (Organ)
• Peter Krasinski (Organ)
• Cherry Rhodes (Organ)
• Mark Dwyer (Organ)
• Gregory Crowell (Organ)
• Leo Abbott (Organ)
• Thomas Murray (Organ)
• Peter Sykes (Organ)
• Nancy Granert (Organ)
• Marian Metson (Organ)
• Kimberly Hess (Organ)
• Gretchen Longwell (Organ)
• Yuko Hayashi (Organ)
• Margaret Irwin-Brandon (Organ)
• Julian Wachner (Organ)
• Jr. George Bozeman (Organ)
• Scot Huntington (Organ)
• Kristin Farmer (Organ)
• Richard Hill (Organ)
• Kevin Birch (Organ)
• Stephen Roberts (Organ)
• Victoria Wagner (Organ)

Composers

• W. Eugene Thayer (1839 - 1889)
• Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
• Louis Vierne (1870 - 1937)
• Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (Composer) (1875 - 1912)
• Clement Cotterill Scholefield (1839 - 1904)
• Peter Sykes
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562 - 1621)
• Leo Abbott
• Joseph Wilcox Jenkins
• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
• Johann Nicolaus Hanff (1665 - circa 1711-1712)
• Johann Weck (circa 1495 - 1536)
• John Cook (1918 - 1984)
• Matthias Weckmann (1619 - 1674)
• Olivier Messiaen (1908 - 1992)
• Southard
• Dezsö D'Antalffy-Zsiross (1885 - 1945)
• Dudley Buck (1839 - 1909)
• Clarence Mader (1904 - 1971)
• Charles-Marie Widor (1844 - 1937)
• Hubert Parry (1848 - 1918)
• James Woodman (1957 - )
• Harold Darke (Organ/Composer) (1888 - 1976)
• Charles Avison (1709 - 1770)
• Joseph Bonnet (1884 - 1944)
• Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
• Henri Mulet (1878 - 1967)
• Daniel Pinkham (Organ) (1923 - 2006)
• Johann Rudolf Ahle (1625 - 1673)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Heinrich Scheidemann (1595 - 1663)
• Marjorie Merryman
• Marcel Dupré (1886 - 1971)
• Gabriel Dupont (Composer) (1878 - 1914)
• Gardner Read (1913 - 2005)
• Jiri Ropek (1922 - )
• Christian Teilman
• Jeremiah Clarke (circa 1674 - 1707)
• Samuel Scheidt (1587 - 1654)
• Healey Willan (1880 - 1968)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
• Max Reger (1873 - 1916)
• Henry Morton Dunham (1853 - 1929)
• Thomas Arne (1710 - 1778)
• Franz von Suppé (1819 - 1895)
• Arthur Foote (1853 - 1937)
• Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676 - 1749)
• Maurice Duruflé (1902 - 1986)

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Works Details

Dezsö D'Antalffy-Zsiross (1885 - 1945) : Sportive Fauns, for organ

• Performer: Cherry Rhodes (Organ)
• Running Time: 5 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Dupont, Gabriel : Méditation, for organ

• Performer: Cherry Rhodes (Organ)
• Running Time: 5 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Vierne, Louis : Impromptu, for organ

• Performer: Cherry Rhodes (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Mader, Clarence : Afternoon of a Toad, for organ

• Performer: Cherry Rhodes (Organ)
• Running Time: 5 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Ropek, Jiri : Variations on Victimae Paschali Laudes, for organ

• Performer: Cherry Rhodes (Organ)
• Running Time: 13 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Scholefield, Clement Cotterill : Hymn :: St. Clement)

• Performer: Mark Dwyer (Organ)
• Running Time: 3 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1874

Parry, Charles Hubert : Nunc Dimittis in D major

• Performer: Mark Dwyer (Organ)
• Running Time: 3 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Choral

Clarke, Jeremiah : Hymn :: O trinity of Blessed Light, Bromley

• Performer: Mark Dwyer (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1700

Mendelssohn, Felix : Sonatas (6) for Organ, Op. 65

• Performer: Gregory Crowell (Organ)
• Running Time: 12 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 01/02/1845

Darke, Harold Edwin : Fantasy for organ in E major, Op. 39

• Performer: Mark Dwyer (Organ)
• Running Time: 6 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1930

Willan, Healey : The Royal banners forward go

• Performer: Leo Abbott (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Abbott, Leo : Improvisation on "Salve Regina"

• Performer: Leo Abbott (Organ)
• Running Time: 11 min. 42 sec.

Bonnet, Joseph : Poèmes d'automne, for organ, Op. 3

• Performer: Thomas Murray (Organ)
• Running Time: 4 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal

Reger, Max : Benedictus for organ in D flat major, Op. 59/9

• Performer: Thomas Murray (Organ)
• Running Time: 4 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 01/07/1901

Schumann, Robert : Etudes (6) in Canon Form for pedal piano, Op. 56 :: 3. Andantino in E

• Performer: Thomas Murray (Organ)
• Notes: Church of the Immaculate Conception, Boston, MA (11/20/1944-11/22/1944)
• Running Time: 1 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1845

Schumann, Robert : Etudes (6) in Canon Form for pedal piano, Op. 56 :: 6. Adagio in B

• Performer: Thomas Murray (Organ)
• Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1845

Mulet, Henri : Carillon-Sortie for Organ in D major

• Performer: Thomas Murray (Organ)
• Running Time: 4 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: circa 1912

Arne, Thomas Augustine : Lo! He Comes, with Clouds Descending (Helmsley)

• Performer: Peter Sykes (Organ)
• Running Time: 7 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Classical

Schumann, Robert : Fugues (6) on B-A-C-H for organ (or pedal piano or harmonium), Op. 60

• Performer: Peter Sykes (Organ)
• Running Time: 7 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1845

Weck, Johann : Spanyöler Tanca & Hopper Dancz

• Performer: Nancy Granert (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Ahle, Johann Rudolf : Liebster Jesu (Blessed Jesus, at Thy Word), hymn

• Performer: Nancy Granert (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1664

Foote, Arthur : Postlude in C, for organ

• Performer: Nancy Granert (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Cook, John : Variations on "Alles Ist an Gottes Segen" for organ

• Performer: Marian Metson (Organ)
• Running Time: 9 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Schumann, Robert : Sketches (4) for pedal piano, Op. 58 :: 4. Allegretto in D-flat

• Performer: Kimberly Hess (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1845

Schumann, Robert : Sketches (4) for pedal piano, Op. 58 :: 1. Nicht schnell in c

• Performer: Kimberly Hess (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1845

Schumann, Robert : Sketches (4) for pedal piano, Op. 58 :: 2. Nicht schnell in C

• Performer: Kimberly Hess (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1845

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Concerto for Organ solo in G major, BWV 592 (after Duke Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar) :: 1. Allegro

• Performer: Gretchen Longwell (Organ)
• Running Time: 3 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1713-1714

Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676 - 1749) : Suite du deuxième ton, for organ :: Basse de Cromorne

• Performer: Yuko Hayashi (Organ)
• Running Time: 1 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676 - 1749) : Suite du deuxième ton, for organ :: Flûtes

• Performer: Yuko Hayashi (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676 - 1749) : Suite du deuxième ton, for organ :: Récit de Nazard

• Performer: Yuko Hayashi (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676 - 1749) : Suite du deuxième ton, for organ :: Caprice sur les grand Jeux

• Performer: Yuko Hayashi (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Weckmann, Matthias : Canzon for organ in G

• Performer: Margaret Irwin-Brandon (Organ)
• Running Time: 3 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Scheidemann, Heinrich : Fantasia for organ in C (WV 82)

• Performer: Margaret Irwin-Brandon (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Maurice Duruflé (1902 - 1986) : Prelude et fugue sur le nom d'Alain, Op. 7

• Performer: Julian Wachner (Organ)
• Running Time: 12 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1942

Messiaen, Olivier : L'Ascension

• Performer: Julian Wachner (Organ)
• Running Time: 5 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1932-1933

Merryman, Marjorie : Trés Riches Heures for organ

• Performer: Julian Wachner (Organ)
• Running Time: 3 min. 49 sec.

Thayer, W. Eugene : Sonata for organ no 5 in C Minor, Op. 45

• Performer: Jr. George Bozeman (Organ)
• Running Time: 13 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Pastorale in F major, BWV 590 :: 1st and 2nd movements

• Performer: Scot Huntington (Organ)
• Running Time: 4 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: after 1720

Southard : Postlude for organ (pedal study)

• Performer: Scot Huntington (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 9 sec.

Marcel Dupré (1886 - 1971) : Versets (15) sur les Vêpres de la Vierge for organ, Op. 18 :: Antiphon 5

• Performer: Kristin Farmer (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1919

Marcel Dupré (1886 - 1971) : Versets (15) sur les Vêpres de la Vierge for organ, Op. 18 :: Antiphon 3

• Performer: Kristin Farmer (Organ)
• Running Time: 3 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1919

Massenet, Jules : Thaïs

• Performer: Kristin Farmer (Organ)
• Running Time: 5 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1892

Buck, Dudley : Triumphal March, for organ

• Performer: Richard Hill (Organ)
• Running Time: 5 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Read, Gardner : David the King, for organ

• Performer: Richard Hill (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Foote, Arthur : Suite for Organ in D major, Op. 54

• Performer: Richard Hill (Organ)
• Running Time: 4 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel : Elegy

• Performer: Kevin Birch (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1902

Widor, Charles-Marie : Fifth Organ Symphony in F, Op. 42/1 :: 1. Allegro vivace

• Performer: Stephen Roberts (Organ)
• Notes: Most Precious Blood R. C., Boston, MA (01/25/1992-01/27/1992)
• Running Time: 10 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1880

Teilman, Christian : Festival March, for organ

• Performer: Victoria Wagner (Organ)
• Running Time: 4 min. 37 sec.
• Written: 1908

Sykes, Peter : Rise Up, My Love, for organ

• Performer: Victoria Wagner (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.

Woodman, James : Rock of Ages, for organ

• Performer: Victoria Wagner (Organ)
• Running Time: 4 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Scheidt, Samuel : Cantio sacra :: Christ lag in Todesbanden, for organ

• Performer: Frances Fitch (Organ)
• Running Time: 7 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon : Ballo del Granduca, for organ (doubtful; probably by Samuel Scheidt). SwWV 319

• Performer: Erik Suter (Organ)
• Running Time: 4 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1602-1621

Avison, Charles : Concerto Grosso no 5 in D minor (after Scarlatti)

• Performer: Brian Jones (Organ)
• Running Time: 9 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral

Brahms, Johannes : Prelude and Fugue for Organ in G minor, WoO 10

• Performer: Robert Barney (Organ)
• Running Time: 4 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1857

Jenkins, Joseph Wilcox : Six Pieces for Organ, Op. 50 :: 5. Rondeau

• Performer: Andrew Scanlon (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 11 sec.

Jenkins, Joseph Wilcox : Six Pieces for Organ, Op. 50 :: 6. Deo Gracias

• Performer: Andrew Scanlon (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 27 sec.

Widor, Charles-Marie : Symphony for Organ no 9 in c/C, Op. 70 "Gothic" :: 1. Moderato

• Performer: Dana Robinson (Organ)
• Running Time: 6 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1895

Buck, Dudley : Postlude on a Theme of Palestrina, for organ

• Performer: L. Jodry (Organ)
• Running Time: 3 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Elgar, Edward : Vesper Voluntaries (8), for organ, Op. 14 :: Voluntary 5

• Performer: Libor Dudas (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1889-1890

Elgar, Edward : Vesper Voluntaries (8), for organ, Op. 14 :: Voluntary 7

• Performer: Libor Dudas (Organ)
• Running Time: 3 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1889-1890

Dunham, Henry Morton : Fantasia and Fugue in D minor Op.19

• Performer: Rosalind Mohnsen (Organ)
• Running Time: 5 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Hanff, Johann Nicolaus : Wär Gott Nicht Mit Uns Diese Zeit, chorale prelude for organ

• Performer: Lois Regestein (Organ)
• Running Time: 1 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Pinkham, Daniel [Organ] : Pastorale for organ on "The morning star"

• Performer: Lois Regestein (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Franz von Suppé (1819 - 1895) : Dichter und Bauer (Poet and Peasant), overture to the operetta

• Performer: Peter Krasinski (Organ)
• Running Time: 9 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1846