Performer: Markus Kühnis
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Willowhayne
Release: 2021
Size: 2.59 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Rossini. William Tell: Overture (Arr. for Organ)
02. Bach. Hunt Cantata, BWV 208: No. 9, Sheep May Safely Graze (Arr. for Organ)
03. Dvorak. Slavonic Dances, Op. 46: No. 8, Furiant (Arr. for Organ)
04. Bizet. Jeux d’enfants, Op. 22, WD 56 (Excerpts Arr. for Organ): No. 11, Petit mari, petite femme
05. Bizet. Jeux d’enfants, Op. 22, WD 56 (Excerpts Arr. for Organ): No. 12, Le bal
06. Sousa. The Washington Post (Arr. for Organ)
07. Bach. Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: VII. Badinerie (Arr. for Organ)
08. Rimsky-Korsakov. The Tale of Tsar Saltan: Flight of the Bumblebee (Arr. for Organ)
09. Codina. Marcha de Zacatecas (Arr. for Organ)
10. Ponce. Intermezzo No. 1 (Arr. for Organ)
11. Abreu. Tico-Tico no Fubá (Arr. for Organ)
12. Ponce. Gavota (Arr. for Organ)
13. Souse. The Stars and Stripes Forever (Arr. for Organ)
14. Alford/Lefevre. Colonel Bogey March (Arr. for Organ) – La marche des gendarmes [From :Le gendarme de Saint-Tropez:] [Arr. for Organ]
15. Handel. Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 (Excerpts Arr. for Organ): II. Bourrée
16. Handel. Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 (Excerpts Arr. for Organ): IV. La Réjouissance
17. Moncayo. Huapango (Arr. for Organ)
18. Gottschalk. Tournament Galop (Arr. for Organ)
This release (the latest in Willowhayne Records’ Experience series) showcases the organ in the abbey at Engelberg, Switzerland. Built by Goll and restored by Graf, this instrument comprises 9000 pipes, spread over four manuals with 137 stops. Among Markus Kühnis’ teachers were Jean Langlais and Hans Vollenweider. This new album is a welcome departure from a traditional organ programme, being instead a collection of the artist’s own transcriptions, all of which are played with astonishing virtuosity and are guaranteed to make the listener smile. There is something here for everyone from Rossini’s William Tell Overture to Mexican dances.