J Bach .S. / Beethoven,L.V. / Biggs - Edward Power Biggs Plays Historic Organs Of Europe [CD]

The legendary English organist E. Power Biggs became a household name when his Sunday morning CBS broadcasts introduced radio listeners all over North America to the sound of historic pipe organs and the classical organ repertoire from every period. In a lifelong search for authenticity, the indefatigable Biggs visited places in Holland, North Germany, England, France, Italy, Spain, and Switzerland where some of the great organist-composers of the Renaissance and Baroque had lived and worked. Between 1961 and 1970, Columbia recorded him in a "Historic Organs of Europe" series, performing music by Bach, Buxtehude, Couperin, Dunstable, Frescobaldi, Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli, Purcell, Soler, Sweelinck, Tallis and many others. In his original notes to this ambitious project, which Sony Classical is now reissuing complete in a collection of 6 CDs, Biggs wrote: "It is fascinating to play a composer's music on the organ he played. You feel that you have touched the lifeline of history... Beethoven's orchestra, Bach's choir are all gone, but the same organs on which great musicians played are still available." When these famous recordings were released on LP, Gramophone's reviewer wrote that "the commanding sweep of the whole panorama makes compulsive listening... The enthusiasm of Mr. Power Biggs for his subjects makes him the ideal guide: he can turn his hand to any organ and make a neat job of the music, however recalcitrant the actions may be. His performances are sumptuously recorded." Organ aficionados will relish this new opportunity to experience these musical milestones in this new box set.

Tracklist:

1. Sit gloria Domini (Musica enchiriadis)
2. Orientis partibus (Song of the Ass) (conductus)
3. Christo psallat (rondellus, conductus)
4. Hymn to St. Magnus
5. Hec dies (organum) (Codex Wolfenbüttel 677)
6. Work(s)~Motets for "Hec dies": Huic main - Hec dies
7. Work(s)~Motets for "Hec dies": Deo confitemini - Domino
8. Estampie from Robertsbridge Codex, 1360
9. Agincourt Hymn
10. Mit ganczem Willen wünsch ich dir (from Fundamentum organisandi Magistri Conradi Paumanns Ceci de Nürenberga)
11. Praeambulum in fa
12. Gloria tibi Trinitas
13. Work(s)~3 Verses from the Te Deum
14. Pavana alla Venetiana from Intabulatura de lauto - Book IV
15. Work(s)~Chaconne in F major
16. In dulci jubilo (BWV 751)
17. Messe du Deuxième Ton~Passacaglia in G minor
18. Work(s)~Le Trophée from Pièces de clavecin IV/22/1 / Fugue on the Kyrie (Fugue sur les Jeux d'anches) Couplet No. 2 from the K
19. Suite No. 1 (Livre d'orgue)~Basse et Dessus de Trompette
20. Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten BWV 691
21. Prelude and Fugue in B minor BWV 544~[Praeludium]
22. Prelude and Fugue in B minor BWV 544~Fuga
23. Concierto de dos Organos Obligados No. 6~II. The Emperor's Fanfare
24. Pièces d'Orgue - Book I, Suite No. 2~Duo en cors de chasse sur la Trompète
25. 3 Fabordones~Fabordón 1
26. 3 Fabordones~Fabordón 2
27. 3 Fabordones~Fabordón 3
28. Aria in D minor
29. Keyboard Sonata in A major 'De Clarines"
30. Sonata in G minor
31. Toccata in D minor
32. Batalla [No. 1] 'Imperial"
33. Partita sopra la Aria della Folia da Espagna
34. 3 Fabordones~Fabordón 1
35. 3 Fabordones~Fabordón 2
36. 3 Fabordones~Fabordón 3
37. Work(s)~Fabordón
38. Pavana No. 6 from Libro de Música de Vihuela de mano
39. romanesca
40. ballo dell'intorcia
41. Toccate e partite d'intavolatura II: Gagliarda 1 in A minor
42. Toccate e partite d'intavolatura II: Gagilarda 2 in G minor
43. Toccate e partite d'intavolatura II: Gagliarda 3 in G minor
44. Capriccio sopra la Battaglia from Toccate e partite d'intavolatura I
45. Gagliarda del Principe di Venosa
46. Gagliarda 2 in D minor
47. Gagliarda 8, et ultima, in G major
48. Fuga del IX tono
49. Work(s)~Variazioni sopra la Follia
50. Psalm 19: I cieli immensi narrano (Estro poetico-armonico)
51. Sonate d'involatura per organo e cimbalo I~No.
52. Verso 4 in D minor
53. Sonate d'involatura per organo e cimbalo I~No.
54. Verso 4 in E minor
55. Sonate d'involatura per organo e cimbalo I~No. 1
56. Verso 3 in G minor
57. Sonate d'involatura per organo e cimbalo I~No. 1
58. Verso 4 in G minor
59. Sonate d'involatura per organo e cimbalo I~No.
60. Verso 4 in C major
61. Sonate d'involatura per organo e cimbalo I~No. 1
62. Toccata all' Offertorio in C major
63. Canzona ariosa
64. Secondo Dialogo: Acute ; Grave (L'Organo suonarino Op. 25)
65. Ballo della battaglia from Selva di varie compositioni d'intavolatura per cimbalo ed organo
66. Corrente detta dello Staccoli from Modo per imperare a sonare di Tromba
67. Fanfare
68. Rondeau. Bruit de guerre from Pièces de clavecin II/10: La Triomphante
69. Pièces d'orgue, Mass No. 2~Offertoire sur les grands jeux
70. Livre d'orgue II~Magnificat (premier ton). Basse de trompette
71. Recueil de Noëls - Suite No. 1~Joseph est bien marié
72. Caprice sur les grands jeux from Livre d'orgue - Suite No. 1
73. Chaconne in C major No. 26 from Pièces de clavecin
74. Chaconne in C minor "La Bergeronnette" No. 34 from Pièces de clavecin
75. Chaconne in G minor No. 121 from Pièces de clavecin
76. Chaconne in D minor No. 55 from Pièces de clavecin
77. Or nous dites Marie from Livre de noëls pour l'orgue et le clavecin
78. Quand le Sauveur Jésus-Christ fut né de Marie No. 20 from Noëls
79. Agincourt Hymn
80. Hornepype
81. Uppon la mi re
82. Work(s)~Ritornell
83. Work(s)~Composition on a Plainsong
84. Gloria tibi Trinitas
85. Iste confessor
86. Point
87. Gigg (The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, No. 181)
88. King of Denmark's Galliard
89. Ground in Gamut
90. Allemande
91. Packington's Pound
92. Ayre
93. Aylesford Pieces~Sarabande
94. Aylesford Pieces~Minuet I
95. Aylesford Pieces~Minuet II
96. Aylesford Pieces~Minuet III
97. Aylesford Pieces~Minuet IV
98. Aylesford Pieces~Passpied I
99. Aylesford Pieces~Minuet V
100. Aylesford Pieces~Passpied II
101. Voluntary V Op. 6/5~II. Andante largo
102. Voluntary VI Op. 7/6~I. Andante
103. Voluntary VI Op. 7/6~II. Vivace
104. Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV 676
105. Fantasia in Echo Style - in G major
106. Fantasia in Echo Style - in F major
107. Work(s)~Aria in C minor
108. Fantasia in A minor
109. Fantasia in the Dorian Mode, with Echoes
110. Fantasia in A minor, with Echoes
111. Ihr lieben Christen, freut euch nun BuxWV 51~Sinfonia (Fanfare)
112. Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich, chorale prelude, BuxWV 202
113. Mit ganczem Willen wünsch ich dir from Fundamentum organisandi Magistri Conradi Paumanns Ceci de Nürenberga
114. Courante dal S. Pietro Cornet
115. Partita for English Horn and Organ manualiter Op. 41/1~I. Liberamente - Adagio - Allegro
116. Partita for English Horn and Organ manualiter Op. 41/1~II. Larghetto
117. Partita for English Horn and Organ manualiter Op. 41/1~III. Vivace
118. Partita for English Horn and Organ manualiter Op. 41/1~IV. Largo
119. Partita for English Horn and Organ manualiter Op. 41/1~V. Andante sostenuto

UPC: 196588267727
Label: SONY SRM EXCLUSIVE
Release Date: 1.26.24
Format: CD