Recordings

Wurlitzer Classics

Recorded December 2006 on the world’s largest five-manual, 80-rank Wurlitzer theatre organ, installed at the Sanfilippo residence in Barrington, Illinois — the first classical recording made on this remarkable instrument.

• Festive Trumpet Tune — German
• Roulade — Bingham
• Carol Rhapsody — Purvis
• Sketch in D-flat — Schumann
• Variations on “Adeste Fideles” — Dethier
• Londonderry Air — Traditional, arr. Hebble
• Now Thank We All Our God — Karg-Elert
• Romanza — Grieg
• Marche Champêtre — Boex
• Rigaudon — Campra
• Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C — Bach
• Toccata in F — Widor
• Star-Spangled Banner — Key

Aram Basmadjian at Octave Hall

Recorded May 1993 on a four-manual, 72-stop Allen organ at the international sales headquarters of the Allen Organ Company.

• Concerto in F Major, Op. 4, No. 4, Allegro Pomposo — Handel
• Trio Sonata IV in E minor, Adagio–Vivace — Bach
• Air for the G String — Bach
• Prelude and Fugue in D Major — Bach
• Scherzo — Vierne
• Toccata — Gigout
• Londonderry Air — Traditional, arr. Hebble
• Roulade — Bingham
• The Lost Chord — Sullivan
• Adagio Cantabile — Bach
• Prelude and Fugue in G minor — Dupré

Aram Basmadjian at the Four-Manual Allen Organ

Recorded January 1990 at the four-manual Allen organ at First Baptist Church of Pomona, California. Selections from this debut recording have been featured many times on Pipedreams, the organ program of American Public Media.

• Toccata and Fugue in D Minor — Bach
• Noël in G (“the Echo”) — d’Aquin
• Adagio in G Minor — Albinoni
• Sleighride — Delius
• Now Thank We All Our God — Bach
• Romanza — Grieg
• Toccata: Tu Es Petra (“Thou Art the Rock”) — Mulet
• Carol Rhapsody — Purvis
• Come, Sweet Death — Bach
• Sinfonia from Cantata No. 29 — Bach

Bravo!

Performances by Allen Artists, including Aram Basmadjian. The Allen Artists Program brings together some of North America’s finest organists.