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Organ at the Opera
Organ duets performed on the Sydney Opera House organ.
One of Move's all-time best sellers!
'Waltzing Matilda' as a duet for four feet (and no hands!) Organ duets performed on the famous Sydney Opera House organ built by Ronald Sharp. Compositions and arrangements for organ duet including Handel's 'Arrival of the Queen of Sheba', Rossini's 'William Tell Overture', Mendelssohn's 'Overture for Wind Instruments', Grainger's 'Blithe Bells', Soler's 'Concierto I ' and more. Press quotes:
“This is an exceptional CD of both the Opera House instrument and the artistry of Robert Ampt and Amy Johansen ... the best organ duet recording I have encountered.”
— Sydney Organ Journal “everyone should have a copy - the repertoire represented is unique, the playing is precise, masterly full of feeling”— Hunter District Organ Society “Buy this - it is a beautiful and exciting recording by artists I admire, on an organ I admire (what a superb sound it makes!) by a builder I admire!”— Nigel Nettleship, Victorian Organ Journal Audio preview:
Niagara - Grand Galop de Concert (Louis Godard) download Track Listing:
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (George Frederic Handel)
Adagio fur die Flutenohr, WoO 33/1 (Ludwig van Beethoven) Waltzing Matilda - Duet for Four Feet (Robert Ampt ) Overture for Wind Instruments Op. 24 (Felix Mendelssohn) Blithe Bells (Percy Aldridge Grainger) Rhapsody (Naji Hakim) Concierto I (Antonio Soler) Niagara - Grand Galop de Concert (Louis Godard) Overture to William Tell (Gioacchino Rossini) Catalogue Number: MD3170
Price: AU$26.00
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 Featured Artists:
Amy Johansen is the Sydney University Organist and an Honorary Carillonist at the University. Although her repertoire encompasses all periods of music, it was her first CD, The Embrace of Fire, devoted to the organ music of Naji Hakim, which initially brought her international acclaim.
Robert Ampt is the Sydney City Organist and Organist/Choirmaster of Sydney’s German Lutheran Church. An active recitalist and teacher, he composes and arranges music for the organ, has written two children’s introductions to the organ, and has written an extensive history of the Sydney Town Hall organ.
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