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Casparini Organ in Adakavas (Casparini-Orgel in Adakavas)
Krzysztof Urbaniak, Organ / Poland & Martin Rost, Organ / Germany (2010)
The recording on this album was made on the day the fully restored historical instrument was
rededicated. Despite the case's modest dimensions and resulting variable layout possibilities,
the builder of this organ opted for specifications and scaling whose grandeur truly fills the room
with sound. The publication of the CD was initiated by the Baltic Organ Center (Baltisches Orgel
Centrum), Stralsund.
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The Great Organ of St. John’s Church in Vilnius
Vidas Pinkevičius, Organ & Giedrius Gelgotas, Flute (2008)
The CD was recorded at the University (St. John's) Church in Vilnius, October 2008. The
popular pieces by J.S.Bach, T.Vitali, A.Guilmant, G.Fauré, and L.J.A.Lefébure-Wély are
sounding in it. This is the first-ever recording of the largest pipe organ in Lithuania.
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Lithuanian Historical Organs
Balys Vaitkus, Organ (2008)
The CD was recorded in October, 2008 on the historical organs of nine Lithuanian Churches: in
Dotnuva, Griškabūdis, Kretinga, Lazdijai, Pumpėnai, Švėkšna, Tytuvėnai, and Vabalninkas. It
was sought to show an actual instrument with its sonorous and technical possibilities, and from
the other side - not to break apart too much from the stylistic requirements of the selected
pieces. CD was released on behalf of the Department of Cultural Heritage under the Lithuanian
Ministry of Culture.
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The prize winners of the International M.K.Čiurlionis Organ Competition 2007 (CD No. 2)
Jurgita Kazakevičiūtė, Organ (2007)
The works were life-recorded on September 2007 by Lithuanian Radio in Vilnius’ St. Casimirs
Church (Oberlinger Organ), during the International M.K.Čiurlionis Organists’ Competition. Its
music contains pieces of J.S.Bach, F.Liszt, M.KČiurlionis, B.Kutavičius, and F.Latėnas.
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Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis: Preludes, Canons and Fugues
Jūratė Landsbergytė, Organ (2005)
Works recorded at the Vilnius’ Cathedral in 2000 and 2004. Shorter works, placed alongside the
monumental fugues, bring out the importance of the detail in music of Čiurlionis as well as the
picturesque sound of the organ intuitively felt by the composer, possible contrasts and
confluence of images, the continuity and versatility of the form.
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Lithuanian Organ Landscape (Orgellandschaft Litauen)
Martin Rost, Organ / Germany (2009)
The CD represents 10 historical organs in Vilnius, Kretinga, Dotnuva, Švėkšna, Pumpėnai, and
Vabalninkas. The repertoire on it contains the pieces of the masters from Lithuania, Poland, and
East Prussia from the 17th - 20th centuries, some among them still unpublished. For the first
time some original registers of the famous Casparini organ at the Holy Ghost Church in Vilnius
(1776) are available on a CD.