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Advent to Epiphany
Alexander Eadon plays seasonal organ music from the Frobenius Organ of Oundle School
Alexander Eadon (organ)
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Organ Transcriptions
Stefan Schmidt plays the Organ of Wurzburg Cathedral
Stefan Schmidt (organ of Wurzburg Cathedral)
Resident in Würzburg Cathedral since 2005, Stefan Schmidt’s familiarity with the multi-faceted V/87 Klais organ (1969) pays huge dividends in this coupling of two intelligently contrasted transcriptions. —
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Symphonic Acclamations and Gregorian Paraphrases
Matthieu de Miguel (1888 Puget Organ of Notre Dame de la Dalbade, Toulouse)
Matthieu de Miguel evokes an enormous palette of organ colour and dynamics with an unerring sense of dramatic rhetoric, which makes a tremendously effective recording. With a perfect match between... —
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Gillian Weir: Organ Master Series, Volume
Gillian Weir (Gerald Woehl Bach Organ of the Thomaskirche, Leipzig)
Gillian Weir's latest disc of Bach, recorded on the organ in the composer's own church, captures a lucid and spacious ambience —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2005, Instrumental Choice
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Ian Tracey is on top form...the playing is uniformly excellent - this is Tracey on home territory and he squeezes every ounce from the organ and acoustic —
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One could not wish for a more genial or engaging guide than the Cathedral's organist, Simon Johnson. A brilliant and sensitive musician, his deeply satisfying programme more than does justice... —
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The magnificent Festival Hall organ was frequently recorded during the LP era but this is the first CD dedicated to this landmark instrument. …Weir is the most rhythmic of organists and one... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2006, Editor's Choice
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The Organ Works of Oliver Messiaen Volume 1
RecommendedGillian Weir (Organ of Århus Cathedral, Denmark)
Remastered, these outstanding recordings made in Århus Cathedral are a model of how to combine atmosphere and clarity in this music, and no other player seems quite to equal Weir's remarkable... —
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Building a Library, May 2008, First Choice
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John Scott knows the wonderful sound of the St.Paul's organ better than anyone, and manages it superbly. This disc could hardly be bettered. —
