n.b.: All selections taken from Great Organs of New York, B&V Recordings CD 100.
Aaron Copland, arr. Dorothy Papadakos—Fanfare for the Common Man. 3:42. Dorothy Papadakos on the Aeolian-Skinner organ at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Amsterdam Ave. at 112th Street.
Dietrich Buxtehude—Prelude and Fugue in E Minor. 7:41. Walter Klauss on the 1989 Holtkamp organ at All Souls Unitarian Church, 1157 Lexington Ave.
Marcel Dupré—Variations on a Noel. 12:25. Donald Dumler on the 1930 Kilgen organ at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, 5th Avenue.
Leo Sowerby—Air with Variations. 7:05. William Trafka on the 1970 Aeolian-Skinner organ at St. Bartholomew’s Church, Park Avenue.
Calvin Hampton—Music for an Important Occasion. 13:50. Harry Huff on the 1936 Aeolian-Skinner organ at Calvary Episcopal Church, Park Avenue South at 21st Street.
Olivier Messiaen—Dieu Parmi Nous from La Nativité. 8:40. Mollie H. Nichols on the Austin/Konzelman organ at Church of the Heavenly Rest, 5th Avenue at 90th Street.
Gerre Hancock—Improvisation. 7:12. Gerre Hancock on the Aeolian-Skinner/Adams organ at St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue.
John Philip Sousa—The Stars and Stripes Forever. 4:25. George Stauffer and Mary Monroe on the Aeolian-Skinner organ at St. Paul’s Chapel, Columbia University, Broadway at 116th Street.
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