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J.S. Bach |
Toccata and Fugue in F. S.540 played by Michel Chapuis (actually in G Major)  
Toccata in F, S.540 played by Dan Campolieta  Toccata in F played by Lionel Rogg (S=Schmeider, compiler of BWV)
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2. |
Bach | |
3. |
Louis Vierne |
Symphony #1-- especially the Final (finale)
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4. |
Bach | |
5. |
Bach | |
6. |
Bach | |
7. |
Vierne |
Carillon of Westminster (Pieces of Fantasie (PofF) (Suite 3, #6) |
8. |
Bach | |
9. |
Bach | |
10. |
Jehan Alain | |
11. |
Vierne |
Les Cloches de Hinckley (PofF 4, #6) |
12. |
Vierne |
Symphony #2 hear 1st movement Allegro Choral Scherzo |
13. |
Eugene Gigout | |
14. |
Gigout | |
15. |
Bach | |
16. |
Charles Marie Widor |
Symphony Romane (especially the final movement) First Movement |
17. |
Widor |
Symphony #8-- especially the Finale |
18. |
Bach | |
19. |
Buxtehude |
Toccata and Fugue in F, 157   Fugue in F, 157, Eric Meece organ Toccata featured in Civilisation episode 9 |
20. |
Buxtehude | |
21. |
Felix Mendelssohn | |
22. |
Vierne | |
23. |
Cesar Franck | |
24. |
Franck | |
25. |
Vierne | |
26. |
Marcel Dupre |
15 Pieces, Op.18: Vespers of Communion or Feasts of the Virgin (especially Antiphon 3, I am black but comely) Antiphon 5 |
27. |
Bach | |
28. |
Joseph Jongen | |
29. |
Bach | |
30. |
Bach | |
31. |
Georg Bohm | |
32. |
Bach | |
33. |
Franck | |
34. |
Widor |
Symphony #1 Meditation March |
35. |
Brahms | |
36. |
Vierne | |
37. |
Franck | |
38. |
Mozart | |
39. |
Bach | |
40. |
Bach | |
41. |
Bach |
Nun Komm der Heiden Heiland, S.659 Dino Lupati's piano version which I featured on the classical festival |
42. |
Vierne | |
43. |
Bach | |
44. |
Vierne | |
45. |
Bach | |
46. |
Franck |
Fantasie in A (part 1 of 2) |
47. |
Widor |
Symphony #5 (hear Toccata); also Adagio |
48. |
Vierne |
Symphony #6 (hear Final movement) |
49. |
Bach | |
50. |
Bach | |
51. |
Bach | |
52. |
Widor | |
53. |
Widor |
Symphony Gothique hear Andante Sustenuto Finale (influenced Vierne's 1st) |
54. |
Bach | |
55. |
Gaston Belier | |
56. |
Bach | |
57. |
Franck |
Grand Piece Symphonique (part 1 of 3) |
58. |
Bach | |
59. |
Thalben-Ball | |
60. |
Bach | |
61. |
Vincent Lubeck | |
62. |
Vierne | |
63. |
Vierne | |
64. |
Bach | |
65. |
Bach | |
66. |
Bach | |
67. |
Bach | |
68. |
Buxtehude | |
69. |
Buxtehude | |
70. |
Felix Alexandre Guilmant | |
71. |
Vierne |
Feux Follets (PofF 2, #4) |
72. |
Dupre | |
73. |
Vierne |
Symphony #4 (hear Romance) Hear the Fourth Finale on You Tube |
74. |
Vierne |
Symphony #3 (hear Final movement) |
75. |
Mendelssohn | |
76. |
Franck | |
77. |
Weckmann | |
78. |
Johann Michael Bach | |
79. |
Olivier Messiaen |
L'Ascension (part 1 of 2) |
80. |
Alain | |
81. |
Bach | |
82. |
Bach | |
83. |
Bach | |
84. |
Bach | |
85. |
Jacques Lemmens | |
86. |
Percy Fletcher | |
87. |
Alexandre Pierre François Boëly | |
88. |
Camile Saint Saens | |
89. |
Bach | |
90. |
Bach | |
91. |
Maurice Durufle | |
92. |
Vierne | |
93. |
Alain | |
94. |
Guilmant | |
95. |
Francois Couperin |
Mass for Parishes Offertoire Fugue on the Kyrie, performed by me |
96. |
Couperin |
Mass for Convents 5th movement of Gloria Kyrie and Gloria excerpts |
97. |
Bach | |
98. |
Franck | |
99. |
Leon Boellmann |
Suite Gothique especially the Toccata Choral and Priere a Notre Dame |
100. |
Pachelbel |
Runners up and climbers
Bach | |
Bach | |
Arthur Sullivan | |
Harry Rowe Shelley | |
Klaas Jan Mulder | |
Jan Zwart | |
C.C. Palmer |
Postlude on St. Anne |
Bach | |
Bach | |
Bach | |
Bach | |
Bach | |
Schieferdecker |
Meine Seile erhebt den Hernn |
Bach | |
Mozart | |
Bach | |
Gigout |
Prelude, Choral and Allegro, from 10 Pieces |
Bach |
other climbers by composer:
H. Andriessen | |
Bach/Schemelli/Stokowski |
Come Sweet Death, S.478, arranged and played by Virgil Fox;
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Bach (attrib.) |
Prelude and Fugue in C S.553 Prelude and Fugue in d S.554 Prelude and Fugue in e S.555 Prelude and Fugue in F S.556 Prelude and Fugue in G S.557 Prelude and Fugue in g S.558 Prelude and Fugue in a S.559 Prelude and Fugue in B Flat S.560 |
Bach | |
Bach |
Prelude and Fugue in d minor, S.539 (transcription from Violin Sonata) |
Bach |
Fantasia in c minor, S.562; plus unfinished fugue, Completed here by Zoltán Göncz |
Bach | |
Bach |
Trio Sonatas, S.525-530 |
Bach | |
Bach | |
Bach | |
Bach | |
Bach | |
Bach | |
Bach | |
C.P.E. Bach |
Fantasia and Fugue in C |
Otto Barblan |
Toccata, op. 23 |
Rene L. Becker |
Toccata in g minor from Sonata 1 with a tribute to Boellman's Toccata at the end. Also, Prayer. |
Denis Beddard | |
Denis Beddard |
Sortie from Suite Liturgique |
Leon Boellman | |
Rudolf Bibl |
Drei Charakterstucke, Op.64 |
Brahms | |
Bruhns | |
Buxtehude | |
Buxtehude | |
J. Callaerts | |
Jeremiah Clarke | |
William Ralph Driffill | |
Theodore Dubois | |
Dupre | |
Dupre |
Suite Breton |
Dupre | |
Dupre | |
Dupre |
Seven Pieces Carillon Final, and 2 other pieces, on My Space |
Durufle | |
Franck | |
Franck | |
Franck | |
Franck | |
Franck | |
Gigout | |
Gigout |
Piece Jubilaire |
Gigout |
Absoute from 10 Pieces |
Greene |
Voluntary in G |
Guilmant |
Fugue alla Handel Op.49 #6 (portion) |
Guilmant | |
Guilmant |
Grand Triumphal Chorus, Op.47 #2 |
Guilmant |
Priere et Berceuse |
Guilmant | |
Guilmant |
Pastoral and Adoration, from Practical Organist, Op.50 (Sonata #2 is also Op.50) |
Ernest Halsey | |
Handel |
Allegro in F majeur, The Cuckoo and the Nightengale |
David N. Johnson | |
Kneller |
Prelude and Fugue in d minor |
Jean Langlais |
Suite Medievale (part 1 of 4-part video) |
Jean Langlais |
Suite Breve Grand Jeux Cantilene Plainte Dialogue on the Mixtures |
Friedrich Marpurg |
A Mighty Fortress |
Mendelssohn | |
Mendelssohn | |
Mendelssohn |
Prelude and Fugue in G |
Mendelssohn |
Prelude and Fugue in C |
Messiaen | |
Klaas Jan Mulder | |
Henri Mulet | |
Mulet | |
Arthur Nobile, Jr. |
Festival On Palm Beach aka Fanfare on Palm Beach |
Arthur Nobile, Jr. | |
Pachelbel | |
Pachelbel |
Choral Prelude on Old Hundredth |
Pachelbel |
toccatas in c major, d minor, c minor, ricercares, etc. |
Max Reger | |
Reinberger |
sonatas |
Samuel Scheidt |
Modus Ludendi, from Tabulatura Nova |
Robert Schumann |
Prelude and Fugue on BACH |
Hans Andre Stamm | |
Vierne |
24 Pieces in Free Style: #1 Preambulum, #10 Reverie, #4 Epitaph, #17 Lied, #20 Pastorale, #11 Divertissement, #7 Meditation, #8 Idylle Melancolique, #19 Berceuse, #9 Madrigal |
Vierne |
Symphony #5 |
Vierne |
Masse Besse Op.30 |
Vierne |
Pieces of Fantasie: Etoile du Soir (Suite 3, #3), Aubade (Suite 4, #1), Prelude (Suite 1, #1), Clair de lune(Suite 2, #5) , Fantomes (phantoms) (Suite 3, #4), Resignation (Suite 1, #5) |
Vierne |
Triptyque, Op.58, including Communion. |
William Walond | |
Johann Walther |
Lobe Den, Herren Den Machtigen, Konig der Ehren |
Percy Whitlock | |
Widor |
Suite Latine (final movement, Lauda Sion) |
Widor |
Symphony #7 Allegro, and hear Lento |
Widor |
Symphony #2 (hear Finale) |
Widor |
Symphony #4 (finale) Andante |
Gordon Young | |
Heinz Zimmermann |
Orgel Psalmen |
last (and maybe not least??):
Eric Meece | Fantasy in E Minor |
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