IDAGIO | Organ Recital: Higgs, David - Bach, J.S. / Franck, C. / Schumann, R. / Mozart, W.A. / Conte, D. / Liszt, F. / Daquin, L. (Inaugural Recital) 013491314822

Featuring

David Higgs
Johann Sebastian Bach
César Franck
Robert Schumann
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
David Conte

Franz Liszt
Louis-Claude Daquin
Calvin Hampton
Conrad Susa

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Recording & Production

The Meyerson Symphony Center's McDermott Hall was designed with adjustable reverberation chambers, allowing for a long, clear reverberation curve ideal for organ recordings.

Instruments

The C.B. Fisk Organ, Opus 100, in the Meyerson Symphony Center is one of the largest mechanical action organs ever built for a concert hall.

Performer Biography

David Higgs, the organist on this recording, is Head of the Organ Department at The Eastman School of Music and has performed extensively worldwide.

Recording & Production

This album is an inaugural recital by David Higgs, premiering the C.B. Fisk Organ of the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas.

Composer Biography

David Conte, composer of "Pastorale and Toccata," wrote the piece specifically for David Higgs, who gave its first performance.

Instruments

The Fisk organ has 4,535 pipes, 84 ranks, and six divisions, including a powerful Résonance division of French Romantic influence and an English-inspired Tuba division.

Recording & Production

A single pair of omnidirectional microphones was placed between rows one and two, fifteen feet above the orchestra floor, to achieve an ideal balance of direct sound and hall reverberation.