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Historic Organs Of Boston - Thirty-one Historic Pipe Organs


Release Date: 04/29/2003 
Label:  Raven Recordings   Catalog #: 20   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Dezsö D'Antalffy-Zsiross,  Gabriel Edouard Dupont,  Louis Vierne,  Clarence Mader,   ... 
Performer:  Cherry Rhodes,  Mark Dwyer,  Gregory Crowell,  Leo Abbott,   ... 
Conductor:  Edith Ho
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Church of the Advent Choir
Number of Discs: 4 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 5 Hours 9 Mins. 

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1. Sportive Fauns by Dezsö D'Antalffy-Zsiross
Performer:  Cherry Rhodes (Organ)
Period: Romantic 
Written: Hungary 
 Venue:  1st Church of Christ Scientist, Boston 
Length: 5 Minutes 49 Secs. 
2. Méditation by Gabriel Edouard Dupont
Performer:  Cherry Rhodes (Organ)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: France 
 Venue:  1st Church of Christ Scientist, Bosto 
Length: 5 Minutes 24 Secs. 
3. Pièces de fantaisie - Suite no 3, Op. 54: 2nd movement, Impromptu by Louis Vierne
Performer:  Cherry Rhodes (Organ)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1927; France 
 Venue:  1st Church of Christ Scientist, Boston 
Length: 2 Minutes 50 Secs. 
4. Afternoon of a Toad by Clarence Mader
Performer:  Cherry Rhodes (Organ)
Period: 20th Century 
 Venue:  1st Church of Christ Scientist, Boston 
Length: 5 Minutes 10 Secs. 
5. Variations for Organ on "Victimae paschali laudes" by Jirí Ropek
Performer:  Cherry Rhodes (Organ)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1956; Prague, Czech Republ 
 Venue:  1st Church of Christ Scientist, Boston 
Length: 13 Minutes 37 Secs. 
6. The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended by Traditional
Performer:  Mark Dwyer (Organ)
Conductor:  Edith Ho
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Church of the Advent Choir
Venue:  Church of the Advent, Boston, MA 
Length: 3 Minutes 3 Secs. 
Language: English 
7. Evening service in D major "Great": Nunc dimittis by Charles Hubert Parry
Performer:  Mark Dwyer (Organ)
Conductor:  Edith Ho
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Church of the Advent Choir
Period: Romantic 
Written: ?1883; England 
 Venue:  Church of the Advent, Boston, MA 
Length: 3 Minutes 29 Secs. 
Language: English 
8. O Trinity of Blessed Light by Jeremiah Clarke
Performer:  Mark Dwyer (Organ)
Conductor:  Edith Ho
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Church of the Advent Choir
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1700; England 
 Venue:  Church of the Advent, Boston, MA 
Length: 2 Minutes 36 Secs. 
Language: English 
9. Sonatas (6) for Organ, Op. 65: no 4 in B flat major by Felix Mendelssohn
Performer:  Gregory Crowell (Organ)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1845; Germany 
 Venue:  1st Parish Church, Jamaica Plain, MA 
Length: 13 Minutes 13 Secs. 
10. A Fantasy for Organ, Op. 39 no 2 by Harold Edwin Darke
Performer:  Mark Dwyer (Organ)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: England 
 Venue:  1st Parish Church, Jamaica Plain, MA 
Length: 6 Minutes 23 Secs. 
11. Vexilla Regis prodeunt by Anonymous
Performer:  Leo Abbott (Organ)
Period: Medieval 
 Venue:  Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Boston, MA 
Length: 2 Minutes 48 Secs. 
12. Improvisation on "Salve Regina" by Leo Abbott
Performer:  Leo Abbott (Organ)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: USA 
 Venue:  Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Boston, MA 
Length: 11 Minutes 26 Secs. 
13. Poemes d'automne, Op. 3: Matin Provençal by Joseph Bonnet
Performer:  Thomas Murray (Organ)
Period: 20th Century 
 Venue:  Immaculate Conception Church, Boston 
Length: 4 Minutes 36 Secs. 
14. Pieces (12) for Organ, Op. 59 "Orgelmesse": no 9, Benedictus in D flat major by Max Reger
Performer:  Thomas Murray (Organ)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1901; Germany 
 Venue:  Immaculate Conception Church, Boston 
Length: 4 Minutes 24 Secs. 
15. Etudes (6) in Canon Form for Pedal Piano, Op. 56: no 3 in E major by Robert Schumann
Performer:  Thomas Murray (Organ)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1845; Germany 
 Venue:  Immaculate Conception Church, Boston 
Length: 1 Minutes 43 Secs. 
16. Etudes (6) in Canon form for Pedal Piano, Op. 56: no 6 in B major by Robert Schumann
Performer:  Thomas Murray (Organ)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1845; Germany 
 Venue:  Immaculate Conception Church, Boston 
Length: 4 Minutes 36 Secs. 
17. Carillon-Sortie for Organ in D major by Henri Mulet
Performer:  Thomas Murray (Organ)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1911; France 
 Venue:  Immaculate Conception Church, Boston 
Length: 4 Minutes 36 Secs. 
18. Lo! He comes with clouds descending by Traditional
Performer:  Peter Sykes (Organ)
Period: Classical 
Written: 18th Century; England 
 Venue:  Immaculate Conception Church, Boston 
Length: 7 Minutes 5 Secs. 
19. Spanyöler Tancz by Johann Weck
Performer:  Nancy Granert (Organ)
Period: Renaissance 
Written: 16th Century; Germany 
 Venue:  Korean Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts 
Length: 2 Minutes 27 Secs. 
20. Liebster Jesu by Johann Rudolf Ahle
Performer:  Nancy Granert (Organ)
Period: Baroque 
Written: 17th Century; Germany 
 Venue:  Korean Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts 
Length: 2 Minutes 32 Secs. 
21. Postlude for Organ in C major by Arthur Foote
Performer:  Nancy Granert (Organ)
Period: Romantic 
Written: USA 
 Venue:  Korean Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts 
Length: 2 Minutes 15 Secs. 
22. Variations for Organ on "Alles ist an Gottes Segen" by John Cook
Performer:  Marian Ruhl Metson (Organ)
Period: Romantic 
Written: USA 
 Venue:  First Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts 
Length: 10 Minutes 10 Secs. 
23. Sketches (4) for Pedal Piano, Op. 58: no 4 in D flat major by Robert Schumann
Performer:  Kimberly Ann Hess (Organ)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1845; Germany 
 Venue:  Elliot Church, Newton, Massachusetts 
Length: 1 Minutes 57 Secs. 
24. Concerto for Organ solo in G major, BWV 592 (after Duke Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar) by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Gretchen Longwell (Organ)
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1708-1717; Weimar, Germany 
 Venue:  Church of the Redeemer, Newton, MA 
Length: 3 Minutes 13 Secs. 
25. Premier livre d'orgue contenant deux suites: Suite du deuxième ton - no 4, Basse de Cromorne by Louis-Nicolas Clérambault
Performer:  Yuko Hayashi (Organ)
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1710; France 
 Venue:  Old West Church, Boston, Massachusetts 
Length: 1 Minutes 33 Secs. 
26. Fantasy for Organ in C major, WV 82 by Heinrich Scheidemann
Performer:  Margaret Irwin-Brandon (Organ)
Period: Baroque 
Written: Germany 
 Venue:  Houghton Chapel, Wellesley College, MA 
Length: 2 Minutes 40 Secs. 
27. Prelude et fugue sur le nom d'Alain, Op. 7 by Maurice Duruflé
Performer:  Julian Wachner (Organ)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1942; France 
 Venue:  Mission Church, Roxbury Crossing, MA 
Length: 12 Minutes 2 Secs. 
28. L'Ascension, 4 Meditations for Organ: 2nd Movement, Alleluias sereins d'une âme qui désire le ciel by Olivier Messiaen
Performer:  Julian Wachner (Organ)
Venue:  Mission Church, Roxbury Crossing, MA 
Length: 5 Minutes 29 Secs. 
29. Les Trés Riches Heures: Celebration by Marjorie Merryman
Performer:  Julian Wachner (Organ)
Period: 20th Century 
 Venue:  Mission Church, Roxbury Crossing, MA 
Length: 3 Minutes 46 Secs. 
30. Sonata for Organ no 5 in C minor, Op. 45 by Whitney Eugene Thayer
Performer:  George Bozeman (Organ)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 19th Century; USA 
 Venue:  First Congregational Church, Woburn, MA 
Length: 13 Minutes 37 Secs. 
31. Pastorale in F major, BWV 590: 1st movement, Andante by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Scot L. Huntington (Organ)
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1710; Weimar, Germany 
 Venue:  St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Jamaica Plain 
Length: 4 Minutes 40 Secs. 
Notes: This selection shares track & timing with "Pastorale in F, BWV 590:
2nd movement, Andante." 
32. Pastorale in F major, BWV 590: 2nd movement, Andante by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Scot L. Huntington (Organ)
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1710; Weimar, Germany 
 Venue:  St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Jamaica Plain 
Notes: This selection shares track & timing with "Pastorale in F, BWV 590:
1st movement, Andante." 
33. Postlude by Southard,
Performer:  Scot L. Huntington (Organ)
Written: Germany 
 Venue:  St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Jamaica Plain 
Length: 2 Minutes 3 Secs. 
34. Versets (15) sur les Vêpres de la Vierge, Op. 18: no 5, Speciosa facta es et suavis by Marcel Dupré
Performer:  Kristin Gronning Farmer (Organ)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1919; France 
 Venue:  St. Patrick RC Church, Roxbury, MA 
Length: 1 Minutes 57 Secs. 
35. Versets (15) sur les Vêpres de la Vierge, Op. 18: no 3, Tres lent et sans rigueur by Marcel Dupré
Performer:  Kristin Gronning Farmer (Organ)
Venue:  St. Patrick RC Church, Roxbury, MA 
Length: 3 Minutes 6 Secs. 
36. Thaïs: Meditation by Jules Massenet
Performer:  Kristin Gronning Farmer (Organ)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1894; France 
 Venue:  St. Patrick RC Church, Roxbury, MA 
Length: 5 Minutes 5 Secs. 
37. Triumphal march by Dudley Buck
Performer:  Richard Hill (Organ)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 19th Century; USA 
 Venue:  First Parish Unitarian, Arington, MA 
Length: 5 Minutes 11 Secs. 
38. Preludes (8) on Old Southern Hymns, Op. 90: no 1, David the King by Gardner Read
Performer:  Richard Hill (Organ)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1950; USA 
 Venue:  First Parish Unitarian, Arington, MA 
Length: 2 Minutes 19 Secs. 
39. Suite for Organ in D major, Op. 54: Allegro by Arthur Foote
Performer:  Richard Hill (Organ)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1904; USA 
 Venue:  First Parish Unitarian, Arington, MA 
Length: 4 Minutes 26 Secs. 
40. Elegy by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Performer:  John Tortolano (Cello), Kevin Birch (Organ)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: England 
 Venue:  Most Holy Redeemer Church, East Boston 
Length: 2 Minutes 11 Secs. 
41. Symphony for Organ no 5 in F minor, Op. 42 no 1: 1st movement, Allegro vivace by Charles-Marie Widor
Performer:  Stephen Roberts (Organ)
Period: Romantic 
Written: ?1880; Paris, France 
 Venue:  Most Precious Blood RC Church, Boston 
Length: 10 Minutes 16 Secs. 
42. Festival March by Christian Teilman
Performer:  Victoria Wagner (Organ)
Period: Romantic 
 Venue:  First Baptist Church, Framingham, MA 
Length: 4 Minutes 27 Secs. 
Notes: Arranged: Frederick Maxson - 1908 
43. Rise Up, My Love by Peter Sykes
Performer:  Nancy Armstrong (Soprano), Victoria Wagner (Organ)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: USA 
 Venue:  First Baptist Church, Framingham, MA 
Length: 2 Minutes 30 Secs. 
44. Rock of Ages by James Woodman
Performer:  Nancy Armstrong (Soprano), Victoria Wagner (Organ)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: USA 
 Venue:  First Baptist Church, Framingham, MA 
45. Cantico sacra by Samuel Scheidt
Performer:  Frances Conover Fitch (Organ)
Period: Baroque 
Written: Halle, Germany 
 Venue:  Busch Hall, Harvard University, MA 
Length: 7 Minutes 43 Secs. 
46. Ballo del granduca by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Performer:  Erik Wm. Suter (Organ)
Period: Renaissance 
Written: Netherlands (Holland 
 Venue:  Follen Community Church, Lexington, MA 
Length: 4 Minutes 25 Secs. 
47. Concerto for Organ no 6 in D major by Charles Avison
Performer:  Brian Jones (Organ)
Period: Classical 
 Venue:  First Baptist Church, Newton Centre, MA 
Length: 9 Minutes 9 Secs. 
48. Prelude and Fugue for Organ in G minor, WoO 10 by Johannes Brahms
Performer:  Robert Barney (Organ)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1856-1857; Germany 
 Venue:  First Parish Church, Roxbury, MA 
Length: 4 Minutes 26 Secs. 
49. Symphony for Organ no 9 in c/C, Op. 70 "Gothic": 1st movement, Moderato by Charles-Marie Widor
Performer:  Dana Robinson (Organ)
Period: Romantic 
Written: by 1895; France 
 Venue:  St. Mary's R.C. Church, Charlestown, MA 
Length: 6 Minutes 48 Secs. 
50. Postlude on a Theme of Palestrina by Dudley Buck
Performer:  Frederick Jodry (Organ)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: USA 
 Venue:  Most Holy Name R.C. Church, West Roxbury 
Length: 3 Minutes 45 Secs. 
51. Vesper Voluntaries (11), Op. 14: no 5, Poco lento by Sir Edward Elgar
Performer:  Libor Dudas (Organ)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1890; England 
 Venue:  St. Mary R.C. Church, Waltham, MA 
Length: 2 Minutes 10 Secs. 
52. Vesper Voluntaries (11), Op. 14: no 8, Poco allegro by Sir Edward Elgar
Performer:  Libor Dudas (Organ)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1890; England 
 Venue:  St. Mary R.C. Church, Waltham, MA 
Length: 3 Minutes 45 Secs. 
53. Fantasia and Fugue for Organ in D minor, Op. 19 by Henry Morton Dunham
Performer:  Rosalind Mohnsen (Organ)
Period: Romantic 
 Venue:  St. Catherine of Genoa, Sommerville, MA 
Length: 5 Minutes 1 Secs. 
54. Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit by Johann Nicolaus Hanff
Performer:  Lois Regestein (Organ)
Period: Baroque 
Written: Germany 
 Venue:  First Baptist Church, Jamaica Plain, MA 
Length: 1 Minutes 53 Secs. 
55. Pastorale on "Morning Star" by Daniel Pinkham
Performer:  Lois Regestein (Organ)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: USA 
 Venue:  First Baptist Church, Jamaica Plain, MA 
Length: 2 Minutes 15 Secs. 
56. Dichter und Bauer: Overture by Franz von Suppé
Performer:  Peter Krasinsky (Organ)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1846; Vienna, Austria 
 Venue:  United Parish Church, Brookline, MA 
Length: 9 Minutes 2 Secs. 
57. Sketches (4) for Pedal Piano, Op. 58: no 2 in C minor by Robert Schumann
Performer:  Kimberly Ann Hess (Organ)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1845; Germany 
 Venue:  Elliot Church, Newton, Massachusetts 
Length: 2 Minutes 18 Secs. 
58. Premier livre d'orgue contenant deux suites: Suite du deuxième ton - no 1, Plein jeu by Louis-Nicolas Clérambault
Performer:  Yuko Hayashi (Organ)
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1710; France 
 Venue:  Old West Church, Boston, Massachusetts 
Length: 2 Minutes 43 Secs. 
59. Premier livre d'orgue contenant deux suites: Suite du deuxième ton - no 6, Récit de Nazard by Louis-Nicolas Clérambault
Performer:  Yuko Hayashi (Organ)
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1710; France 
 Venue:  Old West Church, Boston, Massachusetts 
Length: 2 Minutes 41 Secs. 
60. Premier livre d'orgue contenant deux suites: Suite du deuxième ton - no 7, Caprice sur le grand jeux by Louis-Nicolas Clérambault
Performer:  Yuko Hayashi (Organ)
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1710; France 
 Venue:  Old West Church, Boston, Massachusetts 
Length: 2 Minutes 4 Secs. 
61. Pieces (6) for Organ: Rondeau by John Jenkins
Performer:  Andrew Scanlon (Organ)
Period: Baroque 
Written: England 
 Venue:  Christ Unity Church, Brookline, MA 
Length: 2 Minutes 7 Secs. 
62. Pieces (6) for Organ: Deo Gracias by John Jenkins
Performer:  Andrew Scanlon (Organ)
Period: Baroque 
Written: England 
 Venue:  Christ Unity Church, Brookline, MA 
Length: 2 Minutes 22 Secs. 
63. Canzon for Keyboard no 5 in G major by Matthias Weckmann
Performer:  Margaret Irwin-Brandon (Organ)
Period: Baroque 
 Venue:  Houghton Chapel, Wellesley College, MA 
Length: 3 Minutes 24 Secs. 
64. Fugues (6) for Organ on B-A-C-H, Op. 60: no 3, Mit sanften Stimmen by Robert Schumann
Performer:  Peter Sykes (Organ)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1845; Germany 
 Venue:  Immaculate Conception Church, Boston 
Length: 7 Minutes 18 Secs. 
65. Sketches (4) for Pedal Piano, Op. 58: no 1 in B major by Robert Schumann
Performer:  Kimberly Ann Hess (Organ)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1845; Germany 
 Venue:  Elliot Church, Newton, Massachusetts 
Length: 2 Minutes 31 Secs. 

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