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This discography in Olford's 1997 essay has not been updated. In the event that it may be of use to readers it has been included on the web site.

Discography

An extended discography is beyond the scope of this essay. These recordings of Canadian organ music from 1981-1996 are readily available.

CD. (1997). South African organ music I. AQuerstand,@ #VKJK 9708 (Kamprad Verlag, Altenburg, Germany; September 1997). The disk contains Stefan Grove's Afrika hymnus as well as the following of South African born Jacobus Kloppers: Dialectic fantasy (1992), Three plainsong settings (1984), Organ partita AIn dulci jubilo@ (1992/93) and the chorale prelude AWachet auf@ from Five chorale preludes (1983). Performed on the Rieger Organ in the Auditorium of the University of South Africa. Eddie Davey, organist.

CD. (1996). Soundland Alberta: Le Pays sonore. CR 96001-2. Includes Godin, longing... Corey Hamm, organist.

CD. (1995a). Fantachorus. Disques Celest Inc. DC 32682. Includes Gilles Rioux, Rondo et fugue, Variations sur Joseph est bien marié and others.

CD. (1995b). Le chant de la jerusalem des terres froides. Studio de musique anciènne de Montréal. K617052. Includes selections from Livre d'orgue de Montréal. Réjean Poirier, organist.

CD. (1994a). Ave Maria au grand orgue. Les Editions Notre-Dame-du-Cap. ES-50494. Gilles Rioux, organist.

CD. (1994b). British and Canadian music for organ. CBC Records. MVCD1068. Includes Henderson, Chromatic partita; Willan, Five pieces; Bales, Petit suite. Ian Sadler, organist.

CD. (1994c). Dancing ice: Solo and duo Canadian organ music. Arktos 94002. Includes Kloppers, From the musical memoirs of a Canadian organist (duo), Cabena, Variations on an original theme (duo), Krapf, Totentanz; Kloppers, Concerto for organ, strings and timpani. Marnie Giesbrecht and Joachim Segger, organists.

CD. (1994d). Portrait: Sir Ernest MacMillan. Outremont, Québec: Analekta AN 2 7804. 1994. Various media including organ. A recording including Bach's Prelude and fugue in E Flat played by Sir Ernest MacMillan, organist.

CD. (1994e). Northern arch: New music from Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Arktos 94001. Includes Hannah, Five preludes; Berg, Christ ist erstanden. Marnie Giesbrecht, organist.

CD. (1993). Vistas: Prairie sounds from Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Canadian Music Centre. Includes Kloppers, Concerto for organ, strings and timpani. Marnie Giesbrecht, organist.

CD. (1993, 1967). Ernest MacMillan, a centenary celebration. Centrediscs WRC8-6678. Includes Cortège academique. Andrew Davis, organist.

CD. (1992). Patrick Wedd, organ, Calgary Philharmonie Orchestra, Mario Bernardi. Toronto CBC Records SMCD 5113. Contains Coulthard, Music to St Cecilia, for organ and strings.

CD. (1991). Canadian organ music: historic organs of Prince Edward Island. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, WRC8-6562. Includes Glockemeyer, Marche; Poirier, Pièce de concert sur l'hymne national Acadien; Letondal, Toccata; Letendre, Stabat mater; Tanguay, Prière; Aldous, Prelude and fugue, Lavalie-Smith, Scherzo; Bernier, Meditation; Lucas, Toccata, op. 27, no.1; Johnston, Chorale for organ; Ward, Consolation, Pleading savior. Alan Reesor, organist, plays music by turn-of-the-century Canadian composers (exceptions: Johnston, Ward).

CD. (1989). Talivaldis Kenins. Radio Canada International. ACM 33. Various artists and media. Includes Sinfonia notturna, Suite for organ.

CD. (1988a). Jacques Hétu. Radio Canada International. ACM 31. Includes Missa pro trecentesimo anno, op. 38. Pierre Grandmaison, organist.

CD. (1988b). Livre d'orgue de Montréal. Radio Canada International, RCI 645. Kenneth Gilbert, organist.

CD. (1987a). Le Livre d'orgue de Montréal. Toulouse: Ariane, ARI/140. Réjean Poirier, organist.

LP. (1987b). Organ works of Barrie Cabena. Waterloo: Wilfred Laurier University. WLU 87001. Includes Overduin's ostinatos, Variants in memoriam John Cook, Sonata giojoso, Variations on an original theme. Barrie Cabena and Jan Overduin, organists.

LP. (1984). Sequence. Centrediscs. CMC 1784. Includes Beckwith, Upper Canada hymn preludes; Gagnon, Pastourelle; Kenins, Sinfonia notturna; Lorrain, Sequence. Patrick Wedd, organist.

LP. (1983). Canadian organ spectrum. Savvy S 1001. Includes Cook, Fanfare, Bales, Chorale preludes; Duchow, Offertoire; Wuench, Toccata piccola; Cabena, Prelude in lydian mode; Willan, Introduction, passacaglia and fugue. Mervyn Games, organist.

LP. (1982a). Anthology of Canadian organ music. Radio Canada International. ACM 11. Focus on Healey Willan. Various performers including John Tuttle, organist.

LP. (1982b). Fanfare: Festival music at the cathedral church of St. Mark. Waterloo, Ontario: Waterloo Music. WR 8024. Includes Gerald Bales, Healey Willan, William France, Frederick Karam, and others. Gerald Bales, organist.

LP (ND). Music for Christmas. Coronet LPS 7021. Includes Kloppers, Divinum mysterium. In Worthington United Methodist Church, Columbus, Ohio, USA. William Haller, organist.

 

 


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