| In Sweetest Joy
Schoenstein Organ Grace Episcopal Church, Sheboygan, WI
Robert Benjamin Dobey, organ
Dr Dobey provides a very listenable CD in this new release. Instead of giant masterworks with "heavy" themes, he exploits his sensitive interpretative style in over 2 dozen miniatures, some contemplative, some effervescent, and a couple that are downright "campy." Lightheartedness prevails.
Tower Bells Johann Michael Bach [?] · In dulci jubilo Franz Liszt · The Shepherds at the Manger from "Weihnachtsbaum" Wilbur Held · Good Christian Men, Rejoice from Six Carol Settings Robert J. Powell · What is this Fragrance from Carols for Organ Austin C. Lovelace · Pastorale on 'What is this lovely fragrance?'' Harrison Oxley · Prelude on 'Whence is that goodly fragrance?' Louis-Claude Daquin · Noël (Grand Jeu et Duo) John Ireland · The Holy Boy (A Carol of the Nativity) Leo Sowerby · The Snow Lay on the Ground Johannes Brahms · Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen ('Lo, how a rose e'er blooming') Ray Davidson · Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming Johann Sebastian Bach · In dulci jubilo, S. 608 Marcel Dupré · In dulci jubilo from 79 Chorales op. 28 Johann Sebastian Bach · In dulci jubilo, S. 729 Helmut Walcha · Den die Hirten lobten sehre (Quem pastores) (Shepherds came, their praises bringing) Helmut Walcha · Zu Bethlehem geboren (In Bethlehem's low stable) Thomas Matthews · Prelude on 'Orientis Partibus' Robert J. Powell · He is born (Il est Né) from Carols for Organ R. Benjamin Dobey · Meditation on 'Silent Night' Russell Schultz-Widmar · Prelude on the Sussex Carol Richard Purvis · Prelude on 'Greensleeves' ('What child is this') Richard Leibert · Under the Christmas Mistletoe Wilbur Held · Of the Father's Love Begotten (Divinum Mysterium) from Six Carol Settings John Cook · Paean on 'Divinum Mysterium' Tower Bells |