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Organ Music of René Louis Becker, Vol. 2
Damin Spritzer, Organist (2014)

René Louis Becker, born and educated in Strasbourg, France, as the son of a prominent organist, moved to the USA at age 21 in 1904 and worked as a composer and organist in St. Louis, Illinois, and Michigan for 52 years. Damin Spritzer plays nine of his 152 organ works, including the splendid First Sonata in G (5 mvts) on the 1880 Cavaillé-Coll 4m organ in the cathedral of Orléans, France.

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"The Last Trumpet" from "Tuba Suite" by Joel Martinson
Recorded live in concert at the Meyerson Symphony Center by American Public Media's PIPEDREAMS
"Evocation" by Marcel Dupre
Recorded live in concert at Saint Rita Catholic Community
"Cantilena" Op. 42, by René L. Becker
Damin Spritzer