For Dodd’s Sake
Thomas Heywood plays the Pipe Organs of J.E. Dodd
Famous Australian Organ Builders – Volume 1
J.E. Dodd was the first Australian born organ builder to achieve international acclaim. Edwin H. Lemare, the greatest concert organist of the 20th century, proclaimed that “America had not produced instruments nearly so good” as the pipe organs of J.E. Dodd.
Thomas Heywood is a fervent admirer of Dodd’s pipe organs, and this recording displays these priceless musical instruments to the full with action-packed performances of the most glorious classical and romantic music!
Programme highlights include:
Strauss’ Overture to Die Fledermaus
Smetana’s ‘Dance of the Comedians’ from The Bartered Bride
Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite
Meyerbeer’s Coronation March
And much more!
Full Program
Cat. No.: HW02174 Australian Price: $25.00 (including GST) U.K. Price: £13.00 U.S. Price: $20.00 European Price: €20.00
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How Original! Thomas Heywood performs Concert Organ blockbusters LIVE!
In a dazzling live recording of the most spectacular music composed especially for the concert organ, celebrated virtuoso Thomas Heywood takes the audience for a musical tour proving why the pipe organ is the King of Instruments!
Programme highlights include:
Widor’s Toccata from Organ Symphony No. 5
Hollins’ Concert Overture in C minor
Boëllmann’s Toccata from Suite Gothique
Lemmens’ Fanfare and Triumphal March
Dubois’ Toccata in G and March of the Magi Kings
And much more!
Full Program
Cat. No.: HW04174 Australian Price: $25.00 (including GST) U.K. Price: £13.00 U.S. Price: $20.00 European Price: €20.00
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Let’s Go to the Opera!
Thomas Heywood plays Operatic Blockbusters on the Schantz Organ Company Grand Organ in the Moody Memorial First United Methodist Church, Galveston, Texas, USA
Thomas Heywood’s back in action with a stellar programme of operatic masterpieces on the immense Grand Organ at Moody Church in Galveston, Texas. Bolt yourselves down, turn up the sound system and Let’s Go to the Opera!
Programme highlights include:
Concert Fantasia on Carmen
The Flight of the Bumble-Bee
Verdi’s Grand March from Aïda
Mozart’s The Magic Flute (Suite)
Paraphrase on Gounod’s Faust
Verdi’s Overture to Nabucco
And much more!
Full Program
Cat. No.: CD7168 Australian Price: $25.00 (including GST) U.K. Price: £13.00 U.S. Price: $20.00 European Price: €20.00
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Something Borrowed, Something Blue!
In an amazing recording of music ‘borrowed’ for the organ from other instruments – including Strauss’ Blue Danube! – Thomas Heywood performs musical masterworks on the outstanding 1933 Rushworth & Dreaper Organ in Edinburgh’s Reid Memorial Church.
Programme highlights include:
Strauss’ Blue Danube Waltz
Mozart’s Overture to the Impresario and Clarinet Concerto
Mascagni’s Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
Monti’s Czardas
And more!
Full Program
Cat. No.: HW07174 Australian Price: $25.00 (including GST) U.K. Price: £13.00 U.S. Price: $20.00 European Price: €20.00
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Thomas Heywood’s Concert Organ Masterpieces Volume 2
Once again, the internationally acclaimed Thomas Heywood performs a brilliant programme of the greatest concert organ repertoire. The splendid 1913 William Hill & Son organ at St John’s Church, Toorak in Melbourne, Australia springs to life for these fabulous performances!
Programme highlights include:
Elgar’s ‘Land of Hope and Glory’ Military March
Sibelius’ Finlandia
Sibelius’ Alla Marcia from the Karelia Suite
Schubert’s ‘Unfinished’ Symphony (1st mvt)
And much more!
Full Program
Cat. No.: HW01174 Australian Price: $25.00 (including GST) U.K. Price: £13.00 U.S. Price: $20.00 European Price: €20.00
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Thomas Heywood’s Grand Organ GALA!
Thomas Heywood plays Musical Masterworks on the 1876 Centennial Organ in St Joseph’s Cathedral – Buffalo, New York, USA
What a performance and what an organ! There could be no more suitable instrument for a ‘Grand Organ GALA!’ than the 1876 USA Centennial Organ. Renowned organ virtuoso Thomas Heywood puts the USA Centennial Organ through its paces in this epic programme of classical and romantic masterworks – and Heywood’s own ‘Humoresque for a Pedal Trombone’ ushers in a new era of Concert Organ spectacle!
Programme highlights include:
Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Beethoven’s Egmont Overture
Brahms’ Hungarian Dances
And much more!
Full Program
Cat. No.: CD7167 Australian Price: $25.00 (including GST) U.K. Price: £13.00 U.S. Price: $20.00 European Price: €20.00
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Too Hot to Handel!
Thomas Heywood gives sizzling romantic performances of George Frideric Handel’s finest music on the unique 1915 Rothwell Organ at St George’s Headstone, Harrow UK
Programme highlights include:
Music for the Royal Fireworks
‘The Harmonious Blacksmith’ Variations
Organ Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major
Overture to the Occasional Oratorio
And more!
Full Program
Cat. No.: HW06174 Australian Price: $25.00 (including GST) U.K. Price: £13.00 U.S. Price: $20.00 European Price: €20.00
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Top of the Stops – Thomas Heywood plays hits on the concert organ!
Why have Top of the Pops when you can have Top of the Stops!
Virtuoso-extraordinaire Thomas Heywood brings some of the greatest classical music of all time, and some of the greatest organ music of all time, to life in this gala tour de force on the renowned 1929 Grand Organ in St Peter’s Cathedral, Adelaide, South Australia – the glorious ‘sister organ’ to the Grand Concert Organ in the Melbourne Town Hall!
Programme highlights include:
Mozart’s Overture to The Magic Flute
Saint-Saëns The Swan from The Carnival of the Animals
Schubert’s ‘Unfinished’ Symphony (2nd mvt)
Vivaldi’s Concerto in A minor (arranged by Bach)
Dvorak’s Humoreske
Guilmant’s complete Sonata No. 5 in C minor
And much more!
Full Program
Cat. No.: HW05174 Australian Price: $25.00 (including GST) U.K. Price: £13.00 U.S. Price: $20.00 European Price: €20.00
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What a Classic!
Internationally renowned concert organ virtuoso Thomas Heywood performs spectacular masterworks in classic performances on one of the world’s grandest symphonic organs: the 1927 Casavant Grand Organ in St Andrew’s Church, Mahtomedi, Minnesota USA.
Programme highlights include:
Beethoven’s First Symphony
Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake Suite
Rinck’s Flute Concerto
Sullivan’s Overture to The Pirates of Penzance
And more!
Full Program
Cat. No.: CD7183 Australian Price: $25.00 (including GST) U.K. Price: £13.00 U.S. Price: $20.00 European Price: €20.00
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Who Needs An Orchestra!
Thomas Heywood plays Symphonic Masterpieces
The Grand Concert Organ in the Melbourne Town Hall, Australia
This monumental premiere recording on the largest musical instrument in the southern hemisphere is a must have! Thomas Heywood’s awe-inspiring performances of some of the greatest music of all time made this release break organ sales records – ‘Who Needs An Orchestra!’ sold out within two hours after Heywood’s Opening Solo Concert on the new Melbourne Town Hall organ!
Programme highlights include:
Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony
Rossini’s William Tell Overture
Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto
Rossini’s Overture to The Barber of Seville
And more!
Full Program
Cat. No.: CD7141 Australian Price: $25.00 (including GST) U.K. Price: £13.00 U.S. Price: $20.00 European Price: €20.00
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