Divine Splendor
Raymond Nagem plays The Great Organ at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. The organ, Aeolian-Skinner Op. 150A, 1953 and 150B, 1963, is a complete recasting of the earlier instrument installed in 1910 by the Ernest M. Skinner Company. In 2008 it was restored by Quimby Pipe Organs, Inc. under the direction of Michael Quimby and Eric Johnson with Douglass Hunt, Cathedral Curator of Organs as Consultant. Track Listing: Marcel Dupré (1886-1971) From Suite en fa mineur, Opus 39: IV. Final Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) from Musique d'Enfants Opus 65 Promenade Historiette Tarantelle Valse La pluie et l'arc-en-ciel Marche Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933) First Sonatina in A minor, Opus 74 Allegro moderato Andante molto. Tempo di Ciacona. Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) from Trio pour piano, violon et violoncelle Passacaille André Isoir (b. 1935) 6 Variations sur un Psaume Huguenot, Opus 1 Louis Vierne (1870-1937) from Pièces de Fantaisie, Book 2, Opus 53 Clair de Lune Jean Langlais (1907-1991) Hymne d'Actions de Grâces "TE DEUM" Gerre Hancock (1934-2012) Air (A Prelude for Organ) John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) The Washington Post March Total Playing Time: 74:54 2014, Zarex Corporation