The “Britannic” Organ
The Welte Philharmonie at Seewen (SO-CH)
CD Series issued by OehmsClassics
OehmsClassics Organ recordings - internet catalogue
Museum der Musikautomaten, Seewen
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Technical Direction: Daniel Debrunner
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Summary of Track Listings
(where no organist is identified the recording can be assumed to be a “drawn” roll)
Volume 1
A portrait of the Welte-Philharmonie organ
Oehms Classics OC 840
Released 15th June 2011
Details - with timings and samples
CD 1
Track 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
* Overture The Marriage of Figaro KV 492
Welte Roll 421 (master)
Track 2 & Track 3
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Two excerpts from Peer Gynt-Suite (transferred from piano rolls played by Olga Samaroff):
* Morgenstimmung (Morgenstemning)
* Asas Tod (Åses død )
Welte Roll 213 (master)
Track 4
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
* Ouverture Egmont op. 84
Welte Roll 956 (copy)
Track 5
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
* Damnation de Faust op. 24, Ballet des sylphes
Welte Roll 53 (master)
Track 6
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
* Excerpts from Lohengrin
Welte Roll 642 (master)
Track 7
Ferdinand Hérold (1791-1833)
* Ouverture Zampa
Welte Roll 236 (master)
Track 8
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
* Chorale Prelude Herzlich tut mich verlangen BWV 727
Organist: Carl Hofner (1842-1912)
Welte Roll 716 (master)
Track 9
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
* Praeludium und Fuge in c moll BWV 549
Organist: Carl Hofner (1842-1912)
Welte Roll 717 (master)
Track 10
Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
* March on a theme of Händel
Organist: Karl Hermann Köhl (1855-1919)
Welte Roll 776 (copy)
Track 11
Max Reger (1873-1916)
* Pastorale
Organist: Clarence Eddy (1851-1937)
Welte Roll 1664 (copy)
Track 12
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847)
* Overture Ruy Blas
Organist: Edwin H. Lemare (1865-1934)
Welte Roll 1241 (master)
CD 2
Track 1
Joseph Callaerts (1838-1918)
* Final from Toccata op.23
Organist: David Rumsey
Track 2 Track 3 Track 4
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
* Jesu bleibet meine Freude (Jesu Joy of man’s desiring) BWV 147
* Choral Meine Seele erhebt den Herrn BWV 648
* from Concerto in G major by Duke Wilhelm Ernst - Second Movement
Organist: David Rumsey
Track 5 Track 6
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
- Pieces for a musical clockwork
* No 18 in F major Der Kaffeeklatsch (Coffee chatter)
* No 5 in C major
Organist: David Rumsey
Track 7
Oskar Frederik Lindberg (1887-1955)
* Gammal Fåbodspsalm
Organist: David Rumsey
Track 8
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
* Sonata IV, 2nd movement
Organist: David Rumsey
Track 9
Léon Boëllmann (1862-1897)
* Menuett Gothique
Organist: David Rumsey
Track 10
Max Reger (1873-1916)
* Benedictus
Organist: David Rumsey
Track 11
Jules Grison (1842-1896)
* Toccata in f
Organist: David Rumsey
Track 12
* Improvisation on a theme of Schubert
Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)
Welte Roll 2047 (copy)
Track 13 Track 14
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
- Pieces for a musical clockwork
* No 2 in C
* No 11 in C
Organist: David Rumsey
Track 15
Attrib. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
* Türkischer Marsch
(transferred from a non-Welte piano roll recorded by Lucien Wurmser)
Track 16
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
* Fantasia for Organ KV 608
Welte Roll 429 (master)
Track 17
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
* Auf Wellingtons Sieg (To Wellington’s Victory) op. 91 (Reconstruction)
Volume 2
A Christmas Voyage
Oehms Classics OC 842
Released 25th October 2011
Details - with timings and samples
Track 1
possibly John Francis Wade (1711-1786), possibly traditional
* Adeste fideles (from “Hymns Ancient & Modern” No.59)
Organist: Harry Goss-Custard (1871-1964)
Welte Roll number 1156 (master roll)
Track 2
Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
* Cantilène pastorale Opus 15 No. 3 (Souvenir)
Organist: Reginald Goss-Custard (1877-1956)
Welte Roll number 2005 (master roll)
Track 3
Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759)
* Aria from Handel’s “Messiah” And he shall feed his flock
Organist: Johann Jakob Nater (1878-1972)
Welte Roll number 1332 (master roll)
Track 4
William Faulkes (1863-1933)
* Rhapsodie on old French carols
Composer and Organist: William Faulkes (1863-1933)
Welte Roll number 1385 (Master roll)
Track 5
Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
* Introduction et Variations sur un ancien noël polonais Op.60, No.1 [Book II]
Organist: William Faulkes (1863-1933)
Welte Roll number 1326 (Master roll)
Track 6
Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
* Two Variations on Puer nobis nascitur Op.60
Organist: Johann Jakob Nater (1878-1972)
Welte Roll number 1323 (Master roll)
Track 7
Benjamin Godard (1849-1895)
* Bergers et bergères (Shepherds and shepherdesses) Opus 55, No.6
Organist: Walter Fischer (1872-1931)
Welte Roll number 4007 (Master roll)
Track 8
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
* L'adieu des bergers à la Sainte Famille (arrangement by Guilmant)
Organist: Joseph Bonnet (1884-1944)
Welte Roll number 4002 (Master roll)
Track 9
Franz Gruber (1787863)
* Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Silent night, holy night)
Organist: Franz Philipp (1890-1972)
Welte Roll number 910 (Master roll)
Track 10
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
* Pastorale variée, für Orgel übertragen (piano roll transferred to organ)
Pianist: Lucien Würmser (1877-1967)
Welte Roll number 1092 (Master roll)
Track 11
Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
* Choralvorspiel: In dulci jubilo
Organist: Karl Matthaei (1897-1960)
Welte Roll number 2056 (1 of more titles; Master roll)
Track 12
Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
* Vom Himmel hoch,da komm'ich her
Organist: Karl Matthaei (1897-1960)
Welte Roll number 2057 (Master roll
Track 13
Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
* Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr'
Organist: Karl Matthaei (1897-1960)
Welte Roll number 2057 (Master roll)
Track 14
Johannes Daniel Falk (1768-1826)
* O du fröhliche, o du selige
Organist: Franz Philipp (1890-1972)
Welte Roll number 911 (Master roll)
Track 15
ancient folk-tune
* O Tannenbaum
Organist: Kurt Grosse (1890-?)
Welte Roll number 1883 (Master roll)
Track 16
Max Reger (1873-1916)
* Mariä Wiegenlied, Op.76, No.52
Organist: Walter Fischer (1872-1931)
Welte Roll number 1781 (Master roll)
Track 17
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
* Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen (from Opus 122)
Organist: Paul Hindermann (1868-1925)
Welte Roll number 744 (Master roll)
Track 18
Organist: Günter Ramin (1898 -1956)
* Improvisation on the Christmas Chorale, Vom Himmel hoch,da komm'ich her
Welte Roll number 1993 (Master roll)
Volume 3
Music on the High Seas
Oehms Classics OC 841
Released 20th January 2012
Details - with timings and samples
CD 1
Captain Nemo’s Music
Track 1
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
* Toccata and Fugue d minor (BWV 565)
Organist: David Rumsey
Titanic Culture and Nearer, my God, to Thee
(see article “Titanic’s last concert”on this web-site)
Track 2
Lowell Mason (1792-1872)
* Bethany
Organist: David Rumsey
Track 3
Arthur S. Sullivan (1842-1900)
* Propior Deo
Organist: David Rumsey
Track 4
John Bacchus Dykes (1823-1876)
* Horbury
Organist: David Rumsey
Track 5
Joseph Bonnet (1884-1944)
* In Memoriam Titanic (To the Memory of Titanic’s Heroes)
Organist: Joseph Bonnet
Welte Roll 1611 (master)
On and under the Water
Track 6
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
* La Cathédrale engloutie (The Submerged Cathedral)
attributed to organist Bernard ten Cate (1879 - after 1930)
Welte Roll 1995 (master)
Track 7
Frédéric François Chopin (1810-1849)
* Funeral March from piano Sonata op. 35 in b-flat minor)
Organist: Marco Enrico Bossi (1861- 1925)
Welte Roll 1006 (master)
Track 8
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)
* Meerestille und glückliche Fahrt (Calm sea and prosperous voyage)
Organist: Harry Goss-Custard (1871-1964)
Welte Roll 1476 (master)
Track 9
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
* Meeresstille (Calm Sea)
Organist: Franz Philipp (1890-1972)
Welte Roll 512 (master)
Track 10
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
* Selections from Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)
Hand-drawn roll by Franz Xaver Franz
Welte Roll 645 (master)
CD 2
Shipboard Entertainment
For the amusement of the first-class passengers
Track 1
Théodore Dubois (1837-1924)
* Toccata in G major
Organist: David Rumsey
Track 2
Heinrich Hofmann (1842-1902)
* Barcarole op. 46
Organist: Edwin Lemare (1865-1934)
Welte Roll 1233 (from a master containing three items)
Track 3
Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens (1823-1881)
* Grand Fantasia in e minor (“The Storm”)
Organist: Harry Goss-Custard (1871-1964)
Welte Roll 1121 (both master and copy used in a re-edit)
Track 4
William Wolstenholme (1865-1931)
* Barcarolle in C, op. 13 No. 6
Organist: William Wolstenholme
Welte Roll 1577 (master)
Track 5
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
* Symphony No. 9 From the New World 1st movement
Organist: uncertain (drawn roll?)
Welte Roll 957 (master)
Dance music, light entertainment aboard ship and a taste of cinema organ styles
Track 6
Traditional
* Song of the Volga Boatmen
Organist: Paul Mania (1882-1938)
Welte Roll 1920 (master)
Track 7
Joseph Lanner (1801-1843)
* Alt-Wiener Walzer (Old Vienna Waltz)
Original performance by pianist Artur Schnabel
Welte Roll 384 (master)
A tribute to the playing of “Hans Häuser”
Track 8
E. Malderen
* Le Tango du Rêve (Waltz-Tango)
Welte Roll 2067 (master)
Track 9
W. Blaufuchs
* My Isle of Golden Dreams (Waltz)
Welte Roll 2067 (master)
Track 10
Silvio Hein (1879-1928)
* Pawnee (Two step Intermezzo)
Welte Roll 2067 (master)
Track 11
Jack Little (1899-1956)
* Ting-a-Ling
Welte Roll 2082 (master)
Track 12
Osman Pérez Freire (1880-1930)
* Ay-Ay-Ay, Serenata Criolla(Creole Serenade)
Welte Roll 2080 (master)
Two hymns of the sea
Track 13
John Bacchus Dykes (1823-1876)
* Eternal Father, Strong to Save(3 verses)
Organist: David Rumsey
Track 14
William Henry Monk (1823-1889)
* Abide with me (4 verses)
Organist: Harry Goss-Custard (1871-1964)
Welte Roll 1154 (master)
Volume 4
Eugéne Gigout and Joseph Bonnet
Oehms Classics OC 843
Released 10th August 2012
Description in German
see articles and information on this web-site
and further links.
CD 1
Gigout plays his own works
Track 1
Eugène Gigout(1844-1925)
* Toccata in b minor
Organist: Eugène Gigout
Welte Roll 1084 (master)
Track 2
Eugène Gigout (1844-1925)
* Allegretto Grazioso
Organist: Eugène Gigout
Welte Roll 1603 (master)
Track 3
Eugène Gigout (1844-1925)
* Chant (fromSuite)
Organist: Eugène Gigout
Welte Roll 1599 (master)
Track 4
Eugène Gigout (1844-1925)
* Festival March (fromSuite)
Organist: Eugène Gigout
Welte Roll 1600 (master)
Track 5
Eugène Gigout (1844-1925)
* Minuetto
Organist: Eugène Gigout
Welte Roll 1087 (master)
Track 6
Eugène Gigout (1844-1925)
* Fughetta
Organist: Eugène Gigout
Welte Roll 1601 (master)
Track 7
Eugène Gigout (1844-1925)
* Marche des rogations
Organist: Eugène Gigout
Welte Roll 1597 (master)
Track 8
Eugène Gigout (1844-1925)
* Cantilène
Organist: Eugène Gigout
Welte Roll 1602 (master)
Track 9
Eugène Gigout (1844-1925)
* Marche réligieuse
Organist: Eugène Gigout
Welte Roll 1598 (master)
Track 10
Eugène Gigout (1844-1925)
* Communion
Organist: Eugène Gigout
Welte Roll 1085 (master)
Track 11
Eugène Gigout (1844-1925)
* Grand Choeur dialogué
Organist: Eugène Gigout
Welte Roll 1086 (master)
Gigout plays music of other Parisians of his era
Track 12
César Franck (1822-1890)
* Andantino in G minor
Organist: Eugène Gigout
Welte Roll 1083 (master)
Track 13
Alexandre Pierre François Boëly (1785-1858)
* Andante con moto op. 45 No. 7
Organist: Eugène Gigout
Welte Roll 1082 (master)
Track 14
Charles Alexis Chauvet (1837-1871)
* Andante con moto No. 6
Organist: Eugène Gigout
Welte Roll 1595 (master)
Track 15
Charles Alexis Chauvet (1837-1871)
* Andantino No. 9
Organist: Eugène Gigout
Welte Roll 1596 (master)
Track 16
Léon Boëllmann (1862-1897)
* Élévation in E-flat major op. 29 No. 1
Organist: Eugène Gigout
Welte Roll 1590 (master)
Track 17
Léon Boëllmann (1862-1897)
* Communion in B-flat major op. 30 No. 5
Organist: Eugène Gigout
Welte Roll 1591 (master)
Track 18
Léon Boëllmann (1862-1897)
* Sortie in C major op. 30 No. 5
Organist: Eugène Gigout
Welte Roll 1592 (master)
CD 2
Gigout plays Lemmens
Track 1
Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens (1823-1881)
* Fanfare
Organist: Eugène Gigout
Welte Roll 1606 (master)
Track 2
Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens (1823-1881)
* Cantabile
Organist: Eugène Gigout
Welte Roll 1607 (master)
Track 3
Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens (1823-1881)
* Prelude in E-flat major
Organist: Eugène Gigout
Welte Roll 1605 (master)
Track 4
Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens (1823-1881)
* Prière (Prayer)
Organist: Eugène Gigout
Welte Roll 1608 (master)
Track 5
Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens (1823-1881)
* Symphony Concertant - Scherzo
Organist: Eugène Gigout
Welte Roll 1604 (master)
Bonnet plays his own music
Track 6
Joseph Élie Georges Marie Bonnet (1884-1944)
* Dédicace op.7, No.1
Organist: Joseph Bonnet
Welte Roll 1204 (master)
Track 7
Joseph Élie Georges Marie Bonnet (1884-1944)
* Claire de la lune op. 7, No. 3
Organist: Joseph Bonnet
Welte Roll 1207 (master)
Track 8
Joseph Élie Georges Marie Bonnet (1884-1944)
* Romance sans paroles op. 7, No. 8
Organist: Joseph Bonnet
Welte Roll 1205 (master)
Track 9
Joseph Élie Georges Marie Bonnet (1884-1944)
* Angélus du soir op. 10, No. 10
Organist: Joseph Bonnet
Welte Roll 1615 (master)
Track 10
Joseph Élie Georges Marie Bonnet (1884-1944)
* Pastorale op.7, No. 9
Organist: Joseph Bonnet
Welte Roll 1208 (master)
Track 11
Joseph Élie Georges Marie Bonnet (1884-1944)
* Berceuse op. 10, No. 6
Organist: Joseph Bonnet
Welte Roll 1612 (master)
Track 12
Joseph Élie Georges Marie Bonnet (1884-1944)
* Paysage op. 10, No. 9
Organist: Joseph Bonnet
Welte Roll 1616 (master)
Bonnet plays works by other composers
Track 13
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)
* Rigaudon
Organist: Joseph Bonnet
Welte Roll 4502 (master)
Track 14
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
* Preludio (arr. Guilmant)
Organist: Joseph Bonnet
Welte Roll 1623 (master)
Track 15
Dieterich Buxtehude (ca 1637-1707)
* Fuge C-dur
Organist: Joseph Bonnet
Welte Roll 1209 (master)
Track 16
Alexandre Pierre François Boëly (1785-1858)
* Andante con moto, op. 45, No. 7
Organist: Joseph Bonnet
Welte Roll 1203 (master)
Track 17
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
* Esquisses, op. 58, No.3
Organist: Joseph Bonnet
Welte Roll 1636 (master)
Volume 5
Richard Wagner on Welte
Oehms Classics OC 844
Released 12th November 2012
Details - with timings and samples
CD 1
Track 1
* Tannhäuser: Overture
Roll drawn by M. Welte
Welte Roll No. 636 (Copy)
Roll released in 1925
Track 2
* Rheingold, Einzug der Götter in Walhall
Roll drawn by Fr. Franz
Welte Roll No. 788 (Master)
Track 3
* Walküre: Wotan's Abschied und Feuerzauber
Roll drawn by an unidentified person (almost certainly Michael Welte or Franz Xaver Franz)
Welte Roll No. 1093 (Copy)
Track 4
* Parsifal: Klingsors Zaubergarten und die Blumenmädchen
Roll drawn by an unidentified person (almost certainly Michael Welte or Franz Xaver Franz)
Welte Roll No. 921 (Master)
Track 5
* Brautchor aus Lohengrin (Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin)
Organist: Clarence Eddy
Welte Roll No. 1667 (Master)
Track 6
* Träume a.d.5 Gedichten
Organist: Samuel Atkinson Baldwin (1862-1949)
Welte Roll No. 1357 (Master)
Track 7
* Lohengrin: Vorspiel (Prelude to Act I)
Organist: Clarence Eddy
Welte Roll No. 1668 (Master)
Track 8
* Huldigungsmarsch
Organist: Harry Goss-Custard
Welte Roll No. 1500 (Copy)
CD 2
Track 1
* Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Praeludium
Organist: Edwin H. Lemare
Welte Roll No 1270 (Copy)
Track 2
* Parsifal: Liebesmahl d.Apostel
Organist: Kurt Grosse
Welte Roll No. 1876 (Master)
Track 3
* Götterdämmerung: Trauermarsch (Funeral March)
Organist: Edwin H. Lemare
Welte Roll No. 1189 (master)
Track 4
* Tannhäuser: Tannhäuser's Pilgerfart (Pilgrimage)
Organist: Harry Goss-Custard
Welte Roll No.1499 (Copy)
Track 5
* Lohengrin: Vorspiel (Prelude to Act I)
Organist: Thaddäus Hofmiller
Welte Roll No. 1032 (master)
Track 6
* Lohengrin: Lohengrin's Verweis an Elsa (für Orgel übertragen)
Pianist: Emil Paur
Welte Roll No. 792 (master)
Track 7
* Tristan und Isolde: Isolden's Liebestod
Organist: Clarence Eddy
Welte Roll No. 1724 (Copy)
Track 8
* Rienzi: Ouverture
Roll drawn by M. Welte
Welte Roll No. 643 (Copy)
Volume 6
Five Victorian Virtuosi (British organists)
Oehms Classics OC845
Released 15th July 2013
Details - with timings and samples
CD 1
Track 1
Georg Frederic Handel
* Organ Concerto No. 2 1st movement
Organist: Alfred Hollins
Welte Roll 1400 (copy)
Track 2
Alfred Hollins
* The silver cord
Organist: Alfred Hollins
Welte Roll 1410 (master)
Track 3
Alfred Hollins
* Cantilène
Organist: Alfred Hollins
Welte Roll 1409 (master)
Track 4
Alfred Hollins
* Prayer
Organist: Alfred Hollins
Welte Roll 1416 (master)
Track 5
Alfred Hollins
* Triumphal March
Organist: Alfred Hollins
Welte Roll 1405 (master)
Track 6
George Elbridge Whiting (1840-1923)
* Pastorale
Organist: Alfred Hollins
Welte Roll 1437 (master)
Track 7
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
* Prelude Opus 3 No. 2 (arr. Lemare)
Organist: Harry Goss-Custard
Welte Roll 1133 (master)
Track 8
William Wolstenholme
* Allegretto in F-major
Organist: William Wolstenholme
Welte Roll 1582 (master)
Track 9
Edward d’Evry (1869-1951)
* Méditation
Organist: Harry Goss-Custard
Welte Roll 1107 (master)
Track 10
William Wolstenholme
* The Question
Organist: Harry Goss-Custard
Welte Roll 1148 (master)
Track 11
William Wolstenholme
* The Answer
Organist: Harry Goss-Custard
Welte Roll 1149 (master)
Track 12
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
* Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy (Nutcracker Suite)
Organist: Harry Goss-Custard
Welte Roll 1495 (master)
Track 13
William Wolstenholme
* An Irish Phantasy
Organist: Alfred Hollins
Welte Roll 1438 (master)
Track 14
William Wolstenholme
* Serenata
Organist: Alfred Hollins
Welte Roll 1440 (master)
Track 15
Alfred Hollins
* Grand Choeur in g minor
Organist: Alfred Hollins
Welte Roll 1413 (master)
CD 2
Track 1
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
* BWV 577 Gigue Fugue in G major
Organist: Herbert Walton
Welte Roll 1504 (copy)
Track 2
Jules Grison (1842-1896)
* Communion Opus 11 - Andante religioso
Organist: Herbert Walton
Welte Roll 1514 (master)
Track 3
Charles Marie Widor (1844-1936)
* Organ Symphony No. 2 - Scherzo
Organist: Herbert Walton
Welte Roll 1531 (master)
Track 4
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)
* Claire de lune (from Trois Impressions)
Organist: Herbert Walton
Welte Roll 1520 (master)
Track 5
Dudley Buck (1839-1909)
* Variations Opus 51 - on a scotch air
Organist: Herbert Walton
Welte Roll 1511 (master)
Track 6
Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1819-1876)
* Choral Song and Fugue in C-major
Organist: William Wolstenholme
Welte Roll 1555 (master)
Track 7
William Wolstenholme
* Sonate Nr. 1 in F-major - Intermezzo
Organist: William Wolstenholme
Welte Roll 1581 (master)
Track 8
William Wolstenholme
* Melody in B-flat major
Organist: William Wolstenholme
Welte Roll 1580 (master)
Track 9Track 10 Track 11
Felix Borowski (1872-1956)
* Sonata No. 1 - 1st movement
* Sonata No. 1 - 2nd movement
* Sonata No. 1 - 3rd movement
Organist: Reginald Goss-Custard
Welte Rolls 2007 and 2008 (masters)
Track 12
Reginald Goss-Custard
* Benedictus in A-flat major
Organist: Reginald Goss-Custard
Welte Roll 2004 (master)
Track 13
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
* Rêverie du soir, Op. 60
Organist: Reginald Goss-Custard
Welte Roll 2031 (master)
Track 14
Felix Borowski
* Triumphal March in A major
Organist: Reginald Goss-Custard
Welte Roll 2009 (master)
Volume 7
Swiss organists
Oehms Classics OC846
Released 14th November 2013
Details - with timings and samples
CD 1
Track 1
Marco Enrico Bossi (1861-1925)
* Festive March Opus 118 Nr. 8
Organist: Franz Joseph Breitenbach
Welte Roll 1068 (master)
Track 2
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
* Lohengrin - Elsa's Bridal Procession
Organist: Franz Joseph Breitenbach
Welte Roll 1077 (master)
Track 3
Eugène Gigout (1844-1925)
* Scherzo
Organist: Franz Joseph Breitenbach
Welte Roll 1069 (master)
Track 4
Karl Adolph Lorenz (1837-a1923)
* Variations Opus 72 No. 4 on “Home, sweet home”
Organist: Franz Joseph Breitenbach
Welte Roll 1071 (master)
Track 5
Alphonse Jean Ernest Mailly (1833-1918)
* Solemn March
Organist: Franz Joseph Breitenbach
Welte Roll 1072 (master)
Track 6
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
* Rhapsodie No. 2 Opus 7
Organist: Franz Joseph Breitenbach
Welte Roll 1073 (master)
Track 7
César Franck (1822-1890)
* Pièce Héroïque
Organist: Paul Hindermann
Welte Roll 748 (master)
Track 8
Camille Saint-Saëns
* Bénédiction nuptiale
Organist: Paul Hindermann
Welte Roll 4016 (master)
Track 9
Max Reger
* Ave Maria Opus 80 No. 5
Organist: Paul Hindermann
Welte Roll 742 (copy)
Track 10
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
* Toccata und Fuga d minor (BWV 565)
Organist: Paul Hindermann
Welte Roll 751 (copy)
CD 2
Track 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
* BWV 540(i) Toccata in F major
Organist: Karl Matthaei
Welte Roll 2052 (master)
Track 2
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)
* Variations on Mein junges Leben hat ein End
Organist: Karl Matthaei
Welte Roll 2062 (master)
Track 3
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
* Unter der Linden grüne - Allemande
Organist: Karl Matthaei
Welte Roll 2063 (master)
Track 4
Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654)
* Passamezzo 12 Variations
Organist: Karl Matthaei
Welte Roll 2059 (master)
Track 5
Théodore Dubois (1837-1924)
* Fiat Lux
Organist: Johann Jakob Nater
Welte Roll 1059 (master)
Track 6
Théodore Dubois (1837-1924)
* Chant Pastorale (in c minor)
Organist: Johann Jakob Nater
Welte Roll 1278 (copy/master)
Track 7
Théodore Dubois (1837-1924)
* Alleluia (O filii et filiae)
Organist: Johann Jakob Nater
Welte Roll 1282 (master)
Track 8
Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
* Noël Elevation Nr.6 Book IV
Organist: Johann Jakob Nater
Welte Roll 1313 (master)
Tracks 9, 10, 11
Alexandre Guilmant
three movements from Sonata Opus 80 No. 5 in c minor:
* 1st movement (Allegro appassionata)
* 2nd movement (Adagio)
* 3rd movement (Scherzo)
Organist: Johann Jakob Nater
Welte Roll s 1056, 1057, 1058 (masters)
Volume 8
Max Reger
Oehms Classics OC 847
Released 8th July 2014
Details - with timings and samples
CD 1
Reger playing his own organ works
Track 1
* Fugue in G major op. 56 No. 3
Welte Roll 1294 (master)
Track 2
* Benedictus op. 59 No. 9
Welte Roll 1295 (master)
Track 3
* Melodia op. 59 No. 11
Welte Roll 1296 (master)
Track 4
* Canzone in E-flat Major op. 65 No. 9
Welte Roll 1297 (copy)
Track 5
* Jesus meine Zuversicht op. 67 No. 20
Welte Roll 1298 (master)
Track 6
* Lobt Gott, Ihr Christen alle gleich op. 67 No. 23
Welte Roll 1299 (copy)
Track 7
* Mach's mit Mir, Gott nach Deiner Güt' op. 67 No. 25
Welte Roll 1300 (copy)
Track 8
* O Welt, ich muss dich lassen op. 67 No. 33
Welte Roll 1301 (copy)
Track 9
* Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten op. 67 No. 45
Welte Roll 1302 (copy)
Track 10
* Wie wohl ist mir, O Freund der Seelen op. 67 No. 50
Welte Roll 1303 (copy)
Track 11
* Oh, wie selig seid ihr doch op. 67 No. 52
Welte Roll 1304 (master)
Track 12
* Moment musical op. 69 No. 4
Welte Roll 1305 (master)
Track 13
* Romanze op. 80 No. 8
Welte Roll 1306 (master)
Track 14
* Ave Maria op. 80 No. 5
Welte Roll 1307 (copy)
Track 15
* Praeludium op. 85 No.3
Welte Roll 1308 (copy)
Track 16
* Basso Ostinato (from the Suite in g minor) op. 92 No.4
Welte Roll 1309 (master)
CD 2
Reger played by organists of his own era
Track 1
* Toccata and Fugue in d minor op. 129
Organist: Günter Ramin
Welte Roll 1991 (copy)
Track 2
* Fantasie für Orgel Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme op. 52 No. 2
Organist: Kurt Grosse
Welte Roll 1874 (master)
Track 3
* Kyrie eleison op. 59 No. 7
Organist: Walter Fischer
Welte Roll 1762 (copy)
Track 4
* Gloria in excelsis op. 59 No. 8
Organist: Walter Fischer
Welte Roll 1763 (copy)
Track 5
* Romanze in a minor
Organist: Joseph Messner
Welte Roll 1892 (copy)
Track 6
* Fantasia and Fugue on B A C H op. 46
Organist: Kurt Grosse
Welte Roll 1873 (copy)
Volume 9
US Organists and Edwin H. Lemare
Oehms Classics OC 848
Released 11th November 2014
Details - with timings and samples
CD 1
US Organists and pianist Richard Epstein
Track 1
Organist: Clarence Eddy
* Festival Prelude and Fugue on the Old Hundredth
Welte Roll 1654 (master)
Track 2
Marco Enrico Bossi (1861-1925)
Organist: Clarence Eddy
* Chant du soir
Welte Roll 1649 (master)
Track 3
Marco Enrico Bossi (1861-1925)
Organist: Clarence Eddy
* Ave Maria Op. 104
Welte Roll 1648 (master)
Track 4
Dudley Buck (1839-1909)
Organist: Samuel Atkinson Baldwin
* Concert Variations Op. 23 on the Star-Spangled Banner
Welte Roll 1342 (master)
Track 5
Frederick Flaxington Harker (1876-1936)
Organist: Samuel Atkinson Baldwin
* In the Twilight Op. 43 No. 1
Welte Roll 1350 (master)
Track 6
Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
Organist: Samuel Atkinson Baldwin
* Sonata Op. 42 in D minor
Introduction: Largo e maestoso Allegro
Pastorale: Andante, quasi Allegretto
Welte Roll 1349 (copy)
Track 7
Louis Thiele (1816-1848)
Organist: Samuel Atkinson Baldwin
* Theme with Variations in A-flat Major
Welte Roll 1355 (master)
Track 8
Lynnwood Farnam
Organist: Lynnwood Farnam
* Toccata on filii et filiae
Welte Roll 2661 (copy)
Track 9
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Pianist: Richard Epstein
* Samson and Delila Cantabile du Grand Duo
(transferred to organ from the piano roll by R. Epstein)
Welte Roll 740 (copy)
Track 10
Organist: Clarence Eddy
* Le cygne (arr. by Guilmant)
Welte Roll 1665 (master)
Track 11
Rudolf Friml (1879-1972)
Organist: Clarence Eddy
* Nuptial Song Op. 57 No. 3 Orange blossoms
Welte Roll 1670 (master)
Track 12
William Faulkes (1863-1933)
Organist: Clarence Eddy
* Festival March Op. 128 No. 1
Welte Roll 1657 (master)
CD 2
Organist: Edwin H. Lemare
Track 1
Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
* The Queen of Saba (Sheba) March and Cortege
Welte Roll 1274 (master)
Track 2
Edwin. H. Lemare
* Rondo Capriccio Op. 64 Study in Accents Welte Roll 1181 (master)
Track 3
Edwin. H. Lemare
* Andantino D-flat major (“Moonlight and Roses”)
Welte Roll 1180 (master)
Track 4
Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
* Funeral March and Hymn of Seraphs Op. 17
Welte Roll 1265 (master)
Track 5
Harry Sandiford Turner (1869-1928)
* Scherzo in F minor
Welte Roll 1226 (master)
Track 6
Alexandre Guilmant
* Caprice in B-flat major
Welte Roll 1232 (master)
Track 7
Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901)
* Sonata Op. 88 (Pastoral) 3 movements
Welte Roll 1188 (master)
Track 8
Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921)
* Hänsel & Gretel Prelude
Welte Roll 1221 (copy)
Track 9
Edwin H. Lemare
* Symphony in D minor Op. 50 Scherzo
Welte Roll 1266 (master)
Track 10
Edwin H. Lemare
* Symphony in D minor Opus 50 Adagio patetico
Welte Roll 1267 (master)
Track 11
Camille Saint-Saëns
* Danse macabre (arr. Lemare)
Welte Roll 1251 (master)
Volume 10
Welte’s German Organists and their music
Oehms Classics OC 849
Released 3rd June 2015
Details - with timings and samples
CD 1
Early 20th century repertoire of German organists
Track 1 Organist: Joseph Renner (1868-1934)
Otto Dunkelberg
* Elegy from the Suite for Organ, opus 51
Welte Roll 2247 (master)
Track 2 Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)
Organist: Arno Landmann
* Trois Impressions - Opus 72 No. 1: Harmonies du soir
Welte Roll 1742 (master)
Track 3 Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger (1839-1901)
Organist: Johannes Diebold
* Romance (from Sonata No. 9, b minor [h-moll]) Opus 142 no. 2
Welte Roll 781 (master)
Track 4 Joseph Kromolicki (1892-1961)
Organist: Kurt Grosse
* Concert Study No. 2 (2 Konzert-Etüden - No. 2) Opus 49 No. 1
Welte Roll 1871 (master)
Track 5 Emil Sjögren (1853-1918)
Organist: Kurt Grosse
* Three Legends from “Legender: Religiösa stemningar i alla tonarter” (Impressions religieuses) Opus 46. (Book 1 #1, Book 2 #7 & # 9)
Welte Roll 1799 (master)
Track 6 Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817-1890)
Organist: Walter Fischer
* from Tre Lydstykke (Drei Tonstücke für die Orgel / Three “sounding pieces” for organ) Opus 22: No. 1
Welte Roll 1775 (master)
Track 7 Otto Valdemar Malling (1848-1915)
Organist: Thaddäus Hofmiller
* Die Versuchung (The Temptation) - Stimmungsbilder from "dem Leben Christi" (Tone-pictures/Impressions from “The Life of Christ”)
Welte Roll 4011 (master)
Track 8 Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)
Organist: (Wilhelm Heinitz) Gustav Knak
* Sarabande ([Entrata und] Sarabande) Opus 37
Welte Roll 4510 (master)
Track 9 Alfred Sittard
Organist: Alfred Sittard
* Chorale Study on “Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein”
Welte Roll 1051 (master)
Track 10 Max Springer (1877-1954)
Organist: Joseph Messner
* 3 Pastorale, lyrischer Tonbilder - #1 in A-flat major Opus 25 No. 1
Welte Roll 1893 (master)
Track 11 Max Reger (1873-1916)
Organist: Joseph Messner
* Consolation Opus 65 no 4
Welte Roll 1891 (copy)
CD 2
The earliest 20th century Orgelbewegung (Organ Reform Movement) recordings
Track 1 Georg Frederic Handel (1685-1759)
Organist: Alfred Sittard
* Organ Concerto Opus 4 No. 4 - 1st movement
Welte Roll 1043 (master)
Track 2 Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
Organist: (Wilhelm Heinitz) Gustav Knak
* Ciacona e-moll (Chaconne in e minor) BuxWV 160
Welte Roll 1732 (master)
Track 3 Dieterich Buxtehude
Organist: Günter (Werner Hans) Ramin
* Prelude and Fugue in F major (“No. 15" BuxWV 145)
Welte Roll 1985 (copy)
Track 4 Vincent Lübeck (1654-1740)
Organist: Günter (Werner Hans) Ramin
* Prelude and Fugue in E major
Welte Roll 1992 (copy)
Track 5 Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
Organist: Karl Matthaei
* Ciacona (f-minor)
Welte Roll 2058 (copy)
Track 6 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Organist: Walter Fischer
* Prelude and Fugue in C major BWV 531 (wrongly attributed by Welte in their catalogue as “Präludium und Fuge, G dur”)
Welte Roll 1752 (master)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Organist: Carl Straube
Six Chorale Preludes from the “Orgelbüchlein” (“Little Organ Book”)
Track 7Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her (Orgelbüchlein BWV 606)
Track 8Christum wir sollen loben schon (Orgelbüchlein BWV 611)
Track 9Christe, du Lamm Gottes (Orgelbüchlein BWV 619)
Track 10Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund (Orgelbüchlein BWV 621)
(given elsewhere erroneously as BWV 619)
Track 11Christ lag in Todesbanden (Orgelbüchlein BWV 625)
Track 12Wir danken dir Herr Jesus Christ (Orgelbüchlein BWV 623)
the above from Welte Rolls 1822 and 1823 (masters)
Track 13 Antonio Vivaldi (1675-1741)/Johann Sebastian Bach
(attributed to W. F. Bach on the roll)
Organist: Alfred Sittard
Concerto in d minor - Largo (BWV 596ii)
Welte Roll 1038 (master)
Track 14 Johann Sebastian Bach
Organist: Alfred Sittard
* Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (Orgelbüchlein BWV 639)
Welte Roll 1039 (master)
Track 15 Georg Frederic Handel
Organist: Otto Dunkelberg
* Organ Concerto No. 8 in A major
Welte Roll 2250 (copy)
Volume 11
Historic Improvisations by British and German organists
Oehms Classics OC 850
Released 29th October 2015
Details - with timings and samples
CD 1
Track 1
Organist: Edwin Lemare
Improvisation on a given theme
Welte Roll 1182 (master)
Track 2
Organist: Edwin Lemare
Improvisation
(4. Februar für meinen Freund Karl Bockisch/4th February [1913] for my friend Karl Bockisch)
Welte Roll 1196 (master)
Track 3
Organist: Edwin Lemare
Improvisation: “introducing bell and harp effects”
Welte Roll 1195 (copy)
Track 4
Organist: Edwin Lemare
Improvisation: on the Theme: The Suwanee River (Old Folks at Home)
Welte Roll 1253 (copy)
Track 5
Organist: Edwin Lemare
Improvisation in the form of a Minuet
Welte Roll 1243 (master)
Track 6
Organist: Edwin Lemare
Improvisation on a theme by Alfred Hollins
Welte Roll 1235 (copy)
Track 7
Organist: Alfred Hollins
Improvisation
Welte Roll 1441 (master)
Track 8
Organist: William Wolstenholme
Improvisation
Welte Roll 1583 (master)
Track 9
Organist: William Wolstenholme
Improvisation on: “Ich hatt' einen Kameraden”
Welte Roll 1584 (master)
CD 2
Track 1
Organist: Carl Hofner
Fantasie über ein Thema / Fantasia on a theme
Welte Roll 722 (master)
Track 2
Organist: Kurt Grosse
Improvisation
Welte Roll 1810 (master)
Track 3
Organist: Kurt Grosse
Stimmungsbild (Improvisation)
Welte Roll 1862 (master)
Track 4
Organist: Kurt Grosse
Improvisation von Kurt Grosse
Welte Roll 1861 (master)
Track 5
Organist: Paul Mania
Fantasia ueber Wagner'sche Themas
Welte Roll 1979 (copy)
Track 6
Organist: Paul Mania
Free Improvisation - Gavotte in the old style
Welte Roll 1970 (master)
Track 7
Organist: Paul Mania
Fantasia on old Netherlands songs
Welte Roll 1977 (copy)
Track 8
Organist: Otto Dunkelberg
Improvisation on “Wenn alle untreu werden”
Welte Roll 2251 (master)
Track 9
Organist: Henry Burkard (alias used here: “Dr. Svara”)
Silent-Movie improvisation: “Auf der Jagd (fuer Scenen: Heiter, lebhaft, froh Rhythmisch lebhaft, Jagd, Flucht, Wettlaeufe)” [“On the hunt (for light-hearted, lively, happy, rhythmically alive, hunting, escape, race scenes)]
Welte Roll 2196 (copy)
Volume 12
“Last Voyage”
Oehms Classics OC 1841
Released 2nd May 2016
Details - with timings and samples
CD 1
Track 1
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Drawn roll designed by Michael Welte
* Symphony No. 3 (Eroica) - 1st movement
Welte Roll (0929 copy)
Track 2
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Organist Eugène Gigout (1844-1925)
Sonata No. 6 in d minor
Welte Rolls 1088 and 1089 (masters)
Track 3
Georg Frederick Handel (1685-1759)
Organist Herbert Walton (1869-1929)
Largo (Xerxes)
Welte Roll 1534 (master)
Track 4
Basil Harwood (1859-1949)
Organist Herbert Walton
Dithyramb
Welte Roll 1518 (master)
Track 5
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Organist Alfred Sittard (1878-1942)
Prelude and Fugue in G major BWV 541
Welte Roll 1036 (master)
Track 6
Georg Frederick Handel
Organist Alfred Sittard
March (Hercules)
Welte Roll 1049 (master)
Track 7
Johann Sebastian Bach
Organist Edwin Lemare (1865-1934)
Fugue (à la gigue) BWV 577
Welte Roll 1160 (master)
Track 8
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Organist Edwin Lemare
Kaiser March (Imperial March)
Welte Roll 1246 (copy)
CD 2
Track 1
Percy E. Fletcher (1879-1932)
Organist Reginald Goss-Custard
Festival Toccata in C major
Welte Roll 2003 (master)
Track 2
William Wolstenholme (1865-1931)
Organist Harry Goss-Custard
Scherzo in F major
Welte Roll 1151 (master)
Track 3
Organist Alfred Hollins (1865-1942)
Fantasia in d minor Composed for the Opening of the New Organ at Blenheim Palace (May 1891)
Welte Roll 1427 (master)
Track 4
Marco Enrico Bossi (1861-1925)
Composer and Organist: Marco Enrico Bossi
Hora mystica (The Hour of Consecration)
Welte Roll 1001 (copy)
Track 5
Marco Enrico Bossi (1861-1925)
Composer and Organist: Marco Enrico Bossi
Noël (Opus 94 No. 2)
Welte Roll 1002 (master)
Track 6
Marco Enrico Bossi (1861-1925)
Composer and Organist: Marco Enrico Bossi
Aria popolare del paese di Ath (Folksong from Ath)
Welte Roll 1003 (master)
Track 7
Marco Enrico Bossi (1861-1925)
Composer and Organist: Marco Enrico Bossi
Fatemi la grazia. Erhöre mein flehen. Preghiera. - Number 1 of Deux Morceaux caracteristiques
Welte Roll 1004 (master)
Track 8
Théodore Dubois (1837-1924)
Organist Marco Enrico Bossi
In Paradisum - from 12 Pieces nouvelles pour orgue ou piano pedalier
Welte Roll 1011 (master)
Track 9
Bernard Johnson (1868-1935)
Organist Edwin Lemare
Elfentanz (Dance of the Elves)
Welte Roll 1218 (master)
Track 10
Felix Mendelssohn
Organist Edwin Lemare
Sonata No. 6 in d minor
Welte Roll 1186 (master)
Track 11
Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)
Organist Johann Jakob Nater (1878-1972)
Organ Symphony in F major - Toccata
Welte Roll 1062 (master)