Listen & tracks
1 of 29 tracks have a preview · 19 works · 79:26
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Sonate d'intavoltura per organo e cimbaloDomenico Zipoli 4 movements2:51
- 1 Toccata :48
- 2 Verso I :30
- 3 Verso II :48
- 4 Verso III :45
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5 Musicalische Sterbens-Gedanken Johann Pachelbel 6:24
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6 [Allegro] Baldassare Galuppi 1:16
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7 Andante Baldassare Galuppi 1:44
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8 Allegro e spiritoso Baldassare Galuppi 1:41
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9 Largo Baldassare Galuppi 1:40
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10 Small Prelude 5 in C Major BWV 943 Johann Sebastian Bach 1:58
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11 Chorale Prelude on Jesu meine Zuversicht BWV 728 Johann Sebastian Bach 1:38
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12 Fughetta on Gottes Sohn ist Kommen BWV 703 Johann Sebastian Bach :54
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13 Fughetta on Ach Gott und Herr Johann Sebastian Bach 1:31
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14 Fughetta on Lob sei dem allmächtigen Gott Johann Sebastian Bach 1:06
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15 Two Sarabandes Louis Couperin 2:41
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16 Branle de Basque Louis Couperin :52
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17 Chaconne Louis Couperin 5:21
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Organ Concerto in G minor, Op. 4 No. 1George Frideric Handel 4 movements17:12
- 18 Largo, e staccato 5:12
- 19 Allegro 5:59
- 20 Adagio 1:09
- 21 Andante 4:52
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201 Pajaritos (birdcall) stop :23
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Douglas Lawrence interviews Fr. Leo Renier 5 movements20:54
- 202 History of the restoration 3:58
- 203 History of the organ 3:47
- 204 The Bamboo Organ Festival 2:32
- 205 St. Joseph's Church community 6:03
- 206 Manila – a noisy city 4:34
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207 The bells of St. Joseph's 6:44
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208 Local streetscape 2:36
The fascinating story of the organ from its conception by the Spanish missionary Fr. Diego Cera in 1816, through many competent and incompetent repairs and restorations, to its complete restoration by German organ builders is related in the programme notes.
Douglas Lawrence interviews Fr. Leo Renier, who was responsible for the restoration of the organ, on a bonus second CD.
Reviews
a most interesting CD to listen to ... It should be a MUST in the collections of all organ music lovers.
a highly significant release ... a model of informative, beautifully illustrated and thoroughly documented presentation. The album is a delight in every way ... excellent performances by Douglas Lawrence ... a most welcome addition
This is a recording that will give great delight to the listener. The music and sound of the organ are charming and captured extremely well ... The playing is stylish, with nice ornamentation, clear articulation and varied registration ... Move and Douglas Lawrence are to be congratulated on a significant achievement.
pleasing and sensitive playing ... a most interesting CD to listen to ... It should be a MUST in the collections of all organ music lovers.
a most interesting and satisfying production. Well worth adding to your collection.
fascinating
What fun!
intriguing
Artists
Douglas Lawrence
organ
Melbourne organist Douglas Lawrence is Director of Music at The Scots' Church and Teacher of the Organ at the University of Melbourne. He founded the Choir of Ormond College and directed it from 1982 to 2006.
Johann Sebastian Bach
composer
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) was a German composer and organist of the late Baroque. His sacred and secular music for choir, orchestra, organ and solo instruments remains among the foundations of the Western concert and church repertory.
Louis Couperin
composer
Louis Couperin (c. 1626–1661) was a French Baroque composer and keyboard player whose brief career shaped the French organ and harpsichord schools. Some two hundred works survive only in manuscript.
Baldassare Galuppi
composer
Baldassare Galuppi (18 October 1706 – 3 January 1785) was an Italian composer, born on the island of Burano in the Venetian Republic. He achieved international success, spending periods of his career in London and Saint Petersburg, but his main base remained Venice, where he held a succession of leading appointments.
George Frideric Handel
composer
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) was a German-born Baroque composer who settled in London and became a naturalised British subject. He is celebrated for his operas, English oratorios, organ concertos and orchestral works.
Johann Pachelbel
composer
Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706) was a German Baroque composer, organist and teacher who brought the south German organ tradition to its peak. His chorale preludes, fugues and keyboard variations place him among the central figures of the middle Baroque.
Domenico Zipoli
composer
Domenico Zipoli (1688–1726) was an Italian Baroque composer and organist, remembered for his keyboard music and for the sacred works he wrote as a Jesuit missionary in South America.
Performers
- Douglas Lawrence · organ · disc 1 tracks 1–21
- Leo Renier · interviewee · disc 2 tracks 2–6
- Douglas Lawrence · interviewer · disc 2 tracks 2–6
- Manila Chamber Orchestra · orchestra · disc 1 tracks 18–21
- Bernhard Emmer · conductor · disc 1 tracks 18–21
- Sergio Esmilla Junior · music director · disc 1 tracks 18–21
Technical credits
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Recording Engineer
Josepf Kamykowski (disc 1 tracks 18–21)
Martin Wright (all except disc 1 tracks 18–21; disc 2 tracks 1–8)
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Editing Engineer
Vaughan McAlley
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