The Art of the Organ - Bach at Zwolle - Biggs

The Art of the Organ
E. Power Biggs, Organ
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Henry Purcell

Fanfare in C major

Westminster Abbey, London

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

Toccata in A minor

Grote of St. Jacobskerk, The Hague, Holland

Variations on "Mein junges
Leben hat ein End"

Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland

Balletto del Granduca

Grote of Pieterskerk, Leiden, Holland

Variations on "Unter der Linden grüne"

Kruiskerk, Amsterdam, Holland

Johann Pachelbel

Toccata in D minor

Benediktinerabtei, Weingarten, Germany

Variations from the Partita
"Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan"

Abteikirche, Amorbach, Germany

Chorale Prelude: "Vom Himmel
hoch, da komm' ich her"

St. Lorenzkirch, Nürnberg, Germany

Toccata in C major

Heiliggeistkirche, Heidelberg, Germany

Toccata in E minor

Steinkirch, Steinkirchen, Germany

Chorale Prelude: "Wie schön
leuchtet der Morgenstern"

Neuenfelde Kirche, Neuenfelde, Germany

Dietrich Buxtehude

Prelude in F major

St. Jacobi-Kirche, Lübeck, Germany

Fugue in F major

Danish State Radio, Copenhagen, Denmark

Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne
in C major

Oskarskyrkan, Stockholm, Sweden

Partita: "Auf meinen lieben Gott"

Oskarskyrkan, Stockholm, Sweden

Prelude and Fugue in F major

Monastery Church, Soro, Denmark

Prelude and Fugue in G minor

Nidarosdomen, Trondheim, Norway

Choral Preludes:
"Erschienen is der herrliche
Tag"; "Lobt Gott, Ihr Christen"

Frederiksborg, Slotkirke, Hillerod, Denmark

Fugue in C major (Gigue)

Drottningholm Castel Chapel,
Drottningholm, Sweden

Chaconne in D minor

Leufsta Bruk, Sweden

J.S. Bach

Toccata in D minor

Royal Festival Hall, London

(Columbia, recorded 1954)

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J. S. Bach at Zwolle (Holland)
Played on the Arp Schnitger Organ of 1720
E. Power Biggs, Organ

Prelude (Concertato) and Fugue in D major, ("The Great")
Prelude and Fugue in C minor, ("Arnstadt")
Prelude and Fugue in E flat major, ("St. Anne")

(Columbia, 1958)

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New LP transfers of above material.
Includes covers, labels and illustrated
notes by E. Power Biggs. Also included
in the notes: an interesting essay by
Edward Tatnall Canby.