The “Britannic” Organ


The Welte Philharmonie at Seewen (SO-CH)


CD Series issued by OehmsClassics

OehmsClassics Organ recordings - internet catalogue

on behalf of the

Museum der Musikautomaten, Seewen

Museum der Musikautomaten website (choose language: D | F | I | E - top right)


Executive Producers: Dieter Oehms and Christoph Haenggi

Musical Direction and CD liner notes : David Rumsey

Technical Direction: Daniel Debrunner

Recording Supervision, Editing and Mastering: André Scheurer



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                                                                        Summary of Track Listings


(where no organist is identified the recording can be assumed to be a “drawn” roll)


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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)


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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)


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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)


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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

Gigout

Bonnet

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)


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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)



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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)


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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)


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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)


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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

Clarence Eddy (1851-1937)

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)


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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)


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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)


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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

Edouard Silas (1827-1909)

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)


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