The East Texas Pipe Organ Festival presents

THE ART OF ROBERT ANDERSON

Robert Anderson plays the 1965 Aeolian-Skinner, Opus 1438 Caruth Auditorium

Southern Methodist University Dallas, Texas

Private recordings from the John Beck Library Kilgore, Texas

Credits:

This recording is taken from master reel-to-reel tapes in the John Beck Library housed at the East Texas Pipe Organ Festival Headquarters in Kilgore, Texas. Special thanks to Terry Stembridge for providing the photo of Roy Perry, to William Teague for the photo of Dora Poteet Barclay, and to Jerome Butera for the later photo of Robert Anderson.

Transfer of tapes: Lorenz Maycher

Program Notes: Scott Cantrell

Album Design: Smith Graphics

Produced by The East Texas Pipe Organ Festival - Lorenz Maycher, founding director

www.easttexaspipeorganfestival.com

Disc One:

*Track 1: Bach Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 9:16 *Track 2: Bach “Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier,” BWV 731 3:10 *Track 3: Brahms Fugue in A-flat Minor 5:56 *Track 4: Dello Joio Laudation 7:12 (Commissioned by Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Akin and the Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. for the organ’s dedication) *Track 5: Franck Prière, Op. 20 12:07 *Track 6: Dupré Deuxième Symphonie, Op. 26 Preludio 7:50 **Track 7: Vierne Deuxième Symphonie, Op. 20 Choral 7:08 **Track 8: Messiaen Verset pour la fête de la Dédicace 8:46 **Track 9: Litaize Prelude et Danse fuguée 5:44

(*) recorded October 23, 1965 (**) recorded November 22, 1970

Total Time: 68:15

Disc Two:

**Track 1: Vivaldi-Bach Concerto II in A Minor, BWV 593 Allegro 3:35 **Track 2: Muffat Toccata XIIa et Ultima 7:25 **Track 3: Valente Two Dances 3:14 La Romanesca Lo Ballo dell’ Intorcia (Torch Dance) **Track 4: Tournemire Choral-Improvisation sur le “Victimae Paschali” 8:50 (reconstructed by M. Duruflé) ***Track 5: Alain Trois Danses 20:57 Joies Deuils Luttes ***Track 6: Reger Introduction, Variations and Fugue on an Original Theme, Op. 73 28:01

(**) recorded November 22, 1970 (***) recorded February 1, 1970

Total Time: 72:44