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Todd Gresick at St Ita

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2008

By: Brian on Feb, 24 2012

This is worth it for the Widor alone - but the rest is very good too!

By: mibach on Aug, 24 2012

I dont know what to think abour Widor. I prefer Bach so much

By: enchamade on Sep, 09 2012

Best Wicks I've ever heard!

Organist

Todd Gresick

Biography

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St. Ita Catholic Church
Chicago, Illinois, USA - map
Wicks/Howells 1951 IV/68
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Composer	Title	MP3	Sheet music	Duration	Rating Log in to rate	Comments	Click to Request
Alfred Hollins	A Trumpet Minuet			3:46	track Rating: 4.5 (11)	1	Request
By: mrorgan on May, 05 2017 Definitely on the brisk side, but quite enjoyable. Love the echo effect at the end!! Different stop or enclosed tuba?
Peter D Mathews	Intermezzo for Violin and Organ Daniel Lagacy, violin			4:19	track Rating: 3 (1)	+	Request

Marcel Lanquetuit	Toccata in D major			5:45	track Rating: 4.5 (19)	4	Request
By: Brian on Jan, 04 2012 Electrifying! By: enchamade on Apr, 18 2012 This Toccata was virtually unknown for many years but it's now becoming popular amongst listeners and organists who have heard it. It's a shame Lanquetuit did not write more for the organ. By: vause on Jul, 16 2014 This piece really restores my sanity. By: jmm69 on Mar, 27 2020 I, first. heard it in the mid 1950s played by Ted Marier of Saint Paul's Choir School when he played it on the 3 manual Casavant Freres organ at Saint Mary's in Cambridge. It was a year when we had recitals by George Faxon, Max Miller, Dowell McNeil, Honora Klarmann, and Berj Zamkocian. We were fortunate to have a Pastor [Rt. Rev E. Joseph Burke] a graduate of the Boston Conservatory. The Choir was the premiere choir of the Archdiocese of Boston under the direction of Thomas N. Bunting!
César Franck	Choral in E major			14:38	track Rating: 5 (8)	+	Request

Sigfrid Karg-Elert	Sanctus for Violin and Organ Daniel Lagacy, Violin			4:07	track Rating: 0 (0)	+	Request

Charles-Marie Widor	Toccata from Symphonie no. 5			6:22	track Rating: 4.5 (16)	5	Request
By: ljwalker on Jun, 02 2011 This seems to be the correct tempo. Great reverberation! By: Brian on Feb, 24 2012 Excellent - at last someone is playing this at the correct speed - and doesn't it sound so much better for it? Fantastic acoustics too. By: enchamade on Feb, 24 2012 Widor was pleased with the worldwide renown this single piece afforded him, but he was unhappy with how fast many other organists played it. Widor himself always played the Toccata rather deliberately. Many organists play it at a very fast tempo whereas Widor preferred a more controlled articulation to be involved. He recorded the piece, at St. Sulpice in his eighty-ninth year; the tempo used for the Toccata is quite slow. By: nigh on Apr, 14 2012 'Don't know what Gresick's tempo preference would be, but he wisely did not drown himself in those acoustics. THis tempo suits me just fine. By: Miandra on Jun, 28 2019 Perfect in tempo/speed and registration.