Historic Organs of Montréal [Box set]

Richard [Classical] Wagner (Composer), Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (Composer), Marco Enrico Bossi (Composer), Charles Tournemire (Composer), Theodore Dubois (Composer), Unspecified (Composer), Antoine Reboulot (Composer), Alexandre Guilmant (Composer), Joseph-Ermend Bonnal (Composer), Gabriel Pierne (Composer), Denis Bedard (Composer), Pierre Cogen (Composer), Conrad Letendre (Composer), Jose Jimenez (Composer), Pablo Bruna (Composer), Livre d'orgue de Montreal Anonymous (Composer), Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier (Composer), Johann Adam Reincken (Composer), Vincent Lubeck (Composer), Dietrich Buxtehude (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: Richard [Classical] Wagner, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Marco Enrico Bossi, Charles Tournemire, Theodore Dubois, et al.
• Audio CD (May 28, 2002)
• 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: B000066F0N
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #584,455 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Ride of the Valkyries

2. Nocturne, for cello & small orchestra (or piano) in D minor, Op. 19/4

3. Giga for organ

4. Chorale Improvisation on 'Victimae Paschali,' for organ

5. Pieces (7) for organ: Marcietta

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Disc: 2

1. Batalla (6 toni)

2. Tiento Sobre la Letania de la Virgen for organ

3. Variations on'In dulci jubilo' for organ

4. Suite for organ in F major: Plein jeu

5. Suite for organ in F major: Duo

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Disc: 3

1. Musicalischer Parnassus, 9 suites for keyboard: Chaconne

2. La Messe, in 23 versets for organ (first part of Livre d'orgue): Et in terra pax à 5

3. La Messe, in 23 versets for organ (first part of Livre d'orgue): Duo

4. Pièces (12) for organ, Op. 18: Fantasia, op. 18

5. Hymn: Dearest Jesus, at Your Word (Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier)

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Disc: 4

1. Pollonese As Riposte for organ

2. Magnificat Fugue, for organ in tone 1, No. 11, T. 111

3. Magnificat Fugue, for organ in tone 2, No. 10, T. 133

4. Work(s): Sonata for organ: Allegro in D minor

5. Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of the Fugue), for keyboard (or other instruments), BWV 1080: Fugue 1

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Editorial Reviews

The 4-CDs in this set include ten organs built by Casavant 1890-1999, five built by S. R. Warren 1854-1892, four built by Hellmuth Wolff 1973-1993, three built by Guilbault-Thérien 1990-95, three built by Rudolf von Beckerath 1959-61, two built by Mitchell & Forté or Louis Mitchell 1866-1871, and single organs built by William Nutting in 1854, Eusèbe Brodeur in 1898, and Edward Lye in 1910. The playing on these CDs is simply awesome, including Ken Cowan's thrilling Ride of the Valkyries as played on the 1890/1924/1991 Casavant 4m at Notre Dame Basilica. Catherine Todorovski brings the greatest of musical qualities to bear on her entirely ingratiating performance on the smallest organ, a 3-rank Warren organ built in Skudamore style in 1871. Parts of the Montréal Organ Book are played wonderfully by Yves Préfontaine on the very large organ built in 18th-century French classical style by Guilbault-Thérien in the acoustic grandeur of the seminary chapel and Lucienne and Gaston Arel play Spanish works on the more eclectic Guilbault-Thérien at St. Léon.