Prairie Sounds (Raven OAR-162, $15.98) features Maxine Thévenot performing on the 1930 Casavant organ at Holy Rosary Cathedral, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, with 18th-, 19th-, and 20th-century music by French, Canadian, and British composers selected to display the qualities of the cathedral organ, which was renovated by Casavant in 1993.
Recent works by Ruth Watson Henderson, David L. McIntyre, Gilles Maurice Leclerc, and Philip Moore are recorded for the first time. Other pieces by Denis Bédard, Dupré, Franck, Clara Schumann, Jean-Adam Guilain, and Frank Bridge complete the program.
For information: www.ravencd.com.
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