Camille Saint-Saëns: Organ Album: Organ: Instrumental Album

This is a wonderful collection of popular and some less well-known pieces. It contains three movements from The Carnival of the Animals the slow movement and the famous Maestoso section from the 'Organ' Symphony (No. 3) the meltingly beautiful aria 'Softly awakes my heart' from the opera Samson and Delilah the opening section of the Danse Macabre and several other pieces illustrating the range of Saint-Saëns' compositional style. All the pieces are immensely playable and have been chosen to suit the needs of both church and concert organists.

Spiral Bound-Forty exceptional pieces for organ carefully chosen from across Europe and perfect for special occasions services or purely for pleasure.Adagio from Sonata no. 1 Felix MendelssohnAdagio no. 2 Christian HeinrichRinckAdagio no. 3 Christian Heinrich RinckAdagio no. 4 Christian Heinrich RinckAdagio no. 10 Christian Heinrich RinckAllegro from ?Magnificat? Alexandre GuilmantAndante no. 1 Albert Lister PeaceAndantetranquillo Edward John HopkinsAndante tranquillo from Sonata no. 3 Felix MendelssohnAve Maria Alexandre GuilmantBénédiction nuptiale Camille Saint-SaënsChorale prelude on ?Herr Jesu Christ dich zu uns wend? JohannSebastian BachChorale prelude on ?Herzlich tut mich verlangen? Johann Sebastian BachChorale prelude on ?Herzlich tut mich verlangen? Johannes BrahmsChorale prelude on ?Liebster Jesu wir sind hier? Johann SebastianBachChorale prelude on ?O Welt ich muss dich lassen? Johannes BrahmsChorale prelude on ?O wie selig seid ihr doch ihr Frommen? Johannes BrahmsCommunion in Ab Alexandre GuilmantElegy Charles Harford LloydElegyCharles Hubert Hastings ParryFestive prelude Sigfrid Karg-ElertGrand Choeur in G Théodore SaloméIch dank dir lieber Herr Sigfrid Karg-ElertInterlude in F Herbert BrewerMarch in G Henry SmartMarch-SortieThéodore DuboisMelody in G Alexandre GuilmantNoël Ecossais Alexandre GuilmantPastorale in F Johann Sebastian BachPostlude Alexandre GuilmantPostlude in D minor Anton BrucknerPrayer in Bb AlexandreGuilmantPrelude César FranckPrelude in C Anton BrucknerPrière Notre-Dame from ?Suite Gothique? Léon BoëllmannVesper voluntary no. 1 Edward ElgarVesper voluntary no. 2 Edward ElgarVesper voluntary no. 3Edward ElgarVesper voluntary no. 5 Edward ElgarVoluntary John Ebenezer West

Selecting music from the baroque classical and romantic periods Diane Bish has arranged this collection of 20 classical favorites for the organ. Some titles include ?Alleluia? from ?Christmas Oratorio?by Camille Saint-Saens ?Echo Noel? by Louis Claude D'Aquin ?Glory to God in the Highest? by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi and Handel's ?Hallelujah Chorus.? Spiral bound.