Fire and Fantasy CD and DVD - The Wanamaker Organ with Symphony in C
Fire and Fantasy CD and DVD - The Wanamaker Organ with Symphony in C
Spectacular, rarely heard or never-before-heard works for organ and orchestra are played by Peter Richard Conte at the Wanamaker Organ and the New Jersey orchestra Symphony in C directed by Stilian Kirov in this DVD+CD set produced in cooperation with the Friends of the Wanamaker Organ. Recorded in a live concert in the Grand Court of Macy’s, Philadelphia. On the DVD video presentation of the program, Thomas Murray introduces the music and the features.
LISZT/DUPRÉ: Fantasia & Fugue on Ad nos ad salutarem undam, arranged for organ & orchestra by Dupré in 1930, and lost until discovered in 1997
GIGOUT: Grand Choeur Dialogué arranged for organ & orchestra by Guy Ropartz ca. 1900
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, arr. organ & orch. by Peter Richard Conte
GUILMANT: Symphony No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 42, for organ and orchestra
I. Introduction (Largo e maestoso) et Allegro
II. Pastorale. Andante quasi allegretto
III. Final. Allegro assai
Includes a lavisly illustrated booklet and complete Specification