Edward Power Biggs plays historic organs of Europe 6 Cd's

Release January 26, 2024

Edition 6 CDs

Legendary English organist E. Power Biggs became a household name when his Sunday morning broadcasts on CBS introduced radio listeners across North America to the sound of historic pipe organs and classical organ repertoire. of all times.

In his tireless pursuit of authenticity, Biggs visited places in Holland, North Germany, England, France, Italy, Spain and Switzerland where some of the great organist-composers of the Renaissance and Baroque lived and worked. Between 1961 and 1970, Columbia recorded him in a series of "Historic Organs of Europe", performing music by Bach, Buxtehude, Couperin, Dunstable, Frescobaldi, Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli, Purcell, Soler, Sweelinck, Tallis and many others.