Composer: Thomas Åberg, Páll Ísólfsson, Kjell Mork Karlsen, Erland von Koch, Jón Leifs, Nils Lindberg, Oskar Fredrik Lindberg, Åke Malmfors, Fredrik Sixten
Performer: James D. Hicks
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Pro Organo
Catalogue: PO7271
Release: 2019
Size: 575 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
01. Sixten: Nordic Fanfare
02. Lindberg: Concert Fantasy in C Minor
Lindberg: Dalecarlian Pictures
03. No. 1, A Cowhorn’s Tune
04. No. 2, Marching Tune
05. Bengtsson: 7 Variations on Oss Kristna Bör Tro Och Besinna
06. Koch: Vivo [1948]
07. Sandager∂i: Intermezzo
08. Åberg: Toccata XIII
09. Lindberg: Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer’s Day
Sixten: Organ Sonata
10. I. Maestoso
11. II. Scherzo
12. III. Adagio
13. IV. Finale
CD 02
01. Malmfors: Passacaglia & Fugue
02. Leifs: Chorale Prelude on “Sá glósi dagur lidinn er”, Op. 16 No. 1
03. Ísólfsson: Chaconne In the Dorian Mode
04. Sixten: Tango for Organ
05. Grønbech: Gaudete!
06. Nielsen: Elegisk Praeludium
07. Mikkelsen: Summer Fantasy
Karlsen: Organ Symphony No. 5, Op. 171 “Sinfonia grande”: Sequentia primo
08. I. Sequentia primo
09. II. Sequentia secundus
10. III. Antiphone
11. IV. Hymnus
12. V. Toccata grande II
James D. Hicks continues his exploration of organ literature by Nordic composers with a 25-track recording made upon the Tostareds pipe organ of Kalmar Cathedral, Kalmar Sweden. James D. Hicks lives and works in Bernardsville, New Jersey, and holds derees in music from the Peabody Institute of Music, Yale University, and the University of Cincinnati. Other studies include instruction at the Royal School of Church Music in England. He is an associate of the American Guild of Organists. Hicks held liturgical positions throughout the eastern United States, and in 2011 retired after 26 years of service at The Presbyterian Church in Morristown, New Jersey. He has recorded seven collections of music on the Pro Organo label.