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Audio CD
Publisher: Gothic Records
Johannes Brahms
A major new recording of the legendary Wanamaker organ at Lord & Taylor in Philadelphia. The program consists of major symphonic works transcribed for organ. Features the Wanamaker Grand Court organist Peter Richard Conte in a program recalling the most famous "after-hours" concerts given at Wanamaker’s years ago. Peter Conte’s CD The Wanamaker Legacy was the best-selling organ CD in America for 2005! This is only the second recording of the fully restored instrument, which is the world’s largest functioning organ. 24-page booklet includes extensive notes by the artist, the recording engineer, and others about the organ, the history of organ transcription, and recording this major symphonic organ.
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| Midnight in the Grand Court |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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For organ enthusiasts, this is a wonderful CD. To hear this King of Instruments in it's full "romantic" splendor is fantastic. The only way it could be better is to hear the Wanamaker in person!
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| Recorded From the Wind Chest? |
| Customer Rating: 2 out of 5 |
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I work in Philadelphia and have heard the Wanamaker organ many times. It is truly a majestic sounding instrument. But the unusually high noise floor in this recording is distracting (except in limited passages where Mr. Conte plays at greater volumes) and, for me, compromises the musical experience.
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The British Empire March, for orchestra
Sospiri, adagio for strings, harp & organ, Op. 70
Homage to Fritz Kreisler (Londonderry Air), for organ
Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Liebestod
Arabesque, for piano No. 1 in E major, L. 66/1
Pi�ces de fantaisie, for organ, Suite 3, Op. 54: Clair de Lune
Shylock, incidental music and suite for tenor & orchestra, Op. 57: Nocturne
Variations on a Theme of Haydn for orchestra in B flat major (St. Anthony Variations), Op. 56a: Variation 1
Variations on a Theme of Haydn for orchestra in B flat major (St. Anthony Variations), Op. 56a: Variation 2
Variations on a Theme of Haydn for orchestra in B flat major (St. Anthony Variations), Op. 56a: Variation 3
Variations on a Theme of Haydn for orchestra in B flat major (St. Anthony Variations), Op. 56a: Variation 4
Variations on a Theme of Haydn for orchestra in B flat major (St. Anthony Variations), Op. 56a: Variation 5
Variations on a Theme of Haydn for orchestra in B flat major (St. Anthony Variations), Op. 56a: Variation 6
Variations on a Theme of Haydn for orchestra in B flat major (St. Anthony Variations), Op. 56a: Variation 7
Variations on a Theme of Haydn for orchestra in B flat major (St. Anthony Variations), Op. 56a: Variation 8
Variations on a Theme of Haydn for orchestra in B flat major (St. Anthony Variations), Op. 56a: Variation 9
Variations on a Theme of Haydn for orchestra in B flat major (St. Anthony Variations), Op. 56a: Variation 10
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