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St. Bartholomew’s Church
Park Ave at 51st St
New York City

Mailing Address
109 East 50th St
New York, NY 10022

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Recordings

St. Bartholomew's is delighted to offer CD recordings featuring our renowned choirs, current and former organists, and the largest pipe organ in New York City.

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O For A Thousand Tongues To Sing:
Music At The Crossroads

(Ethereal, 1996)
List Price: $17.00

In their first compact disc recording, St. Bartholomew’s Choir takes us on a tour of the church’s liturgical seasons with selections from Advent and Christmas through Lent, Easter and Pentecost. The disk features several works by contemporary composers, the 27-voice choir, directed by William Trafka and the 225-rank Aeolian-Skinner organ, performed by Dan Moriarty.

 

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Sing, Choirs of Angels: Christmas Favorites
(Ethereal, 1997)
List Price: $17.00
St. Bartholomew's choir delights with beloved carols such as “O Come All Ye Faithful,” Silent Night,” and “Hark the Herald Angels Sing.” The Girl and Boy Choristers join in John Rutter’s “Star Carol” and “I Saw Three Ships.” This CD also includes the first digital recording of George Malcolm’s haunting “Missa ad praesepe” (“Mass at the Crib”). These works are sung as they would be placed in the Midnight Eucharist on a candlelit Christmas Eve at St. Bartholomew’s Church.
 

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A Child is Born in Bethlehem - Alleluia
List Price: $17.00
In a live recording of the annual Christmas Concert, St. Bartholomew's Choir, directed by William K. Trafka, joins forces with the renowned American Boychoir, directed by James Litton, in the architectural splendor of St. Bartholomew's. Imagine the great Byzantine structure on Park Avenue glowing with candlelight and filled to overflowing with magnificent singing as you listen to the selections from Praetorius, Rutter, Sargent, Willcocks, and more.
 

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The Symphonic Organ by William Trafka
(Pro Organo, 2000)
List Price: $17.00
A magnificent recording by William K. Trafka, Director of Music at St. Bartholomew's Church, performed on the Church's renowned Æolian-Skinner organ. This CD features Mr. Trafka's own transcriptions of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition and Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man.
 

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Sing in Exultation!
(Pro Organo, 2001)
List Price: $17.00
St. Bartholomew's Boy and Girl Choristers first compact disc recording features favorites of the Christmas season, including a wide variety of sacred choral music sung by the Choristers, the Senior Choristers, and the Thursday Choir. The Choristers are directed on this recording by Vincent Edwards and accompanied by Stephen Tharp on St. Bartholomew's 225-rank Aeolian-Skinner organ.
 

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My Song is Love Unknown
(Pro Organo, 2002)
List Price: $17.00
St. Bartholomew's Boy and Girl Choristers' second solo CD, under the direction on Vincent Edwards. Highlights of this CD include Kenneth Leighton's "O sacrum convivium," Malcolm Archer's "Christchurch Mass" and excerpts from Benjamin Britten's "A Ceremony of Carols."
 

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In the Spirit's Tether -
Choral and Instrumental Music of Harold Friedell

List Price: $17.00
Works composed by Harold Friedell (organist and choirmaster, 1946-1958), presented by the Choir of St. Stephen's Church, Richmond, Virginia. Neal Campbell, organist and choirmaster. Deborah Cuffee Davis, Assistant Organist.

 

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Ken Cowan
(JAV recordings)
List Price: $9.99
Former Associate Organist Ken Cowan performs organ works by Dupré, Roger-Ducasse, Bach, Lemare and Manari on the 1930 Skinner Organ of St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Morristown, New Jersey.
 

 

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Organ Fireworks IV
(Hyperion Records, 1992)
List Price: $21.00
Great organ works played on the organ of St. Bartholomew's Church, New York. Christopher Herrick, organist.

 

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Stephen Tharp's World Premieres and Transcriptions - Volume One
(Ethereal Recordings)
List Price: $17.00
Stephen Tharp a internationally acclaimed musician, served as Assistant Organist at St. Bartholomew's Church. This CD, recorded at St. Mary the Virgin in New York City, includes Mr. Tharp's transcriptions of "Danse macabre" by Franz Liszt, and "Three Dances from Petrouchka" by Igor Stravinsky.
 

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Stephen Tharp's Legendary Organ Works -
Volume One

List Price: $17.00
Recorded at Girard College, Mr. Tharp plays works by Maurice Durufle, Charles-Marie Widor, Marcel Dupre, and Herbert Howells.


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