Organ Music on Record Review 22nd Feb

[ardcarp]

10.45
Anna Lapwood unpacks an exciting batch of new organ releases.

I wonder what they're packed in?

[oddoneout]

10.45
Anna Lapwood unpacks an exciting batch of new organ releases.

I wonder what they're packed in?

Ice?

[pastoralguy]

Ice?

Good time to go charity shop shopping...!

[Alison]

I used to enjoy a good batch of organ records in the Gordon Reynolds era.

[ardcarp]

Disappointing. Nuff said.

[Roger Judd]

I heard Wolfgang Rübsam's Final to Widor 2 being enthused over ... I have seldom heard such a wayward performance (IMO!) - it was stop and start, slowdown/speed up ... no continuity at all. If that is a true example of the playing style for the whole set of Widor Symphonies he has embarked upon, count me out!
RJ

[ardcarp]

I have seldom heard such a wayward performance (IMO!) - it was stop and start, slowdown/speed up ... no continuity at all.

He was obviously stopping to turn the pages.

I must say I boggle at the choice of Reger's Ave Maria as an example of his organ works. It was horribly reminiscent of pre-funeral ramblings, and gave a poor impression of a great organ composer and of Steinmeyer as a respected builder of Romantic organs.

And how often did Ms Lapwood have to say she wished she was playing the pieces herself? The chat format really does grate.