Since you are interested in Stormin' Norma 2, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
Kemp English (at the organ of the Dunedin Town Hall)
Stormin' Norma 3 [ Ode Records / CD - released 6/Nov/2008 ] "Volume Three of "Stormin' Norma" and a worthy successor to the previous two it assuredly is, with the redoubtable Kemp English in command of this incredible instrument, and a varied and imaginative selection of favourites old and new." (Organ News) |
LEFEBRE-WELLS / BACH / RAWSTHORNE / TCHAIKOVSKY / WIDOR / etc
Stormin' Norma 1 Kemp English (at the organ of the Dunedin Town Hall) [ Ode Records / CD - released 10/Mar/2004 ] "More lollipops that you could shake a stick at: Stormin Norma (the nickname of the instrument not the performer) will make purists shudder, but both she and Kemp English have a crispness of delivery and panache in performance that recall a day at... |
FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Gloria / Quatre motets / et Susan Gritton (soprano) / Polyphony / Britten Sinfonia / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD FINALIST 2008 - Choral - |
HANDEL / BACH / GUILMANT / ELGAR / WAGNER / etc.
Four Hands / Four Feet (Recorded live at the Dunedin Town Hall) Max Kenworthy / Nicholas Grigsby (organ) [ Max / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] "This is quite a winning disc even if the arrangements cannot be as nimble on their toes as the orchestral originals. In this they continue a noble 19th and 20th century calling that only bloodless purists will object to. As for the rest of you who... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Ave Maris Stella Michael Stewart (organ of the Christchurch Cathedral, New Zealand) [ Christchurch Cathedral / CD - released 22/Sep/2007 ] Born in Wellington in 1978, Michael Stewart is a concert organist of international standing. He was awarded a First Class Honours degree from the University of Canterbury where he also held the first John Robert Godley Scholarship to Christ Church... |