Jeremy Filsell's new recording at Washington Cathedral

In a new two-CD set, Americana, Jeremy Filsell plays the 189-rank organ of Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C., where he has been artist-in-residence since 2010, in compositions created during the cathedral’s first century by American-based composers, many of whom have associations with the cathedral.

Opening in 1912 with a 27-rank organ built by E. M. Skinner in the earliest part of the building to have been completed, the large organ in the upper church was built in 1937 by E. M. Skinner & Son and, despite several rebuildings to date, retains 43 stops from the original organ and contains 78 stops installed since 1963. The recording was released on the Raven CD label (Raven OAR-942, two CDs).

Composers represented include Raymond Weidner, Gerre Hancock, Nancy Faxon, Leo Sowerby, Gerald Near, George Baker, Pamela Decker, David Briggs, Richard Dirksen, Dan Gawthrop, Norman Coke-Jephcott, Richard Purvis, and Douglas Major.

For information: 804/355-6386; www.ravencd.com.