Crystal Records announces the release of David Craighead, Organ (CD181). This CD is a combination of Craighead’s two LPs on Crystal Records, originally released in 1977 and 1981. The program includes Albright, The King of Instruments; Persichetti, Sonata for Organ, op. 86, and Drop, Drop Slow Tears; Adler, Xenia, A Dialog for Organ and Percussion (Gordon Stout, percussion); and Cooper, Variants for Organ.
The late David Craighead (1924–2012) was chairman of the organ department at Eastman School of Music from 1955 until his retirement in 1992. Before 1955, he taught at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey, and at Occidental College in Los Angeles. He graduated in 1946 from the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Alexander McCurdy. One of the most respected organists in the world, Craighead represented “the American School of organists at its finest” (New York Times). For information: 360/834-7022; www.crystalrecords.com.
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