Raven announces a new organ recording, Are Bartholomay Organs Infamous or Forgotten? (OAR-194), featuring Earl A. Miller (1946–1989) playing the 1931 F. A. Bartholomay Opus 149, formerly in Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Richmond, Virginia. The two-manual organ had 19 ranks, mostly 8′ stops.
The program, recorded in 1981, includes works by Edward Elgar, Felix Mendelssohn, Léon Boëllmann, Dudley Buck, Henry Purcell, Théodore Dubois, and others, as well as a three-movement improvisation by the performer. The recording was made after a period of the instrument’s benign neglect, followed by efforts by volunteers to improve the situation. The instrument was removed in 1983.
For information: ravencd.com.