E. Power Biggs - E. Power Biggs plays Historic Organs of Italy (Remastered) (1969/2024) [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. Gagliarda 1 in A Minor (2024 Remastered Version) (01:06)
2. Gagliarda 2 in G Minor (2024 Remastered Version) (01:02)
3. Gagliarda 3 in G Minor (2024 Remastered Version) (01:51)
4. Capriccio sopra la Battaglia (2024 Remastered Version) (02:29)
5. Gagliarda del Principe di Venosa (2024 Remastered Version) (01:53)
6. Gagliarda 2 in D Minor (2024 Remastered Version) (02:03)
7. Gagliarda 8, et ultima, in G Major (2024 Remastered Version) (01:51)
8. Fuga del IX tono (2024 Remastered Version) (03:27)
9. Variazioni sopra la Follia (2024 Remastered Version) (02:00)
10. Psalm 19: I cieli immensi narrano (From: "Extro poetico-armonico") [2024 Remastered Version] (03:02)
11. Sonata d'involatura per organo e cimbalo I: No. 2, Verso 4 in D Minor (2024 Remastered Version) (00:44)
12. Sonata d'involatura per organo e cimbalo I: No. 8, Verso 4 in E Minor (2024 Remastered Version) (00:42)
13. Sonata d'involatura per organo e cimbalo I: No. 10, Verso 3 in G Minor (2024 Remastered Version) (00:45)
14. Sonata d'involatura per organo e cimbalo I: No. 10, Verso 4 in G Minor (2024 Remastered Version) (00:38)
15. Sonata d'involatura per organo e cimbalo I: No. 4, Verso 4 in C Major (2024 Remastered Version) (00:49)
16. Sonata d'involatura per organo e cimbalo I: No. 15, Toccata all'Offertorio in C Major (2024 Remastered Version) (01:53)
17. Canzona arioso (2024 Remastered Version) (04:04)
18. Secondo Dialogo: Acute & Grave (From "L'Organo suonarino, Op. 25") [2024 Remastered Version] (01:21)
19. Ballo della battaglia (From: " Selva di varie compositioni d'intavolatura per cimbalo ed organo) [2024 Remastered Version] (02:37)
20. Corrente detta dello Staccoli (2024 Remastered Version) (01:51)


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