The true identity of the organ featured here was not discovered until 2007. It was originally built in 1913/14 for the “Britannic” ocean liner, sister of the “Titanic”. Because the vessel was used as a hospital ship during World War I, it was probably never installed on the ship’s passenger deck. It has been renovated and called the “Britannic Organ” and is in outstanding condition.

Here we have performances by David Rumsey, as well as Welte rolls and some of the oldest recordings of historic organists.

Contents:
CD 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1. Ouverture The Marriage of Figaro KV 492
Welte Roll 421 (master)

Edvard Grieg
Excerpts from Peer Gynt-Suite
Welte Roll 213 (master)
2. Morgenstimmung (Morgenstemning)     
3. Åses Tod (Åses død)    

Ludwig van Beethoven
4. Egmont Ouverture Op.84
Welte Roll 956 (copy)    

Hector Berlioz
5. Damnation de Faust op. 24 Ballet des sylphes
Welte Roll 53 (master)    

Richard Wagner
6.  Excerpts from Lohengrin
Welte Roll 642 (master)    

Ferdinand Hérold
7. Zampa Ouverture
Welte Roll 236 (master)    

The earliest organist recordings
Johann Sebastian Bach
Organist: Carl Hofner
8. Chorale Prelude Herzlich tut mich verlangen BWV 727
Welte Roll 717 (master)    
9. Praeludium and Fugue in C minor BWV 549
Welte Roll 716 (master)    

Alexandre Guilmant
Organist: Karl Hermann Köhl
10. March on a theme of G.F. Haendel
Welte Roll 776 (copy)    

Max Reger
Organist: Clarence Eddy
11. Pastorale Welte Roll 1664 (copy)    

Felix Mendelssohn
Organist: Edwin H Lemare
12. Ruy Blas Overture
Welte Roll 1241 (master)      

CD 2
Demonstrations of the Britannic Organ Seewen
Joseph Callaerts
Organist: David Rumsey
1. Finale from Toccata Op.23/3    

Johann Sebastian Bach
Organist: David Rumsey
2. Jesu bleibet meine Freude BWV 147    
3. Choral Meine Seele erhebt den Herrn BWV 648    
4. from a Concerto by Duke Wilhelm Ernst - Second Movement    

Franz Joseph Haydn
Pieces for a Musical Clock
Organist: David Rumsey
5. No.18 in F major Der Kaffeeklatsch (Coffee Chatter)     
6. No.5 in C major     

Oskar Frederik Lindberg
Organist: David Rumsey
7. Gammal Fåbodspsalm från Dalarna     

Felix Mendelssohn
Organist: David Rumsey
8. Organ Sonata Op.65 No.4, II. Andante religioso    

Léon Boëllmann
Organist: David Rumsey
9. Menuet Gothique    

Max Reger
Organist: David Rumsey
10. Benedictus    

Jules Grison
Organist: David Rumsey
11. Toccata in F minor    

Bridges between mechanical and human-played music
Marcel Dupré
12. Improvisation on a Theme of F. Schubert
Welte Roll 2047 (copy)    

Franz Joseph Haydn
Pieces for a Musical Clock
Organist: David Rumsey
13. No.2 in C major     
14. No.11 in C major    

Attrib. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
15. Türkischer Marsch
(Non-Welte Roll)    

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
16. Fantasia for Mechanical Organ KV 608
Welte Roll 429 (master)    

Ludwig van Beethoven
17. Wellingtons Sieg (Wellington’s Victory) Op.91 (Reconstruction)