The Britannic Organ Vol.7 | Oehms OC846

The Britannic Organ Vol.7

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Label: Oehms

Cat No: OC846

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 25th November 2013

Contents

About

The Welte Philharmonie Organ in the chapel of Meggenhorn Castle on Lake Lucerne should be mentioned here, as well as the instrument of the Museum of Music Machines in Seewen, which was intended as a Welte Philharmonie Organ for the ocean liner Britannic, the sister ship of the Titanic.

Both organs have survived to the present day from the early twentieth century, when they were built by the Welte company. They were restored by Kuhn organ builders, one of the leading Swiss organ building firms.

Works by Bossi, Wagner, Gigout, Lorenz, Mailly, Saint‑Saens, Franck, Reger, Bach, Sweelinck, Scheidt, Dubois, Guilmant.

Recorded on strictly numbered Welte rolls (master)

Contents:
CD 1
Marco Enrico Bossi

Organist: Franz Joseph Breitenbach
[1] Festive March op.118 No.8
Welte Roll 1068 (master)

Richard Wagner
Organist: Franz Joseph Breitenbach
[2] Lohengrin – Elsa’s Bridal Procession
Welte Roll 1077 (master)

Eugène Gigout
Organist: Franz Joseph Breitenbach
[3] Scherzo
Welte Roll 1069 (master)

Karl Adolph Lorenz
Organist: Franz Joseph Breitenbach
[4] Variations op.72 No.4 on “Home Sweet Home”
Welte Roll 1071 (master)

Alphonse Jean Ernest Mailly
Organist: Franz Joseph Breitenbach
[5] Solemn March
Welte Roll 1072 (master)

Camille Saint-Saëns
Organist: Franz Joseph Breitenbach
[6] Rhapsodie No.2 op.7
Welte Roll 1073 (master)

César Franck
Organist: Paul Hindermann
[7] Pièce Héroïque Welte Roll 748 (master)

Camille Saint-Saëns
Organist: Paul Hindermann
[8] Bénédiction nuptiale
Welte Roll 4016 (master)

Max Reger
Organist: Paul Hindermann
[9] Ave Maria op.80 No.5
Welte Roll 742 (copy)

Johann Sebastian Bach
Organist: Paul Hindermann
[10] Toccata and Fugue d Minor (BWV 565)
Welte Roll 751 (copy)

Total 73:11

CD 2
Johann Sebastian Bach

Organist: Karl Matthaei
[1] Toccata in F Major (BWV 540i)
Welte Roll 2052 (master)

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Organist: Karl Matthaei
[2] Variations on Mein junges Leben hat ein End
Welte Roll 2062 (master)
[3] Unter der Linden grüne – Allemande
Welte Roll 2063 (master)

Samuel Scheidt
Organist: Karl Matthaei
[4] Passamezzo 12 Variations
Welte Roll 2059 (master)

Théodore Dubois
Organist: Johann Jakob Nater
[5] Fiat Lux
Welte Roll 1059 (master)
[6] Chant Pastorale (in c Minor)
Welte Roll 1278 (copy/master)
[7] Alleluia (O filii et filiae)
Welte Roll 1282 (master)

Alexandre Guilmant
Organist: Johann Jakob Nater
[8] Noël Elevation No.6 Book IV
Welte Roll 1313 (master)
[9] Sonata c Minor op.80 No.5, 1st movement (Allegro appassionata)
[10] Sonata c Minor op.80 No.5, 2nd movement (Adagio)
[11] Sonata c Minor op.80 No.5, 3rd movement (Scherzo)
Welte Rolls 1056, 1057, 1058 (masters)

Total 76:30

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