E. Power Biggs - E. Power Biggs plays Historic Organs of England (Remastered) (1970/2024) [Official Digital Download 24/192]

The legendary English organist E. Power Biggs became a household name when his Sunday morning CBS broadcasts introduced radio listeners all over North America to the sound of historic pipe organs and the classical organ repertoire from every period.

In a lifelong search for authenticity, the indefatigable Biggs visited places in Holland, North Germany, England, France, Italy, Spain, and Switzerland where some of the great organist-composers of the Renaissance and Baroque had lived and worked. Between 1961 and 1970, Columbia recorded him in a “Historic Organs of Europe” series, performing music by Bach, Buxtehude, Couperin, Dunstable, Frescobaldi, Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli, Purcell, Soler, Sweelinck, Tallis and many others.

In his original notes to this ambitious project, which Sony Classical is now reissuing complete in a collection of 6 CDs, Biggs wrote: “It is fascinating to play a composer’s music on the organ he played. You feel that you have touched the lifeline of history… Beethoven’s orchestra, Bach’s choir are all gone, but the same organs on which great musicians played are still available.” All CDs are remastered from the original analog tapes using 24 bit / 192 kHz technology.

Tracklist:
1. Agincourt Hymn (2024 Remastered Version) (01:33)
2. A Hornpype (2024 Remastered Version) (02:23)
3. Upon la mi re (2024 Remastered Version) (02:47)
4. Ritornell (2024 Remastered Version) (01:37)
5. Composition on a Plainsong (2024 Remastered Version) (01:25)
6. Gloria tibi Trinitas (2024 Remastered Version) (01:10)
7. Iste confessor (2024 Remastered Version) (01:21)
8. Point (2024 Remastered Version) (00:46)
9. A Gigg (2024 Remastered Version) (01:13)
10. The King of Denmark's Galliard (2024 Remastered Version) (03:17)
11. A Ground in Gamut (2024 Remastered Version) (02:21)
12. Allemande (2024 Remastered Version) (01:49)
13. Packington's Pound (2024 Remastered Version) (01:02)
14. An Ayre (2024 Remastered Version) (01:06)
15. Aylesford Pieces: 1. Sarabande (2024 Remastered Version) (01:34)
16. Aylesford Pieces: 1. Minuet I (2024 Remastered Version) (00:58)
17. Aylesford Pieces: 2. Minuet II (2024 Remastered Version) (01:12)
18. Aylesford Pieces: 3. Minuet III (2024 Remastered Version) (00:47)
19. Aylesford Pieces: 4. Minuet IV (2024 Remastered Version) (00:35)
20. Aylesford Pieces: 5. Passepied I (2024 Remastered Version) (00:41)
21. Aylesford Pieces: 6. Minuet V (2024 Remastered Version) (00:46)
22. Aylesford Pieces: 7. Passepied II (2024 Remastered Version) (00:42)
23. Voluntary V, Op. 6, No. 5: II Andante largo (2024 Remastered Version) (02:24)
24. Voluntary VI, Op. 7, No. 6: I. Andante (2024 Remastered Version) (01:24)
25. Voluntary VI, Op. 7, No. 6: II. Vivace (2024 Remastered Version) (02:48)


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