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In a Quiet Cathedral | 
 enlarge | Creators: Johann Sebastian Bach, Samuel Barber, Dom Paul Benoit, Johannes Brahms, Frank Bridge, Charles Callahan, Marcel Dupre, Girolamo Frescobaldi, William H. Harris, Walter Hilse, Johann Ludwig Krebs, Jean Langlais, Felix Mendelssohn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Richard Purvis, Sergey Rachmaninov, Robert Schumann, Leo Sowerby, Billy Strayhorn, Giuseppe Tartini
Label: Delos Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 129282
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 3145
UPC: 013491314525
EAN: 0013491314525
ASIN: B0000006Z0
Release Date: August 2, 1994
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Unspecified work(s) (arr) for organ | | • | Adagio | | • | Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring | | • | Air on the G string | | • | No. 10, Magnificat | | • | Andante sostenuto |
Disc 2
| • | Toccata per l'Elevazione | | • | Clair de lune | | • | Berceuse | | • | Very slowly | | • | Ave Maris Stella |
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| Customer Reviews:
 Simply Wonderful September 21, 2007
StellaJane (Surprise, AZ)
As the daughter of an organist, and having grown up with a full sized church organ (albeit electric and not a pipe organ) in the house, I heard a lot of wonderful music. My favorite is the R. Vaughn Williams "Prelude on the Welsh Hymn Tune 'Rhosymedre'". Such a lovely piece has never been matched, in my opinion. And it is rare to find it on any recording. But this CD has it!!! And Mr Wilson's interpretation is very similar to my dad's. I love this entire CD. And such a fine organ!!! Thank you for bringing a wonderful memory back to me. This is a recording that anyone who enjoys beautiful, calm organ music should have in their collection.
One of my most-played CDs October 13, 2005
FrKurt Messick (Bloomington, IN USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is one of my most frequently played CDs. I find it perfect background music for meditation, prayer, reading and other tasks, as well as a good CD that doesn't disturb people at work.
This is not intended to be organised as a church service or a concert performance per se, but rather, as the co-producer Carol Rosenberger states, 'this album is meant to recreate an experience many of us have treasured: slipping inside the doors of a cathedral and finding oneself alone in a vast, quiet space with light streaming through stained glass windows. The organist begins to play gentle music, and one is lost in contemplation...'
As a churchy person, I've often had the experience of working or sitting in an empty church while the organists or their students practiced. This recording in many ways reminds me of that experience. Of course, our organ is a far cry from the pipe organ in Atlanta's Cathedral of St. Philip, with over 5000 pipes (and our church does not have a 5-second delay reverberation, either), 4 manuals and 96 ranks. This Aeolian-Skinner organ is a genuinely stunning instrument, but as with any instrument, it takes the right performer to bring out the fullness of the sound from it.
Todd Wilson is just such a performer. His playing is solid and well-suited for this task, with occasional flashes of brilliance. Mozart's 'Adagio', Bach's 'Jesu, Joy of Many's Desiring', and Barber's 'Adadio for Strings' (here arranged for the organ) are truly wonderful pieces. The programme here is a diverse collection of pieces from Baroque, Renaissance, and later pieces, including folk tunes and a few modern compositions. Todd Wilson is a church organist and music director at Church of the Covenant in Cleveland, Ohio (a city with not insignificant music resources and life), and is also head of the Organ Department at the Cleveland Institute of Music. He has had an international performance and recording career.
I applaud the decision to make this a double-disc set - the producer writes that there was just too much good music to limit the selection. Thus, there is a method to the organisation, given the availability of two discs. The first disc has more simple pieces, easily recognisable melodies and well-known hymn/sacred pieces. The second disc has a bit more complexity of music.
There is a booklet that is particularly designed for young people, so that they may become more familiar with the organ as an instrument, and this type of music.
This is a truly wonderful recording.
One of the best sets of organ works February 20, 2005
Beethoven (Kanagawa, Japan)
This is a superb set of organ works. Strongly recommended.
Mystic! December 28, 2003
Alberto Pedretti (Milan, ITALY)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The Aeolian-Skinner organ in St.Philip's Cathedral, Atlanta is the finest example on Earth of eclectic organ...and the last- really-marvellous instrument erected by this firm. Flutes and Erzaehlers speak directly from Heaven...and the organ, despite electric, seems to have tracker action! Listen to Bach's BWV 731 and 648: they sound like played on a Silbermann instrument!
Todd Wilson is a delicate musician, a poet of the organ and a genius in the choice of the stops.
Buy also the other recordings of this Aeolian-Skinner by Robert Delcamp (Naxos) and Alan Morrison (Gothic)...and don't forget that Michael Murray recorded in St.Philip's Cathedral for Telarc the finest rendition of Poulenc's "Concerto in sol minore per organo, archi e timpani" under the direction of the late Robert Shaw.
By All Means Get This CD September 6, 2003
Slim (Manassas, Virginia United States)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I found this wonderfully relaxing CD above and beyond my expectations. Do you enjoy organ music, then listen and explore the sacred music of J.S. Bach. This music will relax you: keep your muscles relaxed as you work on a time deadline for a large project, or doing some casual items around the house.
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