Solo Recordings
Pablo Bruna (2026), Sample of Saint-Pons-de-Thomières, France (Virtual Organ); Obras para tecla: Pablo Bruna is an undisputed master of the late Spanish Golden Age, and spent his entire career based at the Collegiate Church (now Basilica) of Santa María de los Corporales in Daroca, near Zaragoza. The six works featured on this album exhibit the imaginative colours, textures, and rhythmic vitality of Bruna’s music. The featured instrument is a virtual sample of the 1771 organ by Jean-Baptiste Micot, in the Cathédrale Saint-Pons-de-Cimiez in Saint-Pons-de-Thomières (France) produced by Jiri Jurek. Cover photo: Knox College, Toronto
Peeter Cornet (2024), Sample of Annakirche Düren, Germany (Virtual Organ); Salve Regina: The five variations of the Salve Regina by Peeter Cornet (c. 1575-1633) are a landmark of early Flemish keyboard repertory. Bold and dramatic, this setting is unique in its juxtaposition of strict contrapuntal textures with improvisatory flourishes and unusual harmonic gestures characteristic of early Spanish and Italian works. The featured instrument is a virtual sample of the 2010 organ by Metzler Orgelbau AG in the Annakirche (Düren, Germany) produced by Piotr Grabowski.
Samuel Scheidt (2005), Knox College, University of Toronto (Acoustic); Chant-based works and secular variations: Samuel Scheidt’s Tabulatura nova, published in Hamburg in 1624, was a milestone in music printing. Scheidt’s collection was unique because of its open score layout, which radically departed from the various organ tablatures current in Germany or the Low Countries. The open score was a salute to Italian music printing practice and by extension, to the Italian influence that pervaded the circle in which Scheidt evolved, which included the Italian-trained Schütz. (Rachelle Taylor).
John Bull (2001), Church of St. John the Evangelist, Montreal (Acoustic); In nomines, toccatas, fantasias, variations, and chant-based works: Mystery and unbridled virtuosity respectively distinguish the biography and the keyboard works of John Bull. While the composer’s biography remains cloaked in legend, his keyboard works, which span a variety of genres (plainsong settings, preludes and fantasies, pavans and galliards, other dance forms, arrangements and character pieces, and grounds and variations) reflect his spectacular accomplishments both in the English and Continental styles. (Rachelle Taylor)
Recordings where featured
Organs of Toronto (2006), Knox College, University of Toronto (Acoustic); Companion CD to the book by Alan Jackson and James Bailey.
Historic Organs of Montreal (2002), Church of St. John the Evangelist, Montreal (Acoustic); Four CD set.
In Preparation
César Franck (Spring 2027) Sample of Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l’Annonciation et Saint-Sigisbert, France (Virtual Organ); Trois pièces pour grand orgue (CFF 102-4), Grand pièce symphonique Op. 17 (CFF 98)
António de Cabezón, Girolamo Frescobaldi (Acoustic Clavichord, Spring 2028); Toccatas and dances for keyboard. Instrument by Yves Beaupré (2009) after Gottlieb Rosenau (Stockholm, c. 1766)