The Keith Chapman Collection
The selections on The Lost Chapman Radio Broadcasts, Vol. I are from FM broadcasts produced by Keith Chapman at the John Wanamaker Store.
Chapman's career came to an untimely end in 1989 when he and his wife were killed in a private-plane accident in the Colorado Rockies. After their passing, the masters were not located and the material was presumed lost forever. However, two listeners with superior recording equipment captured several FM programs on tape.
The best of these programs, spotlighting Chapman's unique approach to the Wanamaker Organ and his talents as a popularizer of beautiful music, are presented here.
This release, on two Compact Discs, includes a detailed booklet on Keith Chapman, the Store radio broadcasts and the Wanamaker Organ, including many facts and figures. This disc has been a best-seller for the Friends and has already sold more than 3000 copies.
Complete Playlist Below!
Keith Chapman brought the art of Symphonic playing to new heights with bold and daring color arrangements. These superb, digitally restored recordings faithfully capture the lush majesty of the Wanamaker Organ, and include more than two hours of beautiful music and fascinating commentary. The selections were from radio broadcast programs produced by Keith Chapman. Upon Chapmans death in 1989, the masters were not located and the material was presumed lost. Two listeners with superior recording equipment captured several FM programs on tape. This release has been very well received and is destined to become a collectors item. Produced by the Friends of the Wanamaker Organ.
Also available:
Peter Richard Conte, Grand Court Organist at Philadelphia's Wanamaker Organ (the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ), and Andrew Ennis, organist, flugelhornist, and trumpeter, play lush and lyrical transcriptions and arrangements of symphonic and operatic music with the unparalleled resources of Philadelphia;s monumental Wanamaker Organ.
SELECTIONS
Giacomo Puccini:Quando m’en vo from La Boheme, arr. Andrew Ennis, flugelhorn & organ
Richard Strauss:September from Four Last Songs, adapted Peter Richard Conte, flugelhorn & organ
Franz Lehar:Vilja Lied from The Merry Widow, arr. Andrew Ennis, flugelhorn & organ
Georg Frederic Handel:Lascia ch’io pianga from Rinaldo, arr. Andrew Ennis & Peter Richard Conte, flugelhorn & organ
Léo Delibes: Flower Duet from Lakmé, arr. Andrew Ennis, flugelhorn & organ
Felix Mendelssohn:A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61, No. 7 Nocturne, arr. Andrew Ennis, flugelhorn & organ
Rimsky-Korsakov:Scheherazade, Op. 35, Mvt. 1 The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship, arr. Andrew Ennis, organ 4 hands
Giacomo Puccini:O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi, arr. Peter R, Conte & A. Ennis, flugelhorn & organ
Ennio Morricone: Gabriel’s Oboe, theme music for the film, The Mission, adapted for flugelhorn & organ by Peter Richard Conte from arr. by Mark McGurty & Wilma Jensen
Pietro Mascagni:Regina Coeli from Cavalleria Rusticana, arr. Peter Richard Conte, flugelhorn & organ
Ottorino Respighi:Pines of Rome, Mvt. 2: Pines Near a Catacomb, arr. A. Ennis, off-stage trumpet & organ 4 hands
Ottorino Respighi:Pines of Rome, Mvt. 4: Pines of the Appian Way, arr. Andrew Ennis, organ 4 hands
Camille Saint-Saëns:Carnival of the Animals, mvt. 13,The Swan, arr. Andrew Ennis, flugelhorn & organ
The Duo of Conte and Ennis released their first CD, My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice, on the Gothic label, the first-ever commercial album exclusively devoted to music for flugelhorn and organ, also available on this website.