French composer Charles Gounod (1818-1893) was a prominent in his day best remembered for his Ave Maria and his opera Faust. 1854 saw the premiere of his Messe Solennelle also known as the Messe De Sainte-Cécile. This work fully established Gounod as a noteworthy composer. Despite being a minor composer to us today Gounod was famed in his day so much so that at his funeral Camille Saint-Saëns played the Organ and Gabriel Fauré conducted. Gounod''s Messe Solennelle De Sainte-Cécile proves the composer's extraordinary talent and caught theattention of much of Paris when it was first performed. Famous recordings include that of the Chorus of Radio France with the New Philharmonia Orchestra. For all aspiring choirs Gounod''s Messe Solennelle De Sainte-Cécile is an imperative sublime addition to the repertoire.

The Fountain Reverie features soft rippling arpeggios with a contrasting middle section. As with the Festival Toccata published at the same time the brilliance of Fountain Reverie disguises the fact that one does not need to be a virtuoso to play it well and effectively and it plays well on many different Organs.Percy Fletcher was an English composer conductor and Orchestrator of prodigious output who made his career in the lively world of the London music theatre of the years of the late 19th and early 20th century. He was music director at many theatres including His Majesty’s Theatre for the last seventeen years of his life. He was the Orchestrator and conductorfor the big budget spectacular theatre piece Chu Chin Chow which ran for five years a record that remained unbroken for forty years. In addition to his myriad works of light music Fletcher also wrote a serious church cantata The Passion of Christ as well as the delightful children’s work The Walrus and the Carpenter.

Contemporary English composer and Organist Arthur Wills was Director of Music at Ely Cathedral when he composed this pair of works. He is a prolific composer who has toured extensively as a recitalist made many broadcast appearances and has recorded widely as a soloist and with the Ely Choir

Larsen writes '. . . I have loosely transcribed bell patterns from a field recording of Russian bells . . . the Communist persecution of the Russian Orthodox Church included the removal and destruction of Russian bells many of which were melted down into ammunition.' The piece is a fantasy memorializing the peals of the bells of Moscow square.

The first classical Organ method for children the Suzuki Organ School is based on Dr. Shinichi Suzuki's Mother Tongue Method. The Suzuki Method® of Talent Education is based on Suzuki's view that every child is born with ability and that people are the product of their environment. According to Suzuki a world-renowned violinist and teacher the greatest joy an adult can know comes from developing a child's potential so he/she can express all that is harmonious and best in human beings. Each series of books for a particular instrument in the Suzuki Method is considered a Suzuki music school such as the Suzuki Organ School. The student listens to therecordings and work with their Suzuki Organ teacher to develop their potential as a musician and as a person.This Suzuki Book