2-CD Set:
Aeolian-Skinner
The King of Instruments
Volumes 1, 2 & 3 (excerpts)
Product Description:
Now available for the first time ever on CD from the master tapes of these landmark recordings, including previously unreleased material! FEATURING: THOMAS DUNN GEORGE FAXON G. DONALD HARRISON ROBERT OWEN ROY PERRY WILLIAM WATKINS and JOSEPH S. WHITEFORD AND THE ORGANS OF CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. PAUL, BOSTON CHRIST CHURCH, BRONXVILLE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, KILGORE SYMPHONY HALL, BOSTON Disc One: The American Classic Organ G. Donald Harrison, narrator Dwight Cooke's Guest Book with Joseph S. Whiteford, guest October 26, 1954 Total playing time: 65:41 Disc Two: Organ Literature: Bach to Langlais Organ Recital: Robert Owen (Selections) With additional previously un-released material recorded for Aeolian-Skinner by Thomas Dunn and Roy Perry *Purvis - Thanksgiving (from "Four Prayers in Tone") Roy Perry, organist Vierne - Carillon de Westminster Bach - Nun freut euch, lieben Christen G'mein Daquin - Noel Grand Jeu et Duo Robert Owen, organist Bach - "Schübler" Chorales Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel Herunter *Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ *Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten Meine Seele erhebt den Herren Wo soll ich fliehen hin Thomas Dunn, organist Davies, arr. Perry - A Solemn Melody Roy Perry, organist Bach - Trio Sonata #1 George Faxon, organist Alain - Litanies Thomas Dunn, organist Vivaldi-Bach - Concerto in A Minor (Allegro) George Faxon, organist Langlais - Hymne d'Action de Grâce 'Te Deum' Sowerby - Carillon William Watkins, organist *Purvis - Repentance (Incomplete - from "Four Prayers in Tone") Roy Perry, organist (*) indicates previously un-issued material originally recorded for "The King of Instruments." Total playing time: 73:15 Please note: Recording is in MONO
East Texas Pipe Organ Festival, Honoring the Life and Work of Roy Perry (1906 - 1978).