FLAC tracks | Classical | 01:14:34 | 1CD | 262 MbIn the 19th and early 20th century, organists of exceptional artistic skill developed organ transcriptions of orchestral music into a true art form.

Each of the works on this disc is spectacular in its original form.

To create The Orchestral Organ, we have chosen works of many different composers, adapted into organ transcriptions of the highest artistic order.

These transcriptions are not intended for comparison with, or replacement of, the original orchestral versions.

In presenting them we are offering fascinating new dimensions for these compositions, whether familiar or new to the listener.

Within the pieces are a variety of tone colors and compositional details that exhibit the remarkable abilities of organist Jan Kraybill, and showcase the spectacular Julia Irene Kauffman Casavant Organ at the Kauffman Center’s Helzberg Hall in Kansas City.

Tracklist:1 TH 50 (Transcr. G.J. Bennett for Organ) 05:592 (Transcr. W.R. Strickland for Organ) 09:553 CG 483 (Transcr. W.T. Best for Organ) 05:224 First Suite in E-Flat Major for Military Band, Op. 28 No. 1, H. 105: I. Chaccone (Transcr. H.G. Ley for Organ) 05:165 Op. 26 (Transcr. H.A. Fricker for Organ) 08:506 Praeludium & Chromatic Fugue in C-Sharp Minor (Version for Organ) 13:40 Unavail. individ. LISTEN7 Orchestral Suite in D Major, Op. 49: IV. Romance (Transcr. A. Renaud for Organ) 06:028 Siegfried, WWV 86C: Forest Murmurs (Transcr. J.H. Rogers for Organ) 04:239 A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61, MWV M13: No. 1, Scherzo (Transcr. S.P. Warren for Organ) 06:1210 Praeludium in F Major for Small Orchestra (Transcr. G.B. Nevin for Organ) 03:1011 Aïda: Triumphal March (Transcr. H.R. Shelley for Organ) 05:45