Historic Organs of Boston [Box set]

Dezso D'Antalffy-Zsiross (Composer), Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont (Composer), Louis Vierne (Composer), Clarence Mader (Composer), Jiri Ropek (Composer), Clement Cotterill Scholefield (Composer), Hubert Parry (Composer), Jeremiah Clarke (Composer), Felix [1] Mendelssohn (Composer), Harold Darke (Composer), Healey Willan (Composer), Leo Abbott (Composer), Joseph Bonnet (Composer), Max Reger (Composer), Robert Schumann (Composer), Henri Mulet (Composer), Thomas Arne (Composer), Johann Weck (Composer), Johann Rudolf Ahle (Composer), Arthur Foote (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: Dezso D'Antalffy-Zsiross, Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont, Louis Vierne, Clarence Mader, Jiri Ropek, et al.
• Audio CD (April 29, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 4
• Format: Box set
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Organ Hist. Society
• ASIN: B00008Z45Y
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #260,700 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #62 in Music > Classical > Historical Periods > Modern, 20th, & 21st Century > Composers > Reger, Max

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Sportive Fauns, for organ

2. Méditation, for organ

3. Impromptu, for organ

4. Afternoon of a Toad, for organ

5. Variations on Victimae Paschali Laudes, for organ

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Poèmes d'automne, for organ, Op. 3

2. Benedictus for organ in D flat major, Op. 59/9

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

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

5. Carillon Sortie for organ

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Disc: 3

1. Prelude and Fugue on the name A.L.A.I.N., for organ, Op. 7

2. L' Ascension, for organ (arr. from orchestral piece), I/12b

3. Trés Riches Heures for organ

4. Sonata for organ No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 45: 1. Allegro energico

5. Sonata for organ No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 45: 2. Canon duplex (Andante con moto)

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Disc: 4

1. Festival March, for organ

2. Rise Up, My Love, for organ

3. Rock of Ages, for organ

4. Cantio sacra: Christ lag in Todesbanden, for organ

5. Ballo del Granduca, for organ (doubtful; probably by Samuel Scheidt)

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Editorial Reviews

Boston and New England focused America's vital organ culture of the 19th and 20th centuries, with fine builders and a large group of great ones, inquiring and innovative composers and organists, a distinguished establishment of organ pedagogues who brought organ education into universities, and a creative capacity that led the stylistic development of the American organ. This new 4-CD set is filled with the sounds of the magnificent organs that resulted from this culture, especially with 13 splendid organs built by the Hook firm, some quite large, and thus providing an informative and enjoyable perusal of its tonal evolution 1854-1900. Organs built by others in the same period demonstrate the significant differences among such fine firms as those of the Hooks, Wm. B. D. Simmons, Woodberry, Hutchings, Michell, Jardine and several others. For the 20th Century, four fine Aeolian-Skinner organs are represented, including a remarkable small one and the gigantic one at the Mother Church as well as one that is entirely in the style of Ernest Skinner and another that was pivotal in G. Donald Harrison's development of the American Classic organ. Modern organs by Fisk, Noack, and Bozeman round out the sampling of Boston builders, and there are a few others from all eras as well.