Most organs are an orchestra into themselves, so with one of those at hand, we’re asking Who needs an orchestra?
Title: Overture to William Tell
Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Organist: Thomas Heywood
Album: Who Needs An Orchestra! – Pro Organo CD 7141
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Organ: 1929 V/111 Hill, Norman and Beard, Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, Australia
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Title: Concerto pour orgue en la mineur (BWV 593) d’aprés Vivaldi op. 3 no. 8 – I. Allegro
Composer: JS Bach
Organist: Jean Guillou
Album: Jean Guillou, The Early Recordings, Vol 1 Disc 3 – Decca 480 2007
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Organ: 1964 III/60 Kleuker, Luther Church, Berlin, Germany
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Title: Le Cygne (The Swan) from ‘Carnival of the Animals’
Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns
Organist: Thomas Trotter
Album: The Grand Organ of Birmingham Town Hall – Hyperion CDA66216
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Organ: 1837 V/112 Hill/Mander, Birmingham Town Hall, Birmingham, England
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Title: Totentanz
Composer: Franz Liszt
Organist: Stephen Tharp
Recorded Live in Concert, July 18, 2013
Organ: IV/118 Kilgen/Moller/Wicks, Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
Title: 5th Symphony – II. Allegro con moto
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Organist: Jens Korndorfer
Recorded Live in Concert, July 25, 2015
Organ: IV/118 Kilgen/Moller/Wicks, Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
Title: Etude, op. 10 no. 12 in C minor – The Revolutionary
Composer: Frederic Chopin
Organist: Cameron Carpenter
Album: Revolutionary – Telarc 80711
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Organ: 2003 III/0 Marshall and Ogletree, Trinity Wall Street, New York City, New York USA