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| Luís Urteaga (1882-1960) organ works are played by Esteban Elizondo Iriarte on the 3 manual 1868 Cavaillé-Coll of
San Vicente, San Sebastián, Spain. Ofrenda al Beato Pio X: Pastorela en mi mayor; Allegro Maestoso en mi menor; Tu gloria Jerusalem. Meditación en do menor.
Pastoral en forma de Canon en la menor. Marcha Religiosa en fa sostenido menor. Responso en mi mayor Final en re menor $14.98 |
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| Felipe Gorriti y Osambela (1839-1896) brought Spain into the modern world of Romantic organ composition in 1882: he composed the first piece written in Spain of fully Romantic character and with the pedal noted separately. From 1867 until his death, he was organist at St. Mary’s Church in Tolosa (Guipúzcoa, Basque country) and played and composed for the Romantic organ supplied in 1885 and heard on Volume 2 of these CDs played by organist Esteban Elizondo Iriarte. Click the headline for descriptions of the two CDs devoted to Gorriti and to order. |
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| The wealth of Spain's and Portugal's “Golden Age” during the 16th through the 18th centuries gave rise to large and sophisticated organs and the support of composers (many monastic ones) who wrote for them. Organist Gerhard Gnann brilliantly illuminates these performances of music from the period as played on the organ built in 1779 by Pedro Llañeza of Toledo for the very rural and castle-like Iglesia Parroquial de San Cipriano in Fontiveros (in Ávila province, about halfway between the towns of Ávila and Salamanca). Click the headline for titles and to order. $12.98 |
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| The organ at Santa Clara Convent in Santiago de Compostela near the westernmost tip of Spain was built in 1709 by Manuel de la Viña. Conservative rebuilding over the years preserved most of the pipes as voiced by Viña. So, the restoration of 2004 by Martin Goetze & Dominic Gwynn, Ltd., of England, concentrated on returning the organ to its 1865 state. Organist Timothy Roberts of London, an early-keyboard specialist, plays an exquisite program of period works, a few with guitar or voice. Click the headline for titles and to order. $14.98 |
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| Zaragoza Cathedral contains an organ case built in 1474 and now housing the Grinzing restoration completed in 2003 of the 1859 organ built by Pedro and Miguel Roqués with many of the earlier pipes. Klemens Schnorr plays works selected to show both the early Spanish and 18th- &19th-century French-German influences in the fascinating organ. BELAUSTEGI: Ofertorio in F BARRERA: Elevación; Adoración-Plegaria LASECA: Sonata de quinto tono
LEYBACH: Entrée, Offeroire, Élévation, Communion CROFT: Voluntary XI CASAMORATA: Missa completa per organo (5 mvt.) BACH: Allein Gott BWV 711 KERLL: Capriccio sopra il Cucu; Battaglia HANDEL: Overture to the Occasional Oratorio in D (4 mvt.) $14.98 |
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| Guridi (1886-1961) has great repute as a Basque and Spanish composer of the 20th century. A pupil of Vincent d’Indy and Joseph Jongen, his style can be situated in late romanticism with nationalist traits. His “feeling for the organ” may be characterized by two aspects: that of the religious servant he was and that of an outstanding harmonic craftsman. |
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| A surprisingly rich and interesting cross section of late-romantic music by Basque composers is played by Esteban Elizondo, a specialist in this rarely heard yet very worthy music at St. Peter’s Church in Bergara in the heart of the Basque country. Preserved there is a 46rank, 3m organ by Stoltz Frères of Paris, entirely as originally built, including its original pitch, and, hence, is perhaps the most representative of the extant Stoltz organs. Its tonal integrity, the gentle sound of its overblowing stops, and the outstanding quality of its 12 reed stops make it comparable to Cavaillé-Coll organs in the Basque region. Click on the headline for more information and to order. $15.98 |
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| Duke University organist Robert Parkins plays the 21-rank Italian-style John Brombaugh organ (1997) in meantone tuning with a program of Iberian and South German works. CABÉZON: Tiento III; Magnificat de 4° tono CORREA DE ARAUXO: Tiento de medio registro de tiple (10° tono); Tiento de medio registro de baxón (1° tono); Tiento de 4° tono (a modo de canción); Obra de 1° tom sobre a Salve [regina] CONCEIÇÃO: Tento de meio registo alto de 2° tom BRUNA: Tiento de primer tono de mano derecha y en medio a dos tiples CABANILLES: Tinto de falsas SCHERER: Toccata prima FROBERGER: Canzona II; Capriccio VIII KERLL: Capriccio sopra il Cucu; Passacaglia Click on the headline for more information and to order. $14.98 |
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The masterpiece by an unknown builder in Ataun is ideal for organist Esteban Elizondo’s selection of battle pieces that demonstrate its many reeds. $14.98 |
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| An new organ in France, built in Spanish style, at the Church of St-Pierre & St-Paul in Cherbourg-Octeville was completed by organbuilder Bernard Cogez in 1999. Here, a wide selection of rarely heard Spanish music is played by Damien Colcomb. Click picture for repertoire $19.50 |
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| Cabanilles: Tientos y Passacalles are wonderfully performed by Jan Willem Jansen on the beautiful 15th-century organ restored in 1992 at the Church of San Pablo in Saragosse. In addition to the organ works, a Villancico Mortales que amáis and a Duo El galán qu romda las calles are sung by Los Musicos de Su Alteza, and baroque instruments play a Passacalles. $14.98 |
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| Iberian organ music from the 16th until the 18th century was very closely linked to the liturgy of the Spanish church. The composers heard here represent the full spectrum of characteristic styles of the Spanish and Portuguese schools from every major epoch. The famous organs (“Evangelio” and the larger “Epistola”) played by José Luis González Uriol are in the Cathedral of Santa Maria in Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, and were built by Pedro Livorno Echevarría in 1725-27 and restored by the Swiss builders Carmen and Hans Späth in 1994-2001. $12.98 |
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| Performed by Gareth Price and Graham Howell at Douai Abbey in Woolhampton, England, where the organs were built by Tamburini in 1978 and Kenneth Tickell in 1996. The Seis Conciertos de dos organos obligados were, as the title page informs us, composed “for the entertainment of the very serene Infante don Gabriel de Borbon” for whom Soler was keyboard instructor. The Six Concertos were probably composed for the tutor and student to play in a small palace built in the Escorial grounds. $15.98 |
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| With all pipes made of Bamboo, this organ was built by a priest in 1816 at a church in the Phillipine Islands. Albert Bolliger plays Iberian works of the 16th through 18th centuries. $16.98 |
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Guy Bovet plays mostly Spanish repertoire on the 1696 organ built by Jorge de Sesma and Tiburcio Sans and restored by Flentrop 1975-77. $16.98 |
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Guy Bovet tours seven very old Mexican organs, some restored and some not, and some recorded in compromised conditions. Bovet’s elegant playing prevails throughout. $16.98 |
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Guy Bovet wonderfully demonstrates the large organ built for the Epistle side of the Cathedral in 1694 and restored by Flentrop 1975-78 on a CD of excellent sound quality. $16.98 |
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