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Gillian Weir: The King of Instruments / Bach, Saint-Saens, Messian [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Priory / 2010-12-14

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Prelude and Fugue for Organ in E flat major, BWV 552 "St. Anne"; Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Variations on 'Mein junges Leben ha...
Performers: Weir, Gillian; Williams, Huw [organ]

The six programs comprising The King of Instruments were shown on BBC Wales and BBC2 in 1989. Although many of the television production techniques used...continue...
Run Time: 152 min.
Region: All
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20th-Century Masterpieces - 100 Years of Classical Music

16 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Claude Debussy: La mer; Frederick Delius: Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody; Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Arnold Schoenberg: Pi...
Performers: Andsnes, Leif Ove; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Chang, Sarah; Devos, Louis; du Pre, Jacqueline; Harrell, Lynn; Isserlis, Steven; Kilanowisz, Zofia; Kremer, Gidon; Little...
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Klemperer, Otto; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Dutoit, Charles; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Haitink, Bernard; Berglund, Paavo; Frühbeck de Burgos...
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Helsinki Philharmo...

The works in this set of 16 CDs have been arranged in strict chronological order of composition, the first disc beginning with a work from...continue...

Poulenc: Concerti, Sinfonietta, Aubade, etc / Hickox, Pommier, Cole, Wier, Queffélec, et al

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2008-05-27

Works: Francis Poulenc: Concerto for Piano; Concerto Champêtre for Harpsichord; Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani in G minor; Concerto for 2 Pianos in D minor; Aubade for Piano and 18 instrument...
Performers: Cole, Maggie; Pommier, Jean-Bernard; Queffélec, Anne; Weir, Gillian
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia

Gillian Weir on Stage at Symphony Hall, Birmingham

2 CD / Priory / 2007-08-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 538 "Dorian"; Dietrich Buxtehude: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in F major, BuxWV 156; Max Reger: Pieces (12) for Organ, Op. 59 "Orgelmesse"; An...
Performers: Weir, Gillian

The "Toccata" is a piece intended primarily as a display of manual dexterity, and who better than the beloved Dame Gillian Weir to perform these...continue...

Couperin: Organ Masses

2 CD / HBDirect Import / 2007-04-10

Works: François Couperin: Mass for Organ no 1 "à l'usage ordinaire des paroisses"; Chromorne sur la taille-Gloria
Performers: Weir, Gillian

Gillian Weir On Stage at the Royal Festival Hall, London

1 CD / Priory / 2006-07-01

Works: Charles Ives: Variations for Organ on "America"; Jean-François Dandrieu: Noëls for Organ; Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue for Organ in C major, BWV 547; Jules Grison: Toccata for...
Performers: Weir, Gillian

This concert won the acclaim of critics and public alike, and a unique career as an international concert and recording artist followed. Among many notable...continue...

The Grand Organ of the Royal Albert Hall / Gillian Wier

1 CD / Priory / 2005-10-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Fantasy and Fugue for Organ, S 259 "Ad nos, ad salutarem"; Légendes (2) for Piano, S 175; Herbert Howells: Rhapsody in C sharp minor "I love all beauteous things"; Charles Hubert Pa...
Performers: Weir, Gillian

Meyerbeer, Mendelssohn, Eben: Organ Works / Gillian Weir

2 CD / Priory / 2005-07-01

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le Prophète; Felix Mendelssohn: Sonata (6) for Organ, Op. 65; Petr Eben: Sunday Music; Frank Bridge: Pieces (3) for Organ, H 63; Antonio Valente: Ballo dell'Intorcia; Girola...
Performers: Weir, Gillian

Messiaen: Organ Works Vol 5 & 6 / Weir

4 CD / Priory / 2005-03-01

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Livre du Saint Sacrement; Monodie; Offrande au Saint Sacrement; Diptyque for Organ; Prelude for Organ; Verset pour la fête de la dédicace
Performers: Weir, Gillian

Organ Master Series Vol 4 - J.S Bach / Gillian Weir

2 CD / Priory / 2005-02-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasia super Komm, heiliger Geist, BWV 651; Komm, heiliger Geist, BWV 652; An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 653; Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 654; Trio super Herr...
Performers: Weir, Gillian; Welch, Gillian

Messiaen: The Organ Works Vol 4 / Gillian Weir

2 CD / Priory / 2004-09-01

Works: Olivier Messiaen: L'Ascension; Livre d'orgue
Performers: Weir, Gillian

Glorious Pipes - Organ Music / Dupré, Cochereau, et al

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-08-10

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Fugue for organ in G minor ("Little"), BWV 578 (BC J66); Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, chorale prelude for organ (Schüb...
Performers: Cochereau, Pierre; Dupre, Marcel; Hurford, Peter; Koopman, Ton; Latry, Olivier; Planyavsky, Peter; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]; Rubsam, Wolfgang; Trotter, Thomas; Walcha, Helmut; Weir, Gillian

'Glorious Pipes' presents an outstanding overview of music for the organ - from the greatest hits such as Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor,...continue...

Organ Master Series - Gillian Weir Plays Bach

2 CD / Priory / 2004-05-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale Preludes (6) BWV 645-650 "Schübler"; Pastorale in F major, BWV 590; Vom Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her, BWV 769; Duet for Organ in E minor, BWV 802; Duet for Organ ...
Performers: Weir, Gillian

"The more I hear of this series, the more I find them to be a priceless store of treasures, bearing witness to one of the...continue...

Messiaen: The Organ Works Vol 3 / Gillian Weir

1 CD / Priory / 2003-12-01

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Messe de la Pentecôte; Les corps glorieux
Performers: Weir, Gillian

Messiaen: The Organ Works Vol 1 / Gillian Weir

1 CD / Priory / 2003-10-01

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Apparition de l'église éternelle; La nativité du Seigneur; Le banquet céleste
Performers: Weir, Gillian

Messiaen: The Organ Works Vol 2 / Gillian Weir

1 CD / Priory / 2003-06-01

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinité
Performers: Weir, Gillian

"This is Volume 2 in the reissue of the complete organ works done for Collins in 1994, updated now to include his final organ pieces....continue...

Bear Essentials - Wedding Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-03-25

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3); Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Cantata no 147, ...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Austin, Michael [Organ]; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bott, Paula; Elms, Roderick; Hicks, Malcolm; Isserlis, Steven; Jackson, Francis; Kee, Piet; Kennedy, Nig...
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias; Thomas, Ronald [Violin]; Newsome, Roy; ; Shepherd, Adrian; Hickox, Richard; Standage, Simon; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Spicer, Paul; Williams, Glyn; Williams, J. Glyn; Robinson, Chris...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ens.; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Besses o' th' Barn Band; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Cantilena (Instrumental Ensemble); Collegium Musicum 90; Collegium Mu...

Personnel: Nigel Kennedy (violin); Steven Isserlis (cello); Phillip McCann (cornet); Peter Pettinger (piano); Michael Austin , Roderick Elms, Malcolm Hicks, Francis Jackson, Simon Lindley (organ)....continue...

Organ Masters Series Vol 2 - Bach, Schnizer, et al / Weir

2 CD / Priory / 2002-04-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partite sopra Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig, BWV 768; Franz Xaver Schnitzer: Sonatas (6) for Organ, Op. 1; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Fantasia for Mechanical Organ in F min...
Performers: Weir, Gillian

"Weir has worked to place the organist on an equal footing with the pianist and other soloists, and this CD brilliantly encapsulates this aim. A...continue...

Wedding Classics / Norrington, Parrott, Mackerras, et al

2 CD / Virgin Classics Import / 2002-03-12

Works: Henry Purcell: Indian Queen, Z 630; Fairy Queen, Z 629; Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor; Alessandro Marcello: Concerto for Oboe in D minor; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Danby, Nicholas; Frimmer, Monika; Goodwin, Paul [Oboe, Conductor]; Keyrouz, Marie, Sister; Still, Ray; Warren-Green, Christopher [Violin/Conductor]; Wayne Marshall [Piano/Organ]; Weir...
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew; Warren-Green, Christopher; Stamp, Richard; Norrington, Roger; Ledger, Philip, Sir; ; van Beek, Arie; Neumann, Peter; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Hickox, Richard; Menuhin, Yehudi; Kuijke...
Ensemble: ; Aquarius; London Classical Players; Sonnerie; Taverner Choir, Consort & Players

Concerto for Organ

1 CD / Linn Records / 2001-10-02

Works: Francis Poulenc: Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani in G minor; Pierre Petit: Concertino for organ, strings & percussion; Samuel Barber: Toccata Festiva for organ & orchestra, Op. 36
Performers: English Chamber Orchestra; Hill, David; Leppard, Raymond; Weir, Gillian

Recording information: St Angustine's Chapel (10/2001-07/2001).

Concerto for Organ features David Hill and Raymond Leppard conducting organist Gillian Weir and the English Chamber Orchestra on ...continue...

Melody and Medley - Bach, Haydn, et al / Hyde, Wright, et al

1 CD / Priory / 2001-09-01

Works: Joseph Jongen: Sonata heroïca, Op. 94; Healey Willan: Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue for Organ in E flat major, B 149; Paul Hindemith: Sonata for organ no 1; Julius Reubke: Sonata for Organ...
Performers: Weir, Gillian

Organ Masters Series Vol 1- Jongen, Hindemith, et al / Weir

1 CD / Priory / 2001-09-01

Works: Joseph Jongen: Sonata heroïca, Op. 94; Healey Willan: Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue for Organ in E flat major, B 149; Paul Hindemith: Sonata for Organ no 1; Julius Reubke: Sonata for Organ...
Performers: Weir, Gillian

Scherzo - Guilmant, Duruflé, Bossi, et al / Gillian Weir

1 CD / Koss Classics / 1994-03-01

Works: Alexandre Guilmant: L' Organiste Pratique, Book 8, Op. 55; Maurice Duruflé: Scherzo, for organ, Op. 2; Marco Enrico Bossi: Scherzo for organ, No 2 in D, Op.49; Siciliana & Gigue for flute & or...
Performers: Weir, Gillian

Saint-Saëns: Symphonies 2 & 3 / Tortelier, Weir, Ulster Orch

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-01-01

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony no 3 in C minor, Op. 78 "Organ"; Symphony no 2 in A minor, Op. 55
Performers: Weir, Gillian
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

Stanford: Symphony no 7, etc / Handley, Ulster Orchestra

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-01-01

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: Symphony, No 7 in D minor, Op. 124; Irish Rhapsody for orchestra No 3, Op. 137; Concert Piece for organ & orchestra, Op.181
Performers: Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]; Weir, Gillian
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra