From the Opera Box
Pipedreams 2016-03-31
Summary:
Transcriptions and arrangements of select solos and scenes from the lyric stage seem perfectly at home in the organ loft, too.
Program details:
GIUSEPPE VERDI: La Forza del Destino Overture –Peter Richard Conte (Wanamaker Grand Court Organ/Macy's Department Store, Philadelphia, PA) Pipedreams Archive (r. 6/29/13).
GIOACHINO ROSSINI: La Gazza Ladra Overture –Giuliana Maccaroni & Federica Iannella (1821 Serassi/Santa Maria Assunta, Caluso, Italy) Tactus 791805.
RICHARD WAGNER (trans. Lemare): "Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla," fr Das Rheingold –Anthony Newman (1954 Aeolian–Skinner/Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City) Columbia MQ–33268.
VERDI (trans. Fumagalli): Offertory, after Stiffelio. VERDI (trans. Lebeau): Requiem aeternum, fr Requiem –Stefan Molardi (1797 Bossi/Church of St. Michael the Archangel, Roncole Verdi, Busetto) Tactus 812202.
VERDI (arr. Marshall): Un ballo in maschera Prelude –Wayne Marshall (1962 Harrison/Coventry Cathedral, England) EMI 63490.
VERDI: Triumphal Scene, fr Aida –Wanamaker Festival Chorus & Brass; Peter Richard Conte (Wanamaker Organ/Macy's, Philadelphia) Pipedreams Archive (r. 6/17/12).