J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach in Los Angeles (Incls Toccata & Fugue in D minor) Michael Murray at the organ of the First Congregational Church [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2005 ] "[Michael Murray's] brilliant playing is captured in lifelike sound by the Telarc engineers, making this a blockbuster demonstration disc." - Palladium-Times |
BACH / JONGEN / WIDOR / SOLER / FRANCK / MESSIAEN / etc
An Organ Blaster: The Best of Michael Murray (Incls Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565) Michael Murray, organ [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 21/Jun/2005 ] "It opens with a hell-raising Toccata and Fugue...The record is indeed a blast..." - American Record Guide |
BEETHOVEN / SCHUBERT / SOR / TOMASEK / etc
Decades: A Century of Song - Volume 1: 1810-1820 Michael Schade, Lorna Anderson, Sylvia Schwartz, Ann Murray, Florian Boesch / Malcolm Martineau (piano) [ Vivat / CD - released 20/May/2016 ] "Schade is always an involved, communicative singer, eagerly responsive to mood and verbal detail, and excelling in tenderness and intimacy…the diamond-bright Spanish-English soprano Sylvia Schwartz also makes her mark, finely sustaining the high tes |
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
The Platinum Collection (2 CD) Andrew Lloyd Webber, Murray Head, Sarah Brightman, Julie Covington, Michael Ball, Yvonne Elliman & others [ Polydor Records CD / 2 CD - released 23/Mar/2018 ] The ultimate greatest hits collection from the works of one the most successful composers of the modern era. Features newly-recorded versions of songs by artists the stature of LANA DEL REY, GREGORY PORTER, and NICOLE SCHERZINGER. |
FAURE / DURUFLE
Requiem Ann Murray & Mary Seers (sopranos) Thomas Allen & Michael George (baritones) / Corydon Singers & English Chamber Orchestra / Matthew Best [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/May/2007 ] 'Superb' (Fanfare, USA) |
Michael Murray
Live At St Sulpice [ Telarc / SACD - released 1/Jul/2002 ] |
FRANCK
The Complete Masterworks for Organ Michael Murray at the Organ at Saint Sernin [ Telarc Classics / 2 CD - released 7/Mar/2004 ] "Murray...makes this music speak with uncanny directness and persuasion...Here is playing of great skill, artistry and integrity." —Gramophone |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 'Organ' / Encores a la Francaise Michael Murray at the organ at St Francis de Sales Church, Philadelphia / Philadelphia Symphony / Eugene Ormandy [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/2004 ] "Michael Murray's organ playing bespeaks a mastery and authority that matches the orchestra's... The closing section, in which organ and full orchestra play together, will exhilarate you..." -Digital Audio |
Michael Murray at the Organ at St. Sulpice, Paris
Dupre, Franck & Widor-Organ Works [ Telarc Records / CD - released 28/May/2002 ] Michael Murray was the first solo artist on Telarc |
J.S. BACH / FRANCK
Organ Works Michael Murray (organ) [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 21/Jun/2004 ] The Bach selections were performed on the Aeolian-Skinner organ at Methuen Memorial Music Hall in Methuen, MA. The Franck selections were performed on the Fratelli Ruffatti organ at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco CA. |
J.S. BACH
Organ Works (Incls Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542) Michael Murray (organ) [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 20/Jul/2007 ] Acclaimed organist Michael Murray performs three Bach masterpieces on the great organ at Methuen Memorial Music Hall. |
JACKSON / MENDELSSOHN / VIERNE / DURUFLE / SCHUMANN / BRAHMS
The Willis Organ at Salisbury Cathedral (Durufle, Schumann, Brahms, Mendelssohn, etc) Michael Murray (Willis organ at Salisbury Cathedral) [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 6/Dec/2004 ] "The redoubtable Michael Murray provides us an altogether concert of magnificent music on this disc...The disc's sonics, as might be expected, are superb." -High Performance Review |
POULENC / TELEMANN / GIGOUT / PURCELL / STRAUSS / etc
Music for Organ, Brass & Percussion Michael Murray (organ) / Empire Brass [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 24/Mar/2006 ] "The music is so wonderful and Empire's performance is so good that you might forget that this arrangement eliminates the woodwind colors." - American Record Guide |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 'Organ Symphony' Michael Murray (organ) / Philadelphia Orchestra. Eugene Ormandy [ Telarc / CD - released 28/Sep/2011 ] "Michael Murray's organ playing bespeaks a mastery and authority that matches the orchestra's... The closing section, in which organ and full orchestra play together, will exhilarate you..." - Digital Audio |
MARCEL DUPRE / JOSEF RHEINBERGER
Dupre: Symphony in G minor / Rheinberger: Organ Concerto No. 1 Michael Murray (organ) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Jahja Ling [ Telarc Records / CD - released 26/Jan/2004 ] Michael Murray's recordings for Telarc are among the classical music industry's worldwide best sellers. |
FRANCK / WIDOW / DUPRE / BACH / etc
Organ Works Organ at St. John the Divine / Michael Murray [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 3/Nov/2004 ] "...dazzling moments in this hour's worth of music, and all of it suits Michael Murray down to the ground." -Stereo Review |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Ceremonial Music for Trumpet & Organ Rolf Smedvig (trumpet) Michael Murray (organ) [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 20/Jun/2007 ] "The Fourth always seemed like suitable territory for this conductor. And so it proves. A mass of detail and colour is unearthed by his fine Atlanta orchestra." - Gramophone |
Sharon Shannon / Frankie Gavin / Michael McGoldrick / Jim Murray
Tunes [ Compass Records / CD - released 12/Apr/2005 ] This Sharon Shannon album features collaborations with her talented friends, Frankie Gavin, Michael McGoldrick and Jim Murray. |
POULENC
Gloria / Concerto for Organ (with Stravinsky-Symphony of Psalms) Sylvia McNair (soprano) Michael Murray (organ) / Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and chorus / Robert Shaw [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 1/Oct/2004 ] "Here is yet another superb re-issue of recordings by Robert Shaw, who died in 1999. Shaw was one of the supreme choral conductors of the 20th century." (MusicWeb Oct 2004) |
Various Artists Incl Robert Shaw, Fredrick Fennell, Michael Murray, Seiji Ozawa
Telarc - Celebrating 25 Years: The Classical Collection [ Telarc Records / 2 CD - released 2/Jul/2002 ] the truest, most authentic listening experience possible in recorded music. |