Wanamaker Organ Centennial Concert
) | Label: GOTHIC Catalog: G-49293 Format: CD Conte; Symphony in C; MilanovComposed by: Guilmant; Jongen; Widor The Wanamaker Organ: Centennial Concert program consists of works by composers with deep connections to the Wanamaker Organ. + Alexadre Guilmant played 40 recitals on this instrument before it became the nucleus of the present Wanamaker Organ. + Of the three works Joseph Jongen wrote for organ and orchestra, one was written for the Wanamaker (“A Grand Celebration”) —the other two works are included here. + Charles-Marie Widor’s Sixth Symphony, in this version for organ and orchestra, received its American premiere in 1919 on the Wanamaker with Leopold Stokowski helming the Philadelphia Orchestra. + Celebrating his 25th year as Wanamaker Grand Court Organist, Peter Richard Conte is only the fourth person to hold that title since 1911. + He performs concerts twice daily, six days each week, on this, the largest fully-functioning musical instrument in the world. + Rossen Milanov is the Music Director of Symphony in C.  Price: $27.98 |