Americans Abroad
Pipedreams 2015-07-01
Summary:
Though relatively few in number, some significant instruments by organ builders from the U. S. have found themselves as musical ambassadors in foreign settings.
Program playlist:
W. A. MOZART (trans. Heywood): Don Giovanni Overture. PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY (trans. Heywood): Valse, fr Serenade for Strings, Op. 48 --Thomas Heywood (1930 Skinner/Saalkirche, Ingelheim, Germany) Griola 1033.
JEAN LANGLAIS: Dialogue sur les mixtures, fr Suite Breve. JOHN STANLEY: Voluntary in a. MARCEL DUPRÉ: Cortege et Litanie –Benjamin Nicholas (2014 Dobson/Merton College Chapel, Oxford, England) Delphian 34142.
PIERRE DuMAGE: Tierce en taille, fr Suite on the 1st Tone. MAURICE DURUFLÉ: Prelude, fr Suite, Op. 5 –Jean-Christophe Geisser (2003 Fisk/Notre Dame Cathedral, Lausanne, Switzerland) Organ 7210-2.
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN: Allegro con brio, fr Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92 --Thomas Heywood (1930 Skinner/Saalkirche, Ingelheim, Germany) Griola 1033.