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| The Aeolian-Skinner Sound, Lorenz Maycher PlaysNEW! Lorenz Maycher plays the 1955 Aeolian-Skinner op. 1240 at Trinity Episcopal Church, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where Maycher is music director. The 3m organ remains mechanically intact as built, with two tonal changes. Click the headline for titles and to order. $14.98 |
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| Virgil Fox at Girard CollegeNEW! First time on CD! When Virgil Fox was 29 in 1941, RCA Victor recorded him on the magnificent Skinner organ in the chapel at Girard College, Philadelphia. These touchstones of Fox�s art are digitally remastered and produced on a CD for the first time, including four pieces that were not released by RCA on 78 rpm shellac. Works by Gigout, Mulet, Campra, Willan, Vierne, Clarke, and J. S. Bach. Click picture for list of works and to order $14.98 |
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| Comes Autumn TimeTeacher and recitalist G. Fredrick Guzasky plays a varied program on the previously unrecorded 1961 Aeolian-Skinner 3-57, op. 1414, at St. Stephen�s Church, Cohasset, Massachusetts. NEW! $14.98 |
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| Joseph W. Clokey: Organ Works NEW! Janet Hamilton plays. The organ music of Joseph W. Clokey, Jr. (1890-1960) is skillfully written but reveals a transcendent quality made possible by his midwest upbringing and his love of California. Clokey is in the lineage of Buck, Paine, and Chadwick and as much a part of our distinctive American heritage as Foster and Gershwin. Janet Hamilton brings the music to life on Aeolian-Skinner (1942) and E. M. Skinner (1930) organs near Louisville, Kentucky. $19.98 |
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| Orchestral DreamsNEW! Wolfgang R�bsam plays the 1928 E. M. Skinner built with 110 ranks at Rockefeller Chapel, University of Chicago. The Millar Brass Ensemble and percussion join in the Marche triomphale. The four-movement Whitlock sonata is inscribed �To D. L. S. (Dorothy L. Sayers) and Harriet.� WHITLOCK: Sonata in c minor VIERNE: Adagio from Sym. 6; Marche triomphale pour le centenaire de Napol�on, op. 46 $12.98 |
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| The Aeolian-Skinner, MacMurray College">Jay Peterson Plays American Organ Works: The Aeolian-Skinner, MacMurray College NEW! The 4-59 Aeolian-Skinner of 1952 at MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Illinois, is lovingly maintained and has never been altered. Thus is stands as one of the very few G. Donald Harrison �signature� organs that speaks for itself and for its builder�s intent, �a landmark instrument capable of producing thrilling music,� writes organist Jay Peterson in the informative CD booklet. He plays brilliantly and knows this organ intimately, having been College Organist since 1975. Works by Dudley Buck, John Kuzma, Clarence Mader, Charles W. Ore, Leo Sowerby, John Eggert, Calvin Hampton, and Emma Lou Diemer. Click the headline for titles and to order.$14.98 |
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| Crystal Cathedral: The Hazel Wright Organ, 208 Ranks!Now of 208 ranks, the Crystal Cathedral organ incorporates the 98-rank Aeolian-Skinner built for Lincoln Center in New York and the Ruffati from the previous Garden Grove Church. This CD celebrates the organ's 20th anniversary in 2002 and features four organists: Fred Swann, Christopher Pardini, Richard Unfried, and Mark Thallander. Click for works and to order $15.98 |
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| Marches from National Cathedral, Washington, D. C.Everybody loves a march, whether it�s a rousing one from Sousa, or a majestic one for a royal procession. Douglas Major plays more than a dozen in the majestic acoustics of the National Cathedral, Washington, D. C. Click for list of marches and to order. $15.98 |
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| Alan Morrison at St. Philip's Cathedral, Atlanta, Plays the Aeolian-SkinnerAlan Morrison at St. Philip�s Cathedral, Atlanta, plays the 1962 Aeolian-Skinner 4-98. The Atlanta native won the 1991 Mader and Poister Competitions. Works by Durufl� (Suite, op. 5), Franck (Chorale No. 3), Dupr� (Var. sur un No�l), Demessieux (Te Deum), and Langlais (Chant de Paix). Click ikon for repertoire $15.98 |
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| An Evening at Woolsey HallCharles Krigbaum plays Messiaen, Elgar, Widor, Mendelssohn, and Durufl� on the 1928 E. M. Skinner of 166 stops! 2-CD set $14.98 |
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| The Transcriber's Art Thomas Murray at Woolsey HallThomas Murray is fabulous on the 1928 E. M. Skinner at Yale University. SIBELIUS: Finlandia; LISZT: Les Preludes & ���gologue��
DELIUS: ��On hearing the first cuckoo in spring��
RACHMANINOFF: Prelude in G minor; HANDEL: Samson Overt.
RAVEL: ��Petit Poucet,�� Ma M�re l�Oye; ELGAR: Nimrod
KREISLER: The Old Refrain and Liebesfreud $15.98 |
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| Harry Wilkinson at Girard CollegeNEW! Harry Wilkinson, whose first CD recorded on the 1933 E. M. Skinner of 102 stops in the stunning acoustics of Girard College in Philadelphia was well received, now has made the sequel with works of Sowerby, Maleingreau, Dupr�, and Karg-Elert. Click the headline for titles and to order. $14.98 |
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| Riverside 2001: Timothy Smith Plays the Aeolian-SkinnerNEW! The latest from Riverside! On the famous Aeolian-Skinner at the Riverside Church, Timothy Smith plays his own transcriptions of famous works, Romantic organ works well suited to the Riverside organ, and several "blockbusters" of the great organ repertoire. Click for repertoire. $14.98 |
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| Erik Wm. Suter, organist">Romantic Thunder at National Cathedral Erik Wm. Suter, organist Erik Wm. Suter plays the famous organ at Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C. Liszt: B-A-C-H and "Ad nos . . .", Reubke: 94th Psalm.$14.98 |
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| In A Monastery Garden">James Culp Plays the Aeolian-Skinner at First Pres., Kilgore, TX: In A Monastery Garden NEW! On the famous 1948 Aeolian-Skinner at First Presbyterian, Kilgore, Texas, James Culp plays works by Charles Callahan, Ket�lby, Alec Rowley, Handel, Chuckerbutty, Hugh McAmis, Campra, Dubois, Maria Theresia von Paradis, Roy Perry, Davies, Bach, and himself.$16.98 |
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| World Premieres and Transcriptions: St. Mary-the-Virgin, NYVirtuoso organist Stephen Tharp records at St. Mary the Virgin, Manhattan, on the 1932/42 Aeolian-Skinner 4-86, rejuvenated by Mann & Trupiano in 1995. LISZT: Totentanz - Danse macabre on Dies Irae (arr. Tharp) DAVID HURD: Arioso & Finale ANTON VAN DER HORST: �tude de concert MCNEIL ROBINSON: Sonata for Organ SERGE PROKOFIEV: Toccata (arr. Guillou) IGOR STRAVINSKY: Three Dances from Petrouchka (arr. Tharp) $14.98 |
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| Gillian Weir Plays at The Mother Church, BostonThe famous 1949 Aeolian-Skinner of 235 ranks totalling 13,389 pipes at The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, is recorded for the first time on CD and by the wife of its designer and voicer. Jongen: Sonata Eroica; Willan: Introduction, Passacaglia & Fugue; Hindemith: Sonata 1; Reubke: 94th Psalm $12.98 |
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| Gillian Weir ScherzoA virtuosic tour-de-force on the 58-rank Aeolian-Skinner in the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra�s Uihlein Hall, with breathtaking playing of showstopping works by composers Bonnet, Guilmant, Durufl�, Vierne, Langlais, Widor, Dandrieu, Lef�bure-Wely, Bach, Whitlock, Gigout, Parker adn Yon. $14.98 |
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| Skinner Opus 190 The oldest 4m Skinner built in 1912 at Grand Avenue Methodist Temple in Kansas City and unaltered since, was seriously water-damaged in 1998 and is largely unplayable, making this CD played by Fred Hohman in 1996 all the more important. Works by Parker, Howe, Hollins, Dethier, Nevin, Borowski, Weaver, Yon, Tchaikovsky, Shelley, and Vierne $14.98 |
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| David Higgs at RiversideThe huge organ at Riverside Church, New York (where David Higgs was once a staff organist) comes alive in an exciting program that exploits both its enormous potential and Higgs' stellar technique and artistry. Sowerby, Shearing, Mendelssohn, Franck, Alain, Bolcom, Conte, and Durufl�. $15.98 |
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| The St. Thomas TraditionNEW! This album of a cappella voices and solo organ contains performances of the Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys and organ soloist Judith Hancock. Click on headline for repertoire. $12.98 |
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| Judith Hancock Plays Dupr� & Eben: St. Thomas Church, New York $15.98 |
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| 1927 E. M. Skinner Op. 634, Rockefeller Chapel, ChicagoKalevi Kiviniemi plays a colorful program befitting the tonal palette of this major instrument (4-110), recently enjoying restorative repairs by the Bradford Organ Co., reversing earlier changes. SIBELIUS: Finlandia BONNET: 2nd Legende, Caprice Heroique DUPR�: Magnificat, Antiphon, Crucifixion PIERNE: Prelude WIDOR: Andante Sostenuto SAINT-SA�NS: Prelude op. 99 AULIS SALLINEN: Chaconne KIVINIEMI: Improvisation KOKKONEN: Lux aeterna KANKANEN: The Moonlight $14.98 |
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| A Classic American Classic: Eric Wm. Suter Plays 1954 Aeolian SkinnerBy 1952 Aeolian-Skinner had lost an edge to Walter Holtkamp and the new cutting edge was being inspired by classic European instruments. Harrison reveals his sensitivity to these currents in his design of the organ for St. John Lutheran Church in Forest Park, Illinois, installed in 1954. Eric William Suter, a native of Chicago, plays music from several periods on the 4-54 instrument. TOURNEMIRE: Te Deum from 5 Improvisations BACH: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (3 settings); Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C SWEELINCK: Variations on Balletto del granduca VIERNE: Clair de lune; Toccata (from Pi�ces de fantaisie) DURUFL�: Scherzo DUPR�: Preludio $17.98 |
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| Riverside �97 $14.98 |
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| Todd Wilson: In a Quiet CathedralTodd Wilson plays the 1961 Aeolian-Skinner enlarged to 4m, 96 ranks in 1991 in the Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta, displaying its wide panoply of tonal colors in a mostly gentle program of lovely pieces. SPECIAL 2-CD set click picture for program and to order $19.98 |
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| A Gillett Aeolian-Skinner $14.98 |
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| Gustav Holst: The PlanetsPeter Sykes transcribes this 20th-century orchestral masterpiece for, and plays it on, the 1933 Skinner organ of 100+ ranks at Girard College, Philadelphia. Writes David Bond in the The American Record Guide, "Sykes has made the impossible possible. This transcription is by far the most satisfying and persuasive I have ever heard." $14.98 |
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| Pipes Alive! Ted Alan Worth at Girard CollegeHe plays the 102-stop E. M. Skinner at Philadelphia's Girard College. Delius, Mozart, Franck, and Virgil Fox arr. of "Come Sweet Death." $14.98 |
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| Tharp at GirardVirtuoso organist Stephen Tharp plays legendary organ works on the famous 1933 E. M. Skinner of more than 100 ranks at Girard College, Philadelphia. REGER: Fantaisie on Straf� mich nicht in deinem Zorn
DURUFL�: Prelude & Fugue on A-L-A-I-N
HOWELLS: Psalm-Prelude Set II, No. 1 Out of the deep
WIDOR: Variations movement from Symphony 8 in B
DUPR�: Trois Esquisses, Op. 41 $14.98 |
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| The National Cathedral $15.98 |
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| Organ Under Glass $16.98 |
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| Richard Elliott at the Mormon Tabernacle $14.98 |
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| Clay Christiansen at the Mormon Tabernacle $15.98 |
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| St. Mary-the-Virgin $15.98 |
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| Grace Cathedral $15.98 |
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| The Grand German Organ Tradition $14.98 |
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| The Last Organ Works of Brahms & Franck">1940 Aeolian-Skinner, Cornell The Last Organ Works of Brahms & Franck Last Works of Brahms & Franck are played by George Damp at Sage Chapel, Cornell University, on the famous 1940 Aeolian-Skinner 3-65, op. 1009 $14.98 |
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| Fred Swann at Riverside Fred Swann at Riverside Church, New York City, where he was organist at the 1954 Aeolian-Skinner of 203 ranks and director of music for 30 years, made recordings in 1978 and 1979 which are reissued on a single CD. $15.98 |
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| Forever MethuenOHS member Frederick Hohman, who is also the recording engineer and owner of the CD label Pro Organo, plays beautifully for his first CD on this great landmark, the huge 1863 Walcker/1947 Aeolian-Skinner at Methuen, Massachusetts. $14.98 |
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| Teutonic TitanicsTeutonic Titanics are played by Mark Laubach on the 4m, 63-stop, 83-rank 1993 Reuter incorporating much of a frequently-rebuilt 1938 E. M. Skinner (originally 4-51) at St. John�s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Allentown, Pennsylvania. $14.98 |
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| Crozier at Grace Cathedral The 1933/52 Aeolian-Skinner and the rolling acoustic of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, serve the music well in the hands of Catharine Crozier. LISZT: Prelude & Fugue on BACH, op. 60 REUBKE: Sonata on the 94th Psalm MENDELSSOHN: Sonata 6 SCHUMANN: Two Fugues on BACH, Op. 60, Nos. 1 & 5 Regular price: $14.98 Sale price: $4.99 |
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| John Cook Organ Works">Church of the Advent, Boston John Cook Organ Works The famous 1935 Aeolian-Skinner at Church of the Advent, Boston, becomes a sonic spectacular with Marian Ruhl Metson playing the ingratiating works of former Advent organist John Cook, including his famous Fanfare and works that deserve equal fame. Click for list of works$14.98 |
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| Sowerby at Trinity: Faythe Freese PlaysSeveral of Chicagoan Leo Sowerby�s lesser known works are played on the 1910 E. M. Skinner Op. 165 at Trinity Episcopal Church, Toledo, Ohio, now of 4m and 77 ranks. Works: Suite for Organ; Fantasy for Trumpet and Organ (with trumpeter Bobby Lewis); Ballade (Lewis plays fl�gelhorn); Rhapsody; Pageant $14.98 |
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| Lorenz Maycher Plays Leo SowerbyTo critical acclaim, Lorenz Maycher plays works of American Leo Sowerby (1895-1968) on the 1949 Aeolian-Skinner at First Presbyterian in Kilgore, Texas. Pianist James Culp plays in the organ and piano duet, Dialog. Included is William Watkins� 1951 performance of Carillon, recorded on the Kilgore organ. Click picture for repertoire $14.98 |
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| Studies in ToneG. Donald Harrison transformed the Skinner firm�s tonal design. In the two records now preserved on this CD, Harrison explains elements of his characteristic style, using recorded examples of various stops and choruses. $13.98 |
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| James Darling at Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Virginia, Plays the Aeolian-SkinnerJames Darling plays the 4-105 Aeolian-Skinner rebuilt by L�tourneau in 1995 PELHAM: Minuet HANDEL: Water Music PACHELBEL: Mighty Fortress, How Brightly Shines, 6 Magnificat Fugues, Prelude in d GIBBONS: Prelude in G; Lord Salisbury Pavane BACH: Fantasia & Fugue in a; Toccata & Fugue in d PURCELL: Voluntaries in G & d, 2 Trumpet Tunes Cibell & another w/March MONTREAL ORGAN BOOK: 5 versets SCARLATTI: 2 Sonatas in D $14.98 |
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| Kevin Clarke Plays Trumpet Tunes on the 1992 Noack/1958 Aeolian-SkinnerNEW! Kevin Clarke, organist and choirmaster of the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, Dallas, Texas, plays the 1992 Noack / 1958 Aeolian-Skinner 4m of 65 stops in a collection of trumpet turnes, Purcell to Bairstow. Click ikon for repertoire $14.98 |
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| Leo Sowerby Works for Organ and Orchestraand solo works on the Aeolian-Skinner of St. Bartholomew�s Episcopal Church, New York. David Craighead plays Medieval Poem and David Mulbury plays Classic Concerto with the Fairfield Orchestra, John Welsh, conductor. Craighead plays solo works Pageant and Festival Music (Fanfare, Chorale, and Toccata on �AGO�). $5.99 |
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| John R. Near, The Boston Years 1970-85">The Mother Church Aeolian Skinner, Unchanged: John R. Near, The Boston Years 1970-85 $14.98 |
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| Krigbaum Plays Widor Symphonies 5, 6, Gothique, & Romane are now on CD! Charles Krigbaum�s recordings of Widor symphonies on the 1928 E. M. Skinner organ of 166 stops at Woolsey Hall, Yale University, now number four volumes on CD. |
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| Glasgow Plays Franck This master plays Aeolian-Skinner opus 909 of 1933 in All Saints, Worcester, Mass. $14.98 |
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| French Fantasies at the Mormon TabernacleJohn Longhurst plays works of Dupr�, Widor, Alain, Franck, Bo�llmann, and Vierne. Click picture for repertoire $15.98 |
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| Jongen & Poulenc for Organ & Orchestra at GirardOrgan Concerti at Girard College On the thrilling 1933 Skinner, Diane Meredith Belcher plays Jongen�s Symphonie Concertante and Bruce Shultz plays Poulenc�s Concerto in G Minor with Phila. Youth Orch. $14.98 |
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| Diane Meredith Belcher at Girard CollegeSuperior playing on the great E. M. Skinner organ of works by Durufl�, Rheinberger, Reger. and Widor. $14.98 |
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| Judith Hancock Plays at St. Thomas Church, NYCOn the 138-rank organ of St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Fifth Avenue, New York City, associate organist Judith Hancock plays with consummate artistry in demonstrating the organ's excellent versatility and magnificent tonal sophistication. Works by Karg-Elert, Sowerby, Ginastera, Mozart, and Bach. $12.98 |
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| Berlioz Te DeumBerlioz�s Te Deum was recorded live in the majestic acoustics of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, featuring the Aeolian-Skinner organ and nearly 400 musicians. The performance was given for the AGO convention in 1996. Dennis Keene, conductor, with Voices of Ascension Chorus and Orchestra. John Allen, tenor; Mark Kruczek, organ. $14.98 |
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