Romantic & Virtuosic makes Adam Brakel's wonderful organ playing available on CD for the first time, and presents the first recording of the excellent 109-rank Austin completed in 2000 at the large and resonant Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach, Florida. DUDLEY BUCK: Concert Variations on the Star-Spangled Banner, op. 23 HERBERT NANNEY: Adagio from Sonata in E Minor JOSEPH BONNET: Étude de Concert MAX REGER: Fantasie und Fuge D Minor, op. 135b ANDREW FLETCHER: Cantilena FRANZ LISZT: St. Francis of Paola Walking on the Waves JEANNE DEMESSIEUX: Six Études Pointes Tierces Sixtes Accords Alternés Notes répétées Octaves Adam Brakel pursues the dual career of concert artist and church musician, playing organ recitals in the U. S. and abroad as well as directing the music program at St. Michael the Archangel Parish in St. Petersburg, Florida. Brakel received in 2010 the Graduate Performance Certificate from Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, studying with Donald Sutherland. While at Peabody, Brakel was guest assisting organist at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC. Adam Brakel studied organ at Duquesne University with John Walker and David Craighead, graduating magna cum laude in 2006. He then enrolled at Juilliard, receiving the Alice Tully Award among numerous other awards. In New York, he was assistant organist at Church of St. Ignatius Loyola. At age 25, he was appointed director of music at St. Ignatius Cathedral in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Adam has distinguished himself in organ competitions including the Albert Schweitzer Organ Competition, the Reuter/Augustana Organ Competition, the Gruenstein Memorial Organ Competition, the John Rodland Memorial Scholarship Competition, the French Organ Music Seminar Competition, and the Carlene Neihart International Organ Competition.
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