GILLIAN WEIR

Discography

 

MESSIAEN    ORGAN WORKS (Complete)                                   Priory (PRCD 921-6)

                        Frobenius organ, Aarhus Cathedral, Denmark

                        Re-release of re-mastered CD’s originally issued on Collins Classics. Now

                        available singly, and with unrivalled documentation on the music, the composer,

                        the organs and related subjects.

 

                        Volume 1         (PRCD 921)

            Apparition de l'Église éternelle, La Nativité du Seigneur, Le Banquet céleste

Volume 2         (PRCD 922)

            Méditations sur le Mystère de la Sainte Trinité

Volume 3         (PRCD 923)

            Les Corps Glorieux, Messe de la Pentecôte

Volume 4         (PRCD 924)

            L’Ascension, Livre d’Orgue

        Latest:      Volume 5         (PRCD 925/6) – Double CD set – released June 2004

            This includes the three works published after Messiaen’s death, newly

            recorded in 2003

            Le Livre du Saint Sacrement, Verset pour la Fête de la Dédicace, Prélude,

            Monodie, Offrande au Saint Sacrement, Diptyque

 

ORGAN MASTER SERIES

                        Volume 1                                                         Priory (PRCD 751)

                                    Jongen, Reubke, Healey Willan, Hindemith

                                                Aeolian-Skinner organ, First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, MA

                        Volume 2                                                         Priory (PRCD 752)

                                    Bach, Mozart, Hindemith, Françaix, Schnitzer

                                                Phelps organ, Hexham Abbey, England

                        Volume 3    (Double CD set)                          Priory (PRCD 753)

                                    J. S. Bach – Clavier-Ubung III, Schübler Chorales, Canonic Variations, O Gott,

                                                du frommer Gott, Pastorale

                                                Phelps/Casavant organ, Deer Park United Church, Toronto, Canada

                                                Phelps organ, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Fort Collins, Colorado

        Latest       Volume 4    (Double CD set)                          Priory (PRCD 800

                                    J. S. Bach – The Eighteen ‘Leipzig Chorales’, Toccata and Fugue in F,

                                                Prelude and Fugue in B minor, Trio Sonata IV, Fantasia in G

                                                Gerard Woehl organ in St. Thomas’s Church, Leipzig, Germany

                                                the new “Bach Millenium Organ”

 

GILLIAN WEIR ON STAGE -  Concert Hall Series

                        The Grand Organ of the Royal Albert Hall, London Priory (PRCD 859)

                                    Liszt, Parry, Howells, Elgar, Cook, Lanquetuit

                                    First recording of the Willis/Harrison organ after its $3 million rebuild

 

                        ON STAGE at the Royal Festival Hall                                   Priory (PRCD 866)

                                    Ives, Bach, Reger, Dupré, Grison, Dandrieu, Bovet

                                    The Harrison organ of the Royal Festival Hall, London

 

                        ON STAGE at Symphony Hall                                    Priory (PRCD 867 – 2 cds)

                                    Toccatas from 5 Centuries plus Variations on “Tea for Two” (Wm. McVicker)

                                    The Klais organ of Symphony Hall, Birmingham, England

ORGAN CONCERTOS:                                                       

                        Poulenc:          Organ Concerto          Linn (CKD 178 and SACD CKD 180)

                        Barber:           Toccata Festiva

                        Pierre-Petit:    Concertino for Organ, Strings and Perc. (first recording)

                                    English Chamber Orchestra / Leppard / Hill

                                    Marcussen organ, Tonbridge School, England

 

                        Poulenc:          Organ Concerto          Virgin (VC 545067-2)

                        City of London Sinfonia / Hickox

                        Harrison organ, Royal Festival Hall, London

 

                        Stanford:         Concert Piece for Organ and Orchestra Op. 181

                        Ulster Orchestra / Handley                    Chandos (CHAN 8861)

                        Hill organ, Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland

 

                        Saint-Saëns     Symphony No. 3, Op. 78         Chandos (CHAN 8822)

                        Ulster Orchestra/Tortelier

                        Hill organ, Ulster Hall, Belfast

 

RE-RELEASE – now available

                        Gillian Weir plays the Grand Organ of the Ulster Hall          Priory (PRCD 6000)

                        Double CD – Vivaldi, Eben, Dupré, Meyerbeer, Franck, Mulet, etc.

                        The 1861 Mulholland organ by William Hill in the Ulster Hall, Belfast,

                                    Northern Ireland

 

                        “King of Instruments”                                               Eloquence (460 1862/72/82/92/1902)

                        The Art of Gillian Weir                                                  Available from buywell.com

                        5 CD re-release of Dame Gillian’s legendary Argo LP recordings, now available

                                    separately on Decca’s ELOQUENCE label (formerly Argo/Polygram)

 

“Scherzo”                                                       Koss Classics (KC 1013)

                        20 solo organ works

                        Aeolian-Skinner organ, Uhlein Hall, Milwaukee, WI

 

“Virtuoso Organ Works”                               Fontec (FOCD 2709)

                        “Live” from Suntory Hall, Tokyo (not available in the USA)

                        Rieger organ

 

FUTURE RE-RELEASE:

            Re-release of the set which accompanied the unique BBC-TV series,               PRIORY

            recorded on six of Europe’s finest instruments including the

            Riepp organ, Ottobeuren, and the Muller organ, Haarlem

 

For latest information see website:   gillianweir.com

Many of these recordings are available from:

 

The Organ Historical Society

PO Box 26811

Richmond, VA 23261

Tel/Fax 804-353-9286

www.ohscatalog.org

Priory Records Ltd.

3 Eden Court

Eden Way, Leighton Buzzard LU 7 8FY

Fax:  011-44-1525-377-566

www.priory.org.uk

 

“Scherzo” is available from Koss Classics,  Koss Stereophones, 4129 North Port Washington Ave.

Milwaukee, WI  53212-1052    Tel: 414-964-5000 or 800-872-5677   Fax: 414-964-8615