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January 2, 2007
RJE PRODUCTIONS ANNOUNCES UPCOMING 2007 ALBUM RELEASES
RJE Productions will be launching the new year with two brand new CD releases -- both featuring instruments
that have never before been recorded!
 The first album, titled The Mighty Wurlitzer-A Symphonic Celebration (RJE-2035) is the inaugural recording of the newly-installed 4-manual 38-rank Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ in the music
studio of Jack and Mildred Hardman in Great Falls, Virginia.
This instrument, formerly installed in the residence of Richard "Dick" Simonton (founder of the American Theatre Organ Society), is a highly refined, beautiful instrument capable of performing a vast array of musical
styles.
Featured on this album is the first-ever recording on theatre pipe organ of the complete Piano Concerto in A Minor by Edvard Grieg,
with Jelani Eddington as pianist accompanying the Wurlitzer.
Selections feautred on this album include:
- Johnny One Note
- The Galloping Comedians
- Love, Look Away
- El Relicario
- A Tribute To The Music Of Frank Sinatra
- Come Fly With Me
- The Lady Is A Tramp
- My Funny Valentine
- Chicago
- It's All Right With Me
- At Long Last Love
- New York, New York
- Over The Rainbow
- Piano Concerto in A Minor Op. 16 (Edvard Grieg)*
- Allegro Molto Moderato
- Adagio
- Allegro Moderato Molto E Marcato
*(Orchestral parts and solo piano performed by Jelani Eddington. Special thanks to timpanist Bill Richards)
 The second album, titled An Evening At The Tennessee (RJE-1930) is the inaugural recording of the 3-manual 17-rank Wurlitzer theatre
pipe organ installed at the beautiful Tennessee Theatre in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee.
The Tennessee Wurlitzer was recently rebuilt and re-installed as part of a multi-million dollar theatre restoration and renovation.
The resulting instrument is a true powerhouse that produces an impressive sound befitting an instrument of twice its size!
Selections featured on this album include:
- Get Happy
- Sweet And Low Down
- All The Things You Are
- Remembering The Music Of The Carpenters
- Top Of The World
- Close To You
- I Won't Last A Day Without You
- Sing, We've Only Just Begun
- There's A Kind Of Hush
- Love Walked In
- Fantaisie-Impromptu / I'm Always Chasing Rainbows
- Symphonic Overture From The Phantom Of The Opera
- The Phantom Of The Opera
- Think Of Me
- Angel Of Music
- The Music Of The Night
- Prima Donna
- All I Ask Of You
- The Tennessee Waltz
- Light Cavalry Overture
Both albums are expected to be released by mid-February 2007. Stay tuned for more details!
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