The January Organ Recordings Sale Has Five More Days!

Our January Organ Recordings sale is going strong, and you still have FIVE more days to save! Check out the kinds of savings we have going on:

Great Organ of Washington National Cathedral/Major List Price: $18.98  Our Price: $14.98  You save $4.00!  Douglas Major plays spectacular large-scale works and a transcription of Handel's famous Water Music suite on the large organ of the National Cathedral.  Recently repressed by popular demand!  Mary Preston, In Concert! List Price: $18.98  Our Price: $6.98  You save $12.00!  One of America's leading organists plays in concert on one of America's largest and most important organs -- the landmark Opus 100 of the C.B. Fisk organ company.  Called upon repeatedly to perform at the national conventions of the American Guild of Organists, Mary Preston has flawless technique and an elegant style to communicates to the listener.  The encore also reveals that she has a sense of humor... Preludes & Postludes for the year beginning 9-11-2001/Ferré List Price: $18.98  Our Price: $6.98  You save $12.00!  Presented here are some of the organ works which were played by Susan Ferré during services at Pacific Lutheran University, from the first day of classes on September 11, through the year for more than 130 services, to the triumphant sending forth of Pentecost Sunday and Commencement Worship on May 26th, 2002. Equipped with one of the finest organs in the world, Lagerquist Hall provided the means for a wide range of musical expression during this unusual musical, and liturgical year. Maurice & Marie-Madeleine Duruflé at the National Shrine List Price: $18.98  Our Price: $14.98  You save $4.00!  Recorded in 1967, this historic recital is the premiere recording of the Basilica's two large organs, built by the Möller. The recording is full of important moments: the transcription of a Handel organ concerto played as a duet on the two instruments, Maurice Duruflé's transcription of Tournemire's improvisation on Victimae Pascali, played by Mme. Duruflé.  The concert concludes with Maurice Duruflé's Prelude and Fugue on the name of Alain (again, played by Mme. Duruflé).  Those looking to find an example of authentic French organ playing need look no further. Festival of Nine Lessons/St. John's Cathedral Denver/Pearson List Price: $18.98  Our Price: $15.98  You save $3.00!  Donald Pearson directs the Cathedral Choir, Boys & Girls Choir and instrumentalists in a unique version of the traditional "Lessons and Carols" liturgy.  Bach: One of a Kind/Porter List Price: $18.98  Our Price: $6.98  You save $12.00!  This is the first nationally released CD recorded on the new Paul Fritts organ at PLU. Fritts' magnum opus, this spectacular organ has 54 stops/ 80 ranks on three manuals. The pedal division includes a full length 32' Posuane as well as a 32' Subbass. The combination of one of the finest organ builders and organists in the United States, 24-bit recording technology, and Lagerquist Hall's four-second reverberation time, make this CD a must-have! Our number one selling Bach organ CD.  Lippincott/Philadelphia Brass List Price: $18.98  Our Price: $14.98  You save $4.00!  The virtuoso brass ensemble, Philadelphia Brass join organist Joan Lippincott at the large Mander organ of Princeton University Chapel in this grand recording, animated by a large acoustical space.  Complete Works of Weckman/Hans Davidssohn (3 CDs!) List Price: $39.98  Our Price: $29.98  You save $10.00!  All components make this the ultimate organ CD, with two booklets comprising 56-pages of detailed information on registrations, the organ, Weckman, and his music. Organist of the Jacobi Church in Hamburg, Matthias Weckman (sometimes spelled Weckmann) was a student of Heinrich Schütz and Jacob Praetorius II. He combined elements from a wide variety of musical languages to create a clear and complex style all his own. Hans Davidsson is the world's leading Weckman scholar and this recording is the first to use Weckman's original registrations. Mozart for Four Hands and Feet/Ciofini & Verges List Price: $18.98  Our Price: $6.98  You save $12.00!  This CD offers up a true European community of forces: Salzburgian music, performed by a Spaniard and an Italian at the same time, on a Spanish organ! This recording will transform the way you think about the organ, and about Mozart. If you?ve always considered the organ to be mainly a liturgical instrument, listen to these great symphonic works and then think again. Rediscover the majesty of these pieces as arranged for what Mozart himself called the "King of Instruments."  Michael Farris at SMU List Price: $18.98  Our Price: $6.98  You save $12.00!  Completed just after the large organ at the Meyerson Symphony Center (home of the Dallas Symphony), the Fisk at SMU shares many of the same characteristics that have made Fisk the leading builder of concert hall organs.  The organist is Michael Farris, who was on the organ faculty of the Eastman School of Music when he died tragically in his early 40's.  Farris won three national performance competitions including the MTNA Collegiate Artists Competition in 1976, the Ft. Wayne Competition in 1985, and the National Young Artist Competition of the American Guild of Organists in 1986 and was one of the brightest "organ" stars of his generation.  Fanfare/G. Hancock List Price: $18.98  Our Price: $9.98  You save $9.00!  A master of improvisation in Anglican style plays the great organ of St Thomas Church in NYC.  Also includes works by Bach, de Grigny, and Reger. Christmas at Spivey Hall/Chenaults List Price: $18.98  Our Price: $9.98  You save $9.00!  The Chenaults are known for commissioning imaginative arrangements of music for two organists.  Here they reprise popular Christmas favorites on the Albert Schweitzer Memorial Pipe Organ (built by Ruffatti) in Spivey Hall near Atlanta. Includes "Sleight Ride", "Greensleeves", Carol of the Drum, Gesu Bambino, White Christmas and many others.  Frederick Swann Plays the Gillespie Concert Organ List Price: $18.98  Our Price: $9.98  You save $9.00!  Best-known as the former organist of The Crystal Cathedral, Frederick Swann delivers the premiere recording of the new Fisk organ in Costa Mesa, CA. Swann plays a diverse program specifically chosen to showcase the wide and colorful tonal spectrum of this superb new organ.  Messiaen: Les Corps Glorieux/Colin Andrews List Price: $18.98  Our Price: $12.98  You save $6.00!  Each of the seven movements of this powerful work presents a musical and theological statement, expressed in Messiaen’s unique musical vocabulary. The haunting opening creates a mystical, mantra-like atmosphere that lays the path for an hour of extraordinarily compelling music. Colin Andrews, a large Fisk organ, and the acoustics of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Greenville, NC, are the ideal ensemble for Messiaen’s mystical masterpiece.