Recommended Recordings

With comments by Organ School teachers

 

Germany/Netherlands     Italy     France     England     Improvisations     Miscellaneous

 

Germany/Netherlands

Title Performer Label Cat. No.
Die Orgels von Gottfriend Silbermann (Box set) Jean Ferrard, Felix Friedrich
Martin Haselböck, Eward Kooiman
Querstand QRST QUE319
Historical organs C18th music – detailed registrations etc
Weckmann Organ Works, Vol 1 Wolfgang Zerer at Jacobikirche, Hamburg Naxos 8553849
Enjoyable pre-Bach North German music on the wonderful 1693 Schnitger organ
Annum per annum (Praetorius to Buxtehude) Albert Bolliger at Jacobikirche, Hamburg Sinus SIN-7001
The playing might not be to your taste, but hearing the sounds intended for this repertoire is enough reason to buy it!
The Alkmaar Organ (J.S Bach and others) Hans van Nieuwkoop Canal Grande CG9102CD
Wonderful mainstream repertoire by Bach, Buxtehude and others on one of Europe's greatest C18 organs
Bach J.S. Six Trio Sonatas The King’s Consort Hyperion CDA66843
Trio sonatas as they have been performed in salons. Play the organ like a real instrumentalist
Bach: Complete Organ Works Kevin Bowyer Nimbus  
The authoritative collection
Bach Organ Works Jacques van Oortmerssen Vanguard and Challenge  
Played by one of our regular Celebrity Workshop teachers. For further details, see www.oortmerssen.nl and www.challengeclassics.com
Be inspired by historical organs and clear well-informed interpretation
Bach: "Influence of Bohm and Buxtehude” Wolfgang Zenor Hänsler edition bachacademie  
Fantastic playing on a fantastic organ (1733 Hinsz organ, Petrus Church, Leens (LN)
Bach Clavierübung lll David Sanger Meridian CDE84378
 
Bach/Vivaldi Bach/Vivaldi Naxos  
Inexpensive
Liszt Organ Works Thomas Trotter and Nicolas Kynaston at Ingelstadt Decca 4402832
Two players who have taught on Celebrity Workshops for the Organ School
Reger Organ Works Ludger Lohmann Naxos 8553927
Played effectively in a very large acoustic by an acknowledged master of the romantic genre
Reger: BACH and 135b Hans-Jurgen Haiser Naxos  
Reger’s towering BACH on the cathedral organ at Fulda, Germany, plus his Fantasia and Fugue in D minor 135b – perhaps his greatest organ piece?
Karg-Elert: Pastels and Impressions Hans Fagius Bis CD-1084
Wonderful playing with great demonstrations of the 1928 Frobenius at Aarhus Cathedral, Denmark – includes the impressive Passacaglia and Fugue on BACH

 

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