E. Power Biggs Digitized Recordings

Louis Claude Daquin – The Book of Noels, Side 1, I-VI
Played alternately by organ and the Consort of Viols
From C135 Broadcasts
OHS 016

Louis Claude Daquin – The Book of Noels, Side 2, VII-XII
Played alternately by organ and the Consort of Viols
From C135 Broadcasts
OHS 016

Talking Dog, Side 1
OHS 088

Talking Dog, Side 2
OHS 089

Rheinberger: Suite for Violin, Cello, and Organ
Pachelbel: Prelude, Fugue & Chaconne in D Minor
BSO members and EPB
[starts at 9:40]
OHS 041

Letter to Biggs Jan 20, 1957
[?from Dirk Flentrop?]
Spanish Reeds; “Classic” vs. “Romantic” organs; “Real Baroque” vs. not real baroque; slider chests & spring chests; German organ builders; mentions Beckarath, Marcusson; Organbuilding in the Netherlands – Schnitger
OHS 044

Sowerby Concert at Pops 1950
OHS 091

Handel: Organ Concerto, Opus 7 [No. 9 in B-flat Major]
[starts at 2:17]
OHS 095

Holiday for Harpsichord (trial run), Side 1
OHS 115

Handel Vol. II, Reel One
OHS 116

[Piano practice tape with metronome – unknown work]
OHS 117

Antonio Soler, The Six Double Organ Concertos, Side 1, I-III
One part recorded, one part live
From the CBS Broadcasts
OHS 144

Antonio Soler, The Six Double Organ Concertos, Side 2, IV-VI
From the CBS Broadcasts
OHS 143

Paul Hindemith, Concerto for Organ and Chamber Orchestra, of 14 Brass and Woodwinds
From CBS Broadcasts
OHS 159

[recorded from radio – no music, just a junk tape most likely]
OHS 165

Glass Harmonica at beginning (the rest is junk)
OHS 166

Broadcast from Harvard (G.D. Harrison Skinner)
Biggs Tribute to Albert Schweitzer
Six Chorale Preludes from Orgelbuchlein
Prelude & Fugue in G Major
(Biggs talks about Schweitzer at 14:00)
OHS 164

Carnegie Hall? (sounds like a practice tape for a concerto (several takes), then other pieces, ends with Clarke – Trumpet Voluntary)
OHS 163

OHS 162: “Nov. 20” (unknown reference)

AGO Night at the Pops at National AGO Convention in Boston
Sowerby Organ Concerto in C – Boston Pops (recording quality rather poor)
OHS 161

EPB 7/28/57: (recorded tour of Germany, broadcast on WEEI, Boston; sounds like EPB recorded this from the radio – has news in the middle of the recording)
unknown snippets (sound like Reger or Karg-Elert?)
Buxtehude: Chaconne in D on Neuenfelde organ
Hindemith: Sonata No. 2 on Jakobikirche, Hamburg
Ends with EPB rehearsing announcements for another program: Cahmen 1730; Neuenfelde Schnitger; Steinkirche Schnitger 1685; Leufstrabruk Cahmen
OHS 160

(Also recorded from the radio (WEEI, Boston))
9:30 AM, Sunday 12/7 (year unknown)
“Music from Salzburg Cathedral”
Mozart: Epistle Sonatas for Organ and Strings (F Major & A Major, then 9 in F Major & 10 in D Major)
Eberlin: Toccata & Fugue in D Minor
OHS 158

(Another broadcast, but announcements missing for first part; could be the master tape or a copy of it)
Hindemith: Sonata I
Hindemith: Sonata II
Nicola Chedeville: Sonata for Oboe and Keyboard (has reverb)
OHS 157

Hindemith Concerto for Organ and Chamber Orchestra, Opus 46, No.2 with Boston Symphony Orchestra, Richard Burgin, conductor
(starts at 4:00)
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis for double string orchestra
(starts at 20:00, incomplete)
OHS 156

Organ Sonata in G Major: Allegro Maestoso – Edward Elgar (at Busch-Reisinger Museum)(interrupted, taped over in spots by EPB and Peggy)
[Lots of talking and noise]
Parry: Prelude on Melcombe (partial)
(15:00) Sonata for Flute and Keyboard – Robert Woodcock, arr. Karl Dolmetsch, Philip Catlin, Flute
(interrupted many times by silences, probably repaired splices)
[tape reused – unidentified German guests]
[a speech about pipe scaling]
OHS 155

Partita for English Horn and Organ – Jan Koetsier (English Horn player unidentified)
1. Liberamente
2. Larghetto
3. Vivace
4. Andante Sostenuto [Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern]
OHS 154

Piston – Partita for Violin, Viola, and Organ
Sowerby – Second Movement from the Symphony in E Major
OHS 153

OHS 152

OHS 151

OHS 150

OHS 149

OHS 148

OHS 147

OHS 146

OHS 142

OHS 141

OHS 140

OHS 139

OHS 138

(Partially inaudible, very scratchy)
Mozart – Epistle Sonatas 12, 13, 16, 17
Prelude and Fugue in C Minor
OHS 137

OHS 136

OHS 132

OHS 131

OHS 130

OHS 129

OHS 128

OHS 127

OHS 126

OHS 125

OHS 124

OHS 123

OHS 122

OHS 121

OHS 120

OHS 119

Handel – Organ Concerto No. 1 in G Major
Franck – Pièce Héroïque
OHS 118

OHS 114

OHS 113

OHS 112

OHS 111

OHS 110

OHS 108

OHS 107

Lebégue – Variations on “Puer Nobis Nascitur”
Torelli – Concerto for Christmas Eve
The Mirth of All This Land
C. F. Abel – Andante and Minuet from Sonata for Viola Da Gamba in A Major
Corelli – Pastorale from the Christmas Concerto
Daquin – Noel Grand Jeu et Duo
OHS 106

OHS 105

OHS 104

OHS 103

OHS 102

OHS 101

OHS 100

OHS 099

Andrea Gabrielli – Three Intonations for Organ
Giovanni Gabrielli – Canzon Prima: “La Spiritata”
Andrea Gabrielli – Three Intonations for Organ
Giovanni Gabrielli – Canzon Seconda
Brahms – Chorale Prelude “Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming”
Daquin – Two Noels
OHS 098

OHS 097

OHS 096

Handel – Organ Concerto No. 9
Mendelssohn – Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in G Major
OHS 095

OHS 094

Handel – Organ Concerto No. 8 in A Major
Mozart – Prelude in C Minor
Mozart – Fugue in G Minor
OHS 093

OHS 092

OHS 090

OHS 089

OHS 088

Bach – Three Fanfares on Chorales
Purcell – Two Fanfares
Telemann – Hero Music Suite for Two Trumpets and Organ
OHS 087

Daquin – Three Noels with Variations from the Book of Noels
Gruber – Silent Night, Holy Night
OHS 086

Walter Piston – Prelude and Allegro for Organ and Strings
Bach – Prelude and Fugue in C Minor
OHS 085

Frescobaldi – Canzoni for Two Oboes, Bassoon, and Keyboard
Buxtehude – Chaconne in D Minor

Frescobaldi – Fantasia in G Major
OHS 084

Albert Schweitzer
Bach – Chorale Prelude “Deck Thyself, O My Soul, with Gladness”
Bach – Sinfonia from Cantata No. 76
Bach – Toccata in F Major
OHS 083

Bach – Toccata in D Minor
Buxtehude – Variations from the Partita on the Chorale “Auf meinen lieben Gott”
Buxtehude – Jig Fugue in C Major
Bach – Dorian Fugue in D Minor
OHS 082

Bach – Prelude in E Flat Major
Bach – Chorale Prelude “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring”
Bach – St. Ann Fugue in E Flat
OHS 081

Mozart – First Six of the Epistle Sonatas for Organ and Strings
Mozart – Adagio and Allegro in F Minor for Organ
OHS 080

Sweelinck – Variations on Fortune my Foe
Byrd – Variations on Fortune my Foe
Bach – Prelude and Fugue in D Major
OHS 079

Bach – Prelude and Fugue in A Minor
Bach – Pastorale in F Major
Bach – Alla Breve in D Major
OHS 078

Johann Krieger – Partita No. 3 “Lustige Feld-Musik”
Bach – Toccata in D Minor
Bach – Prelude and Fugue in B Flat Major
Bach – Prelude and Fugue in F Major
OHS 077

OHS 076

OHS 075

OHS 074

OHS 073

Handel – Organ Concerto Opus 4, No. 3 in G Minor
Orlando Delassus – ??? Care
The Doxology
Handel – Organ Concerto Opus 4, No. 4 in F Major
OHS 072

Sowerby – Ballad for English Horn and Organ
Franck – Chorale No. 3 in A Minor
OHS 071

Buxtehude – Sinfonia from “Rejoice Now, Beloved Christians”
William Brade – Alamande
Albrici – Festival Sonata for Two Trumpets and Organ
Bach – Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor
OHS 070

C. F. E. Bach – Suite for Two Flutes and Keyboard
Johann Krieger – Partita
Mozart – Adagio and Allegro in F Minor
OHS 069

Balbastre – Variations on “Joseph est bien Marié”
Michel Corrette – Variations on “Let All Together Praise our God”
Manfredini – Weihnachtskonzert per il Santissimo Natale
Daquin – Noel Grand Jeu et Duo
OHS 068

Handel – March from the Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day
The Mirth of All This Land
Mendelssohn – Finale from Organ Sonata No. 1 in F Minor
Bach – Duet: “My Spirit be Joyful” from Cantata No. 146
OHS 067

Charles Ives – Variations on America
Lockwood – Concerto for Organ and Brass
Jacobi – Toccata in G? D? B? Minor
OHS 066

William Brade – Alamande
Johann Ludwig Krebs – Chorale Prelude for Trumpet and Organ on “Sleepers Wake, a Voice is Calling”
Pachelbel – Organ Prelude on the Chorale “From Heaven Above”
Pachelbel – Toccata in E Minor
Gottfried August Homilius – Chorale Prelude on “When Adam Fell”
Johann Christoph Oley – Chorale Prelude on “Wunderbarer König”
Bach – Chorales: “Doxology”, “Now Thank We All Our God”
Daquin – Noel Grand Jeu et Duo
Albrici – Festival Sonata for Two Trumpets and Organ
OHS 065

OHS 064

OHS 063

Sweelinck – Baletto del Granduca with Variations
Buxtehude – Prelude and Fugue in G Minor
Reger – Chorale Preludes on “How Brightly Shines the Morning Star”, “From Heaven Above”, “Jesus my Trust”, “Praise to the Lord, Almighty King of Glory”
OHS 062

Handel – Concerto No. 10 in D Minor
Soler – Concerto No. 3 in G Major for Two Organs
OHS 061

Rheinberger – Organ Sonata No. 7 in F Minor
Rheinberger – The Monologue in C Major
OHS 060

Ernst Pepping – Two chorale preludes
C.P.E. Bach – Sonata for oboe and keyboard in G minor
Bach – The Little Notebook for Anna Magdalena
OHS 059

Buxtehude: Partita on the chorale “Auf Meine Lieben Gott”
Franck: Prelude, Fugue, and Variation
Buxtehude: Chaconne in D minor?
OHS 058

Herman Schreider – Preamble and Passacalia
Schumann – Sketches in C minor and D flat
Schumann – Canon in B minor
Poetry read and written by David McCord – Selections from Odds Without Ends
Bach – Festive prelude on Rejoice Greatly, Good Christians
Bach – Two settings on In Dulci Jubilo
OHS 057

OHS 056

Bach – Fantasia in G major
OHS 055

William Wheylan – Intro and Toccata in G major
Samuel Scheidt – Ach du Feiner Reiter
Buxtehude – Chorale Preludes:
-Now pray we to the holy spirit
-That altogether praise our God
-A mighty fortress is our God
OHS 054

Nielsen – Chorale Prelude
Benedetto Marcello – Sonata No. 4 in G minor for cello and keyboard
Vivaldi – Concerto Grosso in D minor
OHS 053

Bach – Fugue in C major (The Fanfare Fugue)
Leo Sowerby – Suite for organ, brass, and kettle drums
OHS 052

Invitation to Music Biggs Interview
OHS 051

OHS 050

T. Tertius Noble – Introduction and Passacalia in G minor
Cesar Franck – Chorale No. 3 in A minor
OHS 049

OHS 048

Christmas Eve Broadcast
Bach – Chorale Prelude on In dulce jubilo
Giuseppe Valentini – Christmas pastorale
Nicholas Lebegue – Short prelude on a traditional noel
Nicholas Lebegue – Les Cloches
Francesco Manfredini – Christmas concerto grosso
Louis-Claude Daquin – Grand Jeu et Duo
OHS 047

BSO Rehearsals of Johannes Brahms Tragic Overture and Third Symphony in F major, Serge Koussevitzky conducting
OHS 046

Bach – Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Bach – Suite No. 2 in B flat minor
Bach – Concerto No. 2 in F
Widor – Toccata from 5th symphony for organ
OHS 045

Joseph Rheinberger – Praeludium from Suite for violin and organ in C minor
Joseph Rheinberger – Monologue in C major
Mozart – Adagio for the glass harmonica
William Selby – A Lesson and a Voluntary
OHS 043

Thanksgiving Broadcast
Buxtehude – Toccata for organ and Symphonia with trumpets from Rejoice Now, Beloved Christians
Adriano Banchieri – Sonata in D minor and Sonata in F major
Telemann – Five movements from Hero Music
-Dignity
-Grace
-Bravery
-Generosity
-Joy
Bach – Chorale from Cantata No. 79 (Now Thank We All Our God)
OHS 042

OHS 040

Bach – Organ Works
OHS 038

Bach – Orgelbuchlein Vol. 1
OHS 037

Haydn – Concerto No. 1 in C major for organ and orchestra
Louis-Claude Daquin – Noel with variations for organ
Antonio Soler – Concerto No. 3 in G major for two keyboards and strings
OHS 036

Antonio Soler – Concerto No. 3 in G major for two keyboards
Francis Poulenc – Concerto for organ, strings, and timpani
OHS 035

Coronation Service of Queen Elizabeth II, 1952, Cont.
OHS 034

Coronation Service of Queen Elizabeth II, 1952, Cont.
OHS 033

Canzona Prima for instruments and organ
OHS 032

OHS 031

Antonio Soler – Concerto No. 3 in G major for two organs
Harold Franz – Prelude on psalm 110 (Omnipotens)
Mozart – Adagio for glass harmonica
Bach – Toccata and fugue in D minor
OHS 030

Coronation Service of Queen Elizabeth II, 1952
OHS 029

Interview of Biggs on the glass harmonica and related instruments
OHS 028

Torsten Sörenson – Suite from bavarium musicum
Introduction
Chorale and Fugue
Prelude and Fugue
Hymn Improvisation
A suite of little pieces from the notebooks of Ana Magdalena Bach
3 Minuets
2 Marches
2 Chorales
OHS 027

Concerto for organ and orchestra by Haydn
OHS 026

OHS 025

OHS 023

Mozart – Adagio and Rando for glass harmonica
Mozart – Adagio in C minor
Mozart – Fugue in G minor
OHS 022

OHS 021

OHS 020

OHS 019

Johann Ernst Eberlin – Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
Handel – Sonata for Oboe and Keyboard in C minor
Cor Kee – Partita on Jesus lives and we with him
OHS 018

OHS 017

OHS 016

OHS 015

William Selby – A Lesson
Jean-Xavier Lefevre – Sonata No. 3 in B flat major
Haydn – Coffee Chatter, Minuet, March
Anonymous – 5 verses from Te Deum
OHS 014

OHS 013

OHS 012

OHS 011

OHS 010

Handel – Organ Concerto No. 7 in B flat major
Bach – Prelude and Fugue in G major
OHS 009

Handel – Fifth Concerto in F major
Buxtehude – A Mighty Fortress
Handel – Sixth Organ Concerto in B flat major
OHS 008

Birthday Anniversary of Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin – Suite for Strings
OHS 007

Easter Day, 1956
E. Power Biggs on Organ, Roger Voisin and Armando Ghitalla on trumpet, Charles Smith on kettle drum
Henry Purcell – A Westminster Suite, arranged by E. Power Biggs
-Voluntary in C major
-Voluntary on a Doxology
-Three Trumpet Tunes
-Trumpet Voluntary
OHS 006

Assorted Bach works
Played by Karl Weinrich
OHS 005

OHS 002

OHS 001: two takes of one of the parts of a Soler Concerto: EPB broadcast these with himself playing both parts, one pre-recorded and one live for the broadcast. This could be EPB’s master for the prerecorded part.
Two more unidentified pieces with microphone way too close, and organ badly out of tune.
Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary