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Mendelssohn: The Complete Organ Sonatas
The six organ sonatas of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

recorded at Weissenau Abbey, Bavaria
on the Holzhay organ of 1787

single CD, recorded in ULSI sound (Erik Sikkema, recording engineer)

Sweelinck: Master of the Dutch Renaissance
Sacred and Secular compositions of Sweelinck, Scheidemann, and Byrd

recorded on two Renaissance organs in Holland (Oosthuizen & Hattem); and the mean-tone organ at Orgryte Church in Göteborg, Sweden

Double-CD, recorded in ULSI Sound (Erik Sikkema, recording engineer)

Read the reviews of this CD:

• in The American Organist magazine (November 2009)

• in The Journal of the Association of Anglican Musicians

• in the SFAGO Newsletter (April 2009)

• in Choir and Organ magazine (Jan/Feb 2009)

• in Early Music Review (Feb. 2009)

Messiaen: Cosmos Consciousness

Messiaen: Prélude, L'Ascension ("Transports de joie"), Les Corps Glorieux ("Joie et Clarté), Le Banquet Céleste, Apparition de l'Eglise Eternelle, Livre d'Orgue ("Chants d'Oiseaux"), Méditations sur le Mystère de la Sainte Trinité ("Le Fils"), Offrande au Saint Sacrement, La Nativité du Seigneur ("Les Anges," "Les Enfants de Dieu," "Dieu parmi nous")

recorded on the Cavaillé-Coll organ at Notre-Dame d'Auteuil, Paris

single CD, recorded in ULSI sound (Erik Sikkema, recording engineer)

Read the reviews of this CD:

• in Music magazine
  

French Masterworks from St. John the Divine

Dupré: Prelude and Fugue in B major
Gigout: Scherzo
Franck: Chorale in A minor
Messiaen: Messe de la Pentecôte (Communion & Sortie)
Dupré: Cortège et Litanie;
Widor: Symphonie V (Allegro vivace)
Langlais: Suite Brève (Cantilène); Trumpet Tune* (*World premiere recording by dedicatee)
Contains a 20-page booklet telling the history of the organ at St. John the Divine.

Recorded at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, New York City;
May 11 & 12, 1987
E. M. Skinner organ, 1910 / 1953

Read the reviews of this CD set:

From The Living Church:

"One of the world’s great instruments played by an exceptional musician!"

"The quality of the recording is high and the technique of the organist is as crafted as it comes. This is a solid recording of very interesting music, masterfully played in one of the finest locations to hear it."

"The definitive recording of the magnificent Aeolian-Skinner at St. John the Divine!
Dimmock shows the genius of tonal design with this instrument and uses the acoustics of the world’s largest gothic cathedral to best advantage. Also includes the only piece which Langlais wrote for St. John the Divine’s organ and its State Trumpet. The piece is dedicated to Mr. Dimmock."

The Romance of the Organ

Reger: Introduction und Passacaglia;
Brahms: Chorale Preludes (complete)
Gade:  Tre Tonestykker, Opus 22
Merkel: Sonata in d moll fü Orgel zu vier Händen*, Opus 30
*assisted by my sister, Jane Dimmock Cain

Recorded at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Belvedere, California; May 24, 1991 & June 14, 1991
Frobenius organ, 1989

"A sublime recording of the Brahms Chorale Preludes. You won’t want to miss the
clarity and warmth of this new Frobenius organ. Dimmock plays this jewel of an
organ with imagination and great skill."

Bach: Complete Organ Works
as published by the composer  (with sung chorales)

Bach: Clavierübung III (complete) with interpolated sung chorales; Sechs Choräle von vershiedener Art (Schübler-Choräle):   Einige kanonische Veränderungen über das Weihnachslied "Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her," BWV 769; "Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her," BWV 769a
3-CD set

Recorded at Klosterkirche Grauhof, Germany
Treutmann organ, 1737Recorded at St. Wilhadi, Stade, Germany
Bielfeldt organ, 1736

Recorded at Arlesheim Cathedral, Switzerland
A. Silbermann organ, 1761Chorales recorded at St. Stephen’s Church, Belvedere, California, June 6, 1997

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Ensemble Recordings

• Bach: Cantatas 51, 54, 55 & 82
  American Bach Soloists;
  Koch 3-7106-2
  Rated "Critics Choice for 1992" by Gramophone magazine

• Bach: Cantatas 198, 156, 8
  American Bach Soloists;
  Koch 3-7163-2

• Bach: Cantatas 140, 78, 80
  American Bach Soloists;
  Koch 3-7234-2

• Bach: Cantatas for Holy Week
  American Bach Soloists;
  Koch 3-7235-2

• Bach: Harpsichord concerto, Psalm 51:
  American Bach Soloists;
  Koch 3-7237-2

• Bach: Cantatas 18, 12, 61
  American Bach Soloists;
  Koch 3-7332-2

• Bach: St. Matthew Passion  BWV 244;
  American Bach Soloists;
  Koch 3-7424-2 (3-CD set)

• Haydn "Lord Nelson Mass"
  American Bach Soloists;
  Koch 3-7404-2

• Shin Buddhist Gathas: Organ works, 1994; BCA Records

• The Wedding Collection: Organ selections, 1994; Warner Music Discovery, Time Warner

• Mozart: Mass in C minor; Bach: Magnificat; San Francisco Lyric Chorus, August 2001 (independently produced)

• Duruflé: Requiem; San Francisco Lyric Chorus (independently produced)

• Duruflé: Messe ‘cum jubilo,’ Veni Creator variations; Golden Gate Men’s Chorus, Joseph Jennings, Director; recorded at St. Ignatius Church, San Francisco; GGMC 9053; 2002

• The Organ: A Mirror of its Time; 1997 (2002); GOArt CD 001 (produced under the auspices of the European Commission ORSEV project – "The Organ as a Symbol of the European Vision")

• Classics Live, vol. 1; Duruflé Requiem; The Pacific Mozart Ensemble; recorded on the Rosales organ at First Presbyterian Church, Oakland, CA

• Ceremonies & Celebrations: From Northern Germany’s Colossal Baroque; The San Francisco Bach Choir; SFBC2; 2002

• Wedding Music Choices from St. Ignatius Church, San Francisco; 2002, (independently produced)

• Bernstein & Britten: Chichester Psalms, Rejoice in the Lamb; recorded live April 1 & 2, 2005; San Francisco Choral Society, Robert Geary, Director; (independently produced)

• Mahler: Symphony 8; San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, Director; 2009