Organ Transcriptions by Randall Harlow
Organ Transcriptions by Randall Harlow
Chopin’s final Ballade is truly one of the great masterpieces of 19th-century keyboard music, a tour de force of drama, lyricism, and fury. It is also remarkably contrapuntal and works tremendously on the symphonic organ.
World premiere transcription
a charming four-movement suite originally scored for band, but well suited to the organ. Duration: 12'
World premiere transcription
Full Suite $20
two exciting character pieces that gain new life through the colors of the organ
Both Etudes $20
from the Grandes études de Paganini.
In this transcription, the horizontal leaps of the original are transformed into vertical leaps between two manuals (one an octave higher at 4' pitch). This version incorporates the extraordinary changes by the great pianist Ferrucio Busoni
World premiere transcription
full transcriptions of the complete Transcendental Etudes, as featured on Harlow's debut CD, Transcendante. The works bring a repertoire of new, super-virtuosic gestures to the organ, throwing down the gauntlet for experienced concert organists looking for new challenges well beyond the standard repertoire. Not for the faint of heart!
World premiere transcription
Complete score: 196 pages
Total duration: 60 minutes
$100
a short, highly energetic piano work in rondo form, reminiscent of Chopin. Another rare Reubke work for organists to perform. Duration: 6'
World premiere transcription
Harlow performs this work mostly from Rietze Smits' transcription, which he highly recommends.
However, he offers the following supplement for variations which Smits abbreviates or simplifies
the little etude, "Sparks," from the op.36 collection. A colorful little character piece made famous by Horowitz. Makes a great encore!