William K. Trafka - The Symphonic Organ (1999/2020)
Artist: William K. Trafka
Title: The Symphonic Organ
Year Of Release: 1999/2020
Label: Pro Organo
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks+booklet)
Total Time: 74:04 min
Total Size: 311 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Title: The Symphonic Organ
Year Of Release: 1999/2020
Label: Pro Organo
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks+booklet)
Total Time: 74:04 min
Total Size: 311 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:
01. Fanfare for the Common Man (Arr. for Organ & Percussion)
02. Symphony for Organ in E Minor: II. Cantabile
03. Grande pièce symphonique, Op. 17, FWV 29: I. Andantino serioso
04. Grande pièce symphonique, Op. 17, FWV 29: II. Andante
05. Grande pièce symphonique, Op. 17, FWV 29: III. Allegro non troppo e maestoso
06. Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. W. Trafka for Organ): Promenade I
07. Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. W. Trafka for Organ): I. Gnomus
08. Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. W. Trafka for Organ): Promenade II
09. Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. W. Trafka for Organ): II. Il vecchio castello
10. Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. W. Trafka for Organ): Promenade III - III. Tuileries [Dispute d'enfants après jeux]
11. Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. W. Trafka for Organ): IV. Bydło
12. Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. W. Trafka for Organ): Promenade IV - V. Ballet of Unhatched Chicks in Their Shells
13. Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. W. Trafka for Organ): VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle
14. Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. W. Trafka for Organ): VII. Limoges, le marché [La grande nouvelle]
15. Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. W. Trafka for Organ): VIIIa. Catacombæ [Sepulcrum romanum]
16. Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. W. Trafka for Organ): VIIIb. Con mortuis in lingua mortua
17. Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. W. Trafka for Organ): IX. The Hut on Fowl's Legs [Baba-Yagá]
18. Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. W. Trafka for Organ): X. The Great Gate of Kiev
This CD presents the organ of St. Bartholomew’s Church in New York City, which is, according to the program notes, the largest in the Big Apple. The program starts and ends with transcriptions of two works normally heard with orchestra, and in between presents two works of symphonic proportions that are original organ pieces. Transcriptions have been a large part of the organ repertoire, especially popular around the early 1900’s. None other than Leopold Stokowski was an early organist and choirmaster at St. Bartholomew’s, where he played such orchestra favorites as Meyerbeer’s Coronation March. St. Bartholomew’s Aeolian-Skinner organ has all the colorful stops required to play such music. In fact, the Mussorgsky often sounds exactly like the Ravel orchestration and is perhaps the most successful work on the disc. The Copland fares less well, needing the hard attack that brass instruments can give to it. The two pieces written for organ are sensitively registered and played. The recorded sound is quite good, with a wide dynamic range and just the right amount of reverberation. If you have a subwoofer, anchor down your valuable pottery–there are some low tones here that will start everything shaking. The program notes, by the way, do not tell us who did the transcriptions of the Copland and Mussorsky, an unfortunate oversight.
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