Volume 7, the final installment of my complete Widor recording series, is hot off the press! This disc contains the Symphonie gothique and the Trois Nouvelles Pièces, recorded on Aeolian-Skinner Op. 1309 (1959) in The Auditorium at the Community of Christ International Headquarters in Independence, Missouri.
Read about recording this installment here. Read about the entire project here.
Volume 6 of my complete Widor recording series is hot off the press! This disc contains only a single work, the hour-long Eighth Symphony, recorded on Aeolian-Skinner Op. 1309 (1959) in The Auditorium at the Community of Christ International Headquarters in Independence, Missouri.
Read about recording this installment here. Read about the entire project here.
Volume 5 of my complete Widor series contains Symphony 6 and the Symphonie romane, recorded on Aeolian-Skinner Op. 1308 (1955) at St. Mark's Cathedral, Shreveport, La.
Read about this installment and see many more photos here.
Volume 4 of my complete Widor series contains Symphony 5, recorded on Aeolian-Skinner Op. 912-A (1949) at First Presbyterian Church, Houston, and the Bach's Memento, recorded on Aeolian-Skinner Op. 1472 (1971, 2013) at Providence United Methodist Church, Charlotte, N.C.
Read about this installment and see many more photos here and here.
Volume 3 of my complete Widor series contains Symphonies 4 and 7, recorded on Aeolian-Skinner Op. 1472 (1971, 2013) at Providence United Methodist Church, Charlotte, N.C.
Read about this installment and see many more photos here.
Volume 1 of my complete Widor series contains Symphonies 2 and 3, recorded on "Ernestine," E.M. Skinner Op. 713 (1928) at First Presbyterian, Wilmington, N.C.
Read about this installment and see many more photos here.
My complete Widor series is underway!
Volume 1 contains Symphony No. 1, recorded on Aeolian-Skinner Op. 912-A (1949) at First Presbyterian, Houston, and the Suite Latine, recorded on "Ernestine," E.M. Skinner Op. 713 (1928) at First Presbyterian, Wilmington, N.C.
The cover photo is Houston. Just wait 'til you see the photos for the remaining volumes!
Read about this installment and see many more photos here and here.
This is my all-British program recorded on Aeolian-Skinner Op. 1174 at the First Baptist Church of Longview, Tex. Read about my experiences with this organ here and here.
The recording contains the Rowley Suite, several Parry chorales, the Bridge three pieces, a couple Willan chorales, and the Harwood Sonata No. 1.
This is a set of three huge pieces recorded on the Fritts organ at the St. Philip Presbyterian Church in Houston. Read about the project here.
The recording contains the Jongen Sonata Éroïca, the Reubke Sonata, and Rachel Laurin's magnificent transcription of the Brahms Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel (not Haydn!).
Music City Mixture is my recording on mechanical-action organs of Nashville. It celebrates the excitement of Nashville hosting its first American Guild of Organists national convention in 2012, and it represents my own career history in a way. You'll find a full narrative in a blog series that starts here.
