Organ CDs recorded on the Rieger organ

"Resounding Aftershocks"

The first CD recording on the newly restored and enlarged Rieger pipe organ in Christchurch Town Hall, New Zealand, by town hall organist Martin Setchell. January, 2019
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TRACKLIST
  1. Celebration ~ Mons Leidvin Takle (b.1942)
  2. Grand Choeur in D (alla Handel) ~ Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
  3. Prelude in G BWV 541 ~ J.S.Bach (1685-1750)
  4. A Chloris ~ Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947)
  5. El dia de Fiesta ~ Noël Goemanne (1926-2010)
  6. Scherzo ~ Enrico Bossi (1861-1925)
  7. Toccata in A ~ Bonaventura Somma (1893-1960)
  8. Romance from Symphony IV ~ Louis Vierne (1879-1937)
  9. Cats at Play ~ Denis Bédard (b.1950)
  10. Toccata in D ~ Marcel Lanquetuit (1894-1985)
  11. Variations & Fugue on God Save the King ~ Max Reger (1873-1916)
  12. Caribbean Dance ~ Madeleine Dring (1923-1977)
  13. Andante in F ~ Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély (1817-1869)
  14. Toccata in F *~ Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)​
About the reason for the inclusion of the Widor Toccata, Martin writes: "This was the opening track of  my first CD on the Rieger when it was installed in 1997. It is included here to ‘link hands’ with the past  as the ‘pealing organ blows’ again and begins a new chapter in its life."
All tracks except  * were recorded in Christchurch Town Hall, 26-27 January 2019. 
* Original recording September 1997, from Let the pealing organ blow (MANU 1539).  By kind permisison of Ode Records​
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 Although all earlier CDs recorded on the Christchurch Town Hall organ by organ curator Martin Setchell are no longer available in stores, they can be bought as single track downloads from many sources on the internet, such as iTunes, and Amplifier, or even second-hand.  You can hear extracts of these other volumes on our Sound Extracts page

Great Australasian Organ Series - Vol 7  -(Priory label)

OUT OF PRINT - Sorry
Recorded in 2010 on the Christchurch Town Hall Rieger, this CD features many French pieces befitting the instrument's French 'accent'. It was the last recording made on the organ before the earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 closed the auditorium and silenced the organ for an unknown length of time. 
The Rieger Organ of Christchurch Town Hall, New Zealand 
A Priory Records Digital Recording
(Priory 1031) Recorded in Christchurch Town Hall 29-31 January 2010
Short extracts from Great Australasian Organs VII:
Festive Trumpet Tune - David German; Overture to the Occasional Oratorio - G.F.Handel;  Premiere Symphonie in E flat maj Op.20 - Lazare-Auguste Maquaire;  Celebratio - Karl Jenkins; Litanies - Jehan Alain; Suite Carmelite - Jean Françaix; O salutaris hostia (from the Mass in G minor) Camille Saint-Saëns; Bolero de Concert - Louis Lefébure-Wély; Fuga sopra un Soggetto - Stefano Bertuletti; Ronde française Op. 37 Léon Boellmann; Toccata in F - Jules Grison
“Lots of pieces you don't hear every day. Definitely not one of those CDs that could be used to 'dry out a martini'.”

Pink & White

OUT OF PRINT - Sorry
Three short extracts from "Pink and White", ACD 605, of New Zealand organ works from 1944 to 2005, recorded on the Christchurch Town Hall by Martin Setchell (released in March 2005).
Short extracts from Pink and White