XAVER VARNUS PLAYS THE SECOND LARGEST CANADIAN ORGAN: CHRISTMAS CHIMES BY D'ANTALFFY

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Xaver Varnus plays the second largest organ of Canada in St.Paul's Church in Toronto. Christmas Chimes by Désiré d'Antalffy (1917). Désiré d'Antalffy (July 24, 1885, Nagybecskerek, Hungary (now Serbia) - April 29, 1945, Denville, USA) was the greatest Hungarian organist, studied with, among others Max Reger, Karl Straube and Enrico Bossi.In Budapest, besides being the resident organist of the Saint Stephen's Basilica, d'Antalffy also taught organ at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music. He moved to the USA in 1926 where he worked as the theater organist of Radio City Music Hall in Rockefeller Center, and as the organist of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.

Born in Budapest, his first piano teacher was Emma Németh, one of the last pupils of Claude Debussy. Xaver Varnus has played virtually every important organ in the world, including those in Bach's Thomaskirche in Leipzig (2014), Berliner Dom (2013), Notre-Dame (1981), Saint-Sulpice (2006) and Saint-Eustache (1996) in Paris, National Shrine in Washington, D.C. (1985), and Canterbury Cathedral (2004), as well as the largest existing instrument in the world, the Wanamaker Organ in Philadelphia (1985). His Quadruple Platinum Disc winning album From Ravel to Vangelis, released by Sony BMG in 2007, is the best-selling organ CD ever. As a Canadian citizen, Xaver Varnus resides in Berlin, Germany. "Put simply, Varnus is a monster talent, every bit as stimulating and individual as the late Glenn Gould" (The Globe & Mail, Canada's National Newspaper).

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