Jan Kraybill- Sonic Splendor! Her amazing pipe organ performances give new dimensions to beloved orchestral favorites. In 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.
Composers
Barber, Samuel (1910-81)
Gounod, Charles François (1818-93)
Holst, Gustav Theodore (1874-1934)
Järnefelt, Armas (1869-1958)
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-47)
Reznicek, Emil Nikolaus von (1860-1945)
Saint-Saëns, Charles Camille (1835-1921)
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyich (1840-93)
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
Wagner, Richard (1813-83)
Works
Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
Gounod: Funeral March of a Marionette
Holst: Chaconne
Järnefelt: Praeludium
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo
Reznicek: Praeludium and Chromatic Fugue
Saint-Saëns: Suite in D major for orchestra, Op. 49
Sibelius: Finlandia, Op. 26
Tchaikovsky: Festival Coronation March
Verdi: Grand March from Aida
Wagner: Siegfried: Waldweben
