Organ Masterworks: 37 Favourite Organ Classics - Reader's Digest 3-CD Set

• UPC: 0348530000009
• Product Type: 3-CD Box Set
• Brand Name: Reader's Digest
• MPN: RDCD5331-3 (also K06016KK)
• Genre: Classical / Religious
• Style: Pipe Organ / Baroque / Romantic

Overview

Experience the majestic power and spiritual depth of the world's most beautiful pipe organs with Organ Masterworks: 37 Favourite Organ Classics. This comprehensive three-disc collection, curated by Reader's Digest, brings together the pinnacle of organ literature. From the thunderous masterpieces of Johann Sebastian Bach to popular favorites like "Air on the G String" and Mendelssohn's "Wedding March," this set captures the resonance and architectural grandeur of historic cathedrals and basilicas across Europe and America. Featuring world-class organists and breathtaking recordings, this collection is a perfect companion for personal reflection, spiritual upliftment, or simply appreciating the "King of Instruments".

Product Features

• Format: 3 x CD
• Number of Tracks: 37 Tracks
• Total Discs: 3
• Record Locations: Includes Munich Cathedral, Royal Albert Hall, Riverside Church, and many more historic European venues.
• Featured Artists: Ton Koopman, Virgil Fox, Franz Lehrndorfer, André Isoir, and others.

Interesting Facts

• Historical Venues: These recordings utilize some of the most famous organs in the world, including the Müller Organ at the Waalse Kerk in Amsterdam and the Klais Organ of Dom zu Limburg.
• The Virgil Fox Legacy: Disc 3 features the legendary Virgil Fox performing at the Riverside Church Organ in New York, a massive instrument he helped design and make famous through his virtuosic "Heavy Organ" concerts.
• Bach’s Core: The first disc is entirely dedicated to the works of J.S. Bach, widely considered the greatest composer for the organ, whose music was often written to the glory of God (Soli Deo Gloria).
• B.A.C.H. Motif: Disc 2 includes Liszt's "Prelude and Fugue on the name of B.A.C.H.," a famous musical cryptogram where the notes B-flat, A, C, and B-natural spell out the composer's name.

Track Listing

Compact Disc 1 – Johann Sebastian Bach's Great Organ Works

1. Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 (Franz Lehrndorfer, Munich Cathedral) –
2. Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme (BWV 645; Franz Lehrndorfer) –
3. Prelude and Fugue No. 8 in B Flat, BWV 560 (Ton Koopman) –
4. Erbarm Dich Mein, O Herre Gott, BWV 721 (Franz Lehrndorfer) –
5. Overture in F, BWV 820 (Joseph Payne) –
6. Fantasia in C, BWV 570 (Joseph Payne) –
7. Toccata 'Dorienne' (Ton Koopman) –
8. Fugue (André Isoir) –
9. Ich Ruf Zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 (Ton Koopman) –
10. Jesu Christus, Unser Heiland BWV 688 (Ton Koopman) –
11. Herr Jesu Christ Dich Zu Uns Wend, BWV 655 (Ton Koopman) –
12. Fantasia and Fugue in G Minor, BWV 542 (Ton Koopman) –

Compact Disc 2 – The Mighty Organ

1. Prelude in E Flat (Erwin Horn) –
2. Prelude, Fugue and Variation in B Minor (André Isoir) –
3. Prelude and Fugue on the Name of B.A.C.H. (Georges Athanasiadès) –
4. Suite Gothique, Op. 25 (Simon Lindley) – 5-8. Flötenuhrstücke Hob. XIX (Georges Athanasiadès) –
5. Presto (Georges Athanasiadès) –
6. Chorale No. 3 in A Minor (Robert Owen) –
7. Pièce Héroïque in B Minor (Kristiaan Van den Heuvel) –
8. Toccata – Allegro from Symphony for Organ No. 5 in F Minor (Günther Kaunzinger) –
9. Nachspiel in D Minor (Erwin Horn) –

Compact Disc 3 – Popular Favourites

1. Air on the G String (Virgil Fox) –
2. Adagio in G Minor (Bertalan Hock) –
3. Ombra Mai Fu (Bertalan Hock) –
4. Trumpet Tune and Air (Virgil Fox) –
5. Allegro di Molto (Johan Huys) –
6. Adagio Cantabile (Johan Huys/Theo Mertens) –
7. Allegro (Johan Huys/Theo Mertens) –
8. Trumpet Voluntary (Paul Mickelson) –
9. Trumpet Voluntary (Johan Huys/Theo Mertens) –
10. Sheep May Safely Graze (Virgil Fox) –
11. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Virgil Fox) – 12-14. Concerto for Trumpet and Organ (Erik Schultz/Jan Overduin) –
12. Fugue in C Minor, BWV 575 (Franz Lehrndorfer) –
13. Preghiera (Johan Huys/Theo Mertens) –
14. A Little Gigue K574 (Martin Haselböck) –
15. Gloria in Excelsis Deo (Dietrich Modersohn) –
16. Wedding March from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (Paul Mickelson) –

Publishers

• Compilation: The Reader's Digest Association Limited
• Copyright: ℗ & © 2006 The Reader's Digest Association Limited

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