Southwell Spendour
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Composer or Director: Johann Sebastian Bach, Jean-François Dandrieu, Louis Vierne, Egil Høvland, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Dietrich Buxtehude, William (Henry) Harris, Théodore (François Clement) Dubois, Giles (Oliver Cairnes) Swayne
Label: OxRecs
Magazine Review Date: 11/1999
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 80
Mastering:
ADD
Catalogue Number: OXCD80
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Toccata - Now thank we all our God |
Egil Høvland, Composer
Egil Høvland, Composer Philip Rushforth, Organ |
| Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern |
Dietrich Buxtehude, Composer
Dietrich Buxtehude, Composer Paul Hale, Organ |
| Chorale Preludes, Movement: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV731 |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Paul Hale, Organ |
| Premier livre d'orgue, Movement: Mass for Easter Sunday: |
Jean-François Dandrieu, Composer
Jean-François Dandrieu, Composer Paul Hale, Organ |
| (3) Impressions, Movement: Harmonies du soir |
Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Composer
Paul Hale, Organ Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Composer |
| (12) Pièces nouvelles, Movement: Marche triomphale |
Théodore (François Clement) Dubois, Composer
Paul Hale, Organ Théodore (François Clement) Dubois, Composer |
| (12) Pièces nouvelles, Movement: Offertoire |
Théodore (François Clement) Dubois, Composer
Paul Hale, Organ Théodore (François Clement) Dubois, Composer |
| (12) Pièces nouvelles, Movement: Im Paradisum |
Théodore (François Clement) Dubois, Composer
Paul Hale, Organ Théodore (François Clement) Dubois, Composer |
| (12) Pièces nouvelles, Movement: Fiat Lux |
Théodore (François Clement) Dubois, Composer
Paul Hale, Organ Théodore (François Clement) Dubois, Composer |
| (A) Fancy |
William (Henry) Harris, Composer
Philip Rushforth, Organ William (Henry) Harris, Composer |
| Riff-raff |
Giles (Oliver Cairnes) Swayne, Composer
Giles (Oliver Cairnes) Swayne, Composer Philip Rushforth, Organ |
| Pièces de fantaisie, Suite No. 3, Movement: Carillon de Westminster |
Louis Vierne, Composer
Louis Vierne, Composer Paul Hale, Organ |
| Pièces de fantaisie, Suite No. 2, Movement: No. 5, Clair de lune |
Louis Vierne, Composer
Louis Vierne, Composer Philip Rushforth, Organ |
Author: Malcolm Riley
The quiet East Midlands town of Southwell, near Newark, is best known as the home of the Bramley apple. However, in recent years its beautiful Minster has received a growing number of organ tourists drawn to two pipe instruments, a Wood/Binns of 1992 for nave use and a screen organ by Nicholsons completed in 1996, in a scheme masterminded by the present organist, Paul Hale. This very full disc features the latter instrument in a far-reaching programme ranging from Buxtehude’s Chorale Fantasia, Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern to Giles Swayne’s 17-minute-long Riff-raff (composed in 1983).
There are excursions to Norway for Egil Hovland’s exhilarating Toccata Now thank we all our God (of 1973) and to Windsor for William Harris’s A fancy, dedicated to Percy Whitlock, and breathlessly played by the assistant organist, Philip Rushworth. Much of the rest of the programme is either French or Francophile, the earliest example being Dandrieu’s baroque variations on the Easter hymn O filii et filiae. Karg-Elert’s sumptuous and impressionistic Harmonies du soir, dating from 1911, was dedicated to Alexandre Guilmant. The four Dubois and two Vierne pieces work well in this warm but not over-reverberant acoustic. Generally speaking, Rushworth is the hastier player while Hale shows more poetic insight. The recording quality is admirable and the insert-notes by Ian Wells a model of how this sort of thing should be done. Recommended.'
There are excursions to Norway for Egil Hovland’s exhilarating Toccata Now thank we all our God (of 1973) and to Windsor for William Harris’s A fancy, dedicated to Percy Whitlock, and breathlessly played by the assistant organist, Philip Rushworth. Much of the rest of the programme is either French or Francophile, the earliest example being Dandrieu’s baroque variations on the Easter hymn O filii et filiae. Karg-Elert’s sumptuous and impressionistic Harmonies du soir, dating from 1911, was dedicated to Alexandre Guilmant. The four Dubois and two Vierne pieces work well in this warm but not over-reverberant acoustic. Generally speaking, Rushworth is the hastier player while Hale shows more poetic insight. The recording quality is admirable and the insert-notes by Ian Wells a model of how this sort of thing should be done. Recommended.'
Southwell Spendour
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