This week we celebrate this milestone with the largest organs in the world, all over 300 ranks!
Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein
Playlist
Title: Chorale Prelude on Nun Freut Euch (BWV 734)
Composer: JS Bach
Organist: Joyce Jones
Album: Joyce Jones at the organ of the Cadet Chapel United States Military Academy West Point, New York – Motette CD-11491
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Organ: 1911 IV/325 Moller/Gress-Miles, Cadet’s Chapel, West Point, New York USA
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Title: Die Walkure – The Ride of the Valkyries
Composer: Richard Wagner
Organist: Daniel Chorzempa
Album: Organ of the Cadet Chapel, West Point – Philips 416-159-2
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Organ: 1911 IV/325 Moller/Gress-Miles, Cadet’s Chapel, West Point, New York USA
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Title: Grand Choeur
Composer: Guy Weitz
Organist: Frederick Swann
Album: Great Organs Of First Church Vol 1 – Gothic G 49118
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Organ: 1969 IV/346 EM Skinner/Schlicker, First Congregational Church, Los Angeles, California USA
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Title: Nocturne from Shylock, op. 57
Composer: Gabriel Fauré
Organist: David Briggs
Album: David Briggs Organ Spectacular – Delos DE 3241
Organ: 1969 IV/346 EM Skinner/Schlicker, First Congregational Church, Los Angeles, California USA
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Title: Choralvorspiel Lobe den Herren
Composer: Karl Walter
Organist: Hans Leitner
Album: Orgelmusik Aus Dem Passauer Dom – Motette Ursina – CD 11811
Organ: 1978 V/348 Eisenbarth, St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Passau, Germany
Title: Benedictus
Composer: Max Reger
Organist: Hans Leitner
Album: Symphonische Festmusik Für Orgel Und Blechbläser – IFO 00116
Organ: 1978 V/348 Eisenbarth, St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Passau, Germany
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Title: Festival Procession
Composer: Gordon Balch Nevin
Organist: Scott Breiner
Recorded Live in Concert, June 2024
Organ: 1932 VII/455 Midmer-Losh, Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey USA
Title: Music of the Night (from Phantom of the Opera)
Composer: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Organist: Dylan Shaw
Recorded Live in Concert, May 2024
Organ: 1932 VII/455 Midmer-Losh, Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey USA
Title: Symphony no. 3 – IV. Presto
Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns
Organist: Peter Richard Conte
Album: Symphonic Splendor – Raven OAR-159
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Organ: 1904 VI/457 Los Angeles Art Organ, Wanamaker Grand Court Organ, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
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Title: Anna Magdalena March
Composer: JS Bach
Organist: Keith Chapman
Album: The Lost Radio Broadcasts – Vantage V2CD-698-002
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Organ: 1904 VI/457 Los Angeles Art Organ, Wanamaker Grand Court Organ, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
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