| Format | Audio CD |
| Ordering Number | OC 842 |
| Barcode | 4260034868427 |
| label | OehmsClassics |
| Release date | 26/10/2011 |
| salesrank | 2421 |
| Players/Contributors | Musicians
Composer
- Berlioz, Hector
- Brahms, Johannes
- Buxtehude, Dieterich
- Falk, Johannes, Daniel
- Faulkes, William
- Godard, Benjamin
- Grosse, Kurt
- Gruber, Franz Xaver
- Guillmant, Alexandre
- Händel, Georg Friedrich
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
- Pachelbel, Johann
- Reger, Max
- Wade, Francis
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The Britannic Organ Vol. 2
Adeste Fideles · Messias (Händel) · Stille Nacht
Pastorale variée · In dulci jubilo
Vom Himmel hoch, da komm’ ich her · and many more
Various organists
and original Welte Philharmonie music rolls
Christmas music on the high seas on Welte Philharmonie
music rolls recorded during the great epoch of the
giant ocean liners. The most varied styles are presented
– from traditional songs to selected pastorals, a
generous thematic mixture complete with shepherds
and angels, all of it unmistakeably of the Christmas
season.
Music from Germany, France and England. CD in
an elaborate Digipack with a four-colour booklet and
numerous illustrations.
CD 1- 1.Adeste fideles (from “Hymns Ancient & Modern”, No.59)
possibly John Francis Wade (1711-1786), possibly traditional
Organist: Harry Goss-Custard (1871-1964)
Welte Roll 1156 (master)03:24 - 2.Cantilène pastorale Opus 15 No. 3 (Souvenir)
Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
Organist: Reginald Goss-Custard (1877-1956)
Welte Roll 2005 (master)04:47 - 3.Aria from Handel’s “Messiah”: And he shall feed his flock
Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759)
Organist: Johann Jakob Nater (1878-1972)
Welte Roll 1332 (master roll)03:07 - 4.Rhapsodie on old French carols
Composer and Organist: William Faulkes (1863-1933)
Welte Roll 1385 (master)09:15 - 5.Introduction et Variations sur un ancien noël polonais
Op.60, No.1 [Book II] (given in the Welte Catalogue as “Weihnachten, Introduction und Variationen”)Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
Organist: Johann Jakob Nater (1878-1972)
Welte Roll 1326 (04:27 - 6.Two Variations on Puer nobis nascitur, Op.60
Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
Organist: Johann Jakob Nater (1878-1972)
Welte Roll 1323 (Master)02:57 - 7.Bergers et bergères (Shepherds and shepherdesses)
Opus 55, No.6
Benjamin Godard (1849-1895)
Organist: Walter Fischer (1872-1931)
Welte Roll 4007 (master)03:19 - 8.L´adieu des bergers à la Sainte Famille
(arrangement by Guilmant)
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
Organist: Joseph Bonnet (1884-1944)
Welte roll 4002 (master)03:13 - 9.Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Silent night, holy night)
Franz Xaver Gruber (1787–1863)
Organist: Franz Philipp (1890-1972)
Welte Roll 910 (master)03:27 - 10.Pastorale variée, für Orgel übertragen
(piano roll transferred to organ)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Pianist: Lucien Würmser (1877-1967)
Welte Roll 1092 (master)06:30 - 11.Choralvorspiel: In dulci jubilo
Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
Organist: Karl Matthaei (1897-1960)
Welte Roll 2056 (master 1 of more titles)02:16 - 12.Vom Himmel hoch,da komm'ich her
Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
Organist: Karl Matthaei (1897-1960)
Welte Roll 2057 (master)01:47 - 13.Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr´
Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
Organist: Karl Matthaei (1897-1960)
Welte Roll 2057 (master)02:34 - 14.O du fröhliche, o du selige
Johannes Daniel Falk (1768-1826)
Organist: Franz Philipp (1890-1972)
Welte Roll 911 (master)04:05 - 15.O Tannenbaum
ancient folk-tune
Organist: Kurt Grosse (1890-?)
Welte Roll 1883 (master)02:29 - 16.Mariä Wiegenlied, Op.76, No.52
Max Reger (1873-1916)
Organist: Walter Fischer (1872-1931)
Welte Roll 1781 (master)02:39 - 17.Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen (from Opus 122)
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Organist: Paul Hindermann (1868-1925)
Welte Roll 744 (master)03:39 - 18.Improvisation on the Christmas Chorale, Vom Himmel hoch,da komm´ich her
Organist: Günter Ramin (1898 -1956)
Welte Roll 1993 (master)10:21 - Total:01:14:16