The Symphonic Organ

Aaron Copland (Composer), Harold Friedell (Composer), Cesar Franck (Composer), Modest Mussorgsky (Composer), William Trafka (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: William Trafka
• Composer: Aaron Copland, Harold Friedell, Cesar Franck, Modest Mussorgsky
• Audio CD (October 24, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Pro Organo
• ASIN: B000050926
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #550,323 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Fanfare for the Common Man, for brass & percussion (from Symphony No. 3)

2. Symphony for organ in E minor ('Cantabile')

3. Grande pičce symphonique, for organ in F sharp minor, Op. 17, M. 29: Andantion serioso-Allegro non troppo e maestoso

4. Grande pičce symphonique, for organ in F sharp minor, Op. 17, M. 29: Andante- Allegro- Andante

5. Grande pičce symphonique, for organ in F sharp minor, Op. 17, M. 29: Allegro non troppo e maestoso (through conclusion)

6. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vīstavski), for piano: Promenade

7. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vīstavski), for piano: The Gnome

8. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vīstavski), for piano: Promenade

9. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vīstavski), for piano: The Old Castle

10. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vīstavski), for piano: Promenade- Children Quarelling After Play

11. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vīstavski), for piano: Bydlo

12. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vīstavski), for piano: Promenade- Ballet of the Unhatched Chickens

13. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vīstavski), for piano: Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle

14. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vīstavski), for piano: The Market Place at Limoges

15. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vīstavski), for piano: Catacombs

16. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vīstavski), for piano: Lingua Mortua

17. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vīstavski), for piano: The Hut of Baba-Yaga

18. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vīstavski), for piano: The Great Gate Of Kiev

Customer Reviews

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Far more exciting and satisfying than the original, October 26, 2008

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Played on NYC's largest pipe organ, Trafka's transcriptions are flawless and for me make the Copland and Mussorgsky more exciting, vivid and grand than in their original form. It is rare that this can be accomplished. I write this as a brass player who has played the Copland Fanfare many times.

The organ benefits from the luxurious acoustics and multi-dimensional space in St. Bartholomew's Church. Where else could a whole division of an organ be placed in a dome? Trafka, a virtuoso organist and a gifted composer and arranger, selects exactly the right registrations to reflect the symphonic underpinnings of the works. In so doing, he seems to use every stop in the formidable 225 rank organ.