Organs of Edinburgh / Gigout, Langlais, Vierne, Buxtehude, Howells, etc.

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Audio Samples

Album Summary

Performers

• John Kitchen (Organ)
• Thomas Laing-Reilly (Organ)
• Andrew Caskie (Organ)
• Duncan Ferguson (Organ)
• Timothy Byram-Wigfield (Organ)
• Michael Harris (Organ)
• Peter Backhouse (Organ)
• Simon Nieminski (Organ)
• Nicholas Wearne (Organ)
• Michael Bonaventure (Organ)
• Morley Whitehead (Organ)
• Roger Fisher (Organ)

Composers

• Giles Swayne (1946 - )
• César Franck (1822 - 1890)
• Judith Weir (1954 - )
• Anonymous, English
• Herbert Murrill (1909 - 1952)
• Eugène Gigout (1844 - 1925)
• Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930)
• Dietrich Buxtehude (circa 1637 - 1707)
• John McCabe (Composer, Piano) (1939 - )
• Herbert Howells (1892 - 1983)
• Judith Bingham (1952 - 1986)
• Johann Christian Rinck (1770 - 1846)
• Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924)
• George Thalben-Ball (Composer/Organ) (1896 - 1987)
• Niels Christian Rasmussen
• John Stanley (18th cent. Composer) (1712 - 1786)
• Avril Anderson (1953 - )
• James Nares (1715 - 1783)
• Percy Whitlock (1903 - 1946)
• Michael Christian Festing (17th Century - 1752)
• Jean Langlais (1907 - 1991)
• Henry Thomas Smart (1813 - 1879)
• George C. Baker (Organ)
• Kenneth Leighton (1929 - 1988)
• Graham Fitkin (1963 - )
• Walter Battison Haynes (1859 - 1900)
• Hubert Parry (1848 - 1918)
• Edward Bairstow (1874 - 1946)
• Charles-Marie Widor (1844 - 1937)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Eddie McGuire
• Thomas Tomkins (1572 - 1656)
• Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562 - 1621)
• Alfred Hollins (1865 - 1942)
• Engelbert Humperdinck (Classical) (1854 - 1921)
• Louis Vierne (1870 - 1937)
• Francis Jackson (1917 - )
• William Mathias (1934 - 1992)
• Maurice Duruflé (1902 - 1986)
• Samuel Wesley (1766 - 1837)
• Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713 - 1780)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Joseph Rheinberger (1839 - 1901)

Notes & Reviews:

Within this gorgeous book are 22 of Edinburgh's most notable instruments, complete with detailed text and beautiful color photographs. Twelve illustrious players, all with deep-rooted Edinburgh connections, demonstrate the full range and versatility of these instruments on the four accompanying CDs. Only 2,000 of these numbered hardback books will ever be produced!

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: 08/2009-04/2010.

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Whitlock, Percy : Sonata in C minor :: 1. Grave

• Performer: John Kitchen (Organ)
• Running Time: 12 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1936

Hollins, Alfred : Evening Rest, for organ

• Performer: John Kitchen (Organ)
• Running Time: 7 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1917

Gigout, Eugène : Grand choeur dialogué for organ

• Performer: Thomas Laing-Reilly (Organ)
• Running Time: 6 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Langlais, Jean : Suite Médiévale, Op. 56 :: 4. Méditation

• Performer: Thomas Laing-Reilly (Organ)
• Running Time: 4 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1947

Vierne, Louis : Pièce de fantaisie ("Carillon de Westminster") for organ, Op. 54/6

• Performer: Thomas Laing-Reilly (Organ)
• Running Time: 7 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1927

Buxtehude, Dietrich : Toccata and Fugue for Organ in F major, BuxWV 157

• Performer: Andrew Caskie (Organ)
• Running Time: 5 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: circa 1690

Baker, George C. : Berceuse Paraphrase

• Performer: Andrew Caskie (Organ)
• Running Time: 7 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Mathias, William : Fanfare for organ

• Performer: Andrew Caskie (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1987

Howells, Herbert : Master Tallis's Testament

• Performer: Duncan Ferguson (Organ)
• Running Time: 6 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Leighton, Kenneth : Six Fantasies on Hymn Tunes, Op. 72 :: 5. Veni Emmanuel

• Performer: Duncan Ferguson (Organ)
• Running Time: 5 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1975

Duruflé, Maurice : Prélude, Adagio et Chorale Varié sur le Thème de Veni Creator, Op. 4 :: Choral Varié

• Performer: Duncan Ferguson (Organ)
• Running Time: 5 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1930

Bingham, Judith : St Bride, assisted by angels, for organ

• Performer: Timothy Byram-Wigfield (Organ)
• Running Time: 7 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2000

Haynes, Walter Battison : Introduction and Variations on a ground bass, for organ

• Performer: Timothy Byram-Wigfield (Organ)
• Running Time: 9 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Krebs, Johann Ludwig : Fantasia for organ on "Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend"

• Performer: Michael Harris (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Classical

Rinck, Johann Christian : Variations (6) on a Theme of Corelli, for organ, Op. 56

• Performer: Michael Harris (Organ)
• Running Time: 10 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Parry, Charles Hubert : Elegy for organ

• Performer: John Kitchen (Organ)
• Running Time: 3 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1913

Mendelssohn, Felix : Prelude & Fugue for organ in D minor, Op. 37/3

• Performer: John Kitchen (Organ)
• Notes: Composition written: 03/29/1833-04/06/1837.
• Running Time: 8 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Stanford, Charles Villiers : Six Short Preludes and Postludes, Set 1, Op. 101 :: 1. Prelude in F major

• Performer: Peter Backhouse (Organ)
• Running Time: 3 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1908

Bairstow, Edward : Evening Song

• Performer: Peter Backhouse (Organ)
• Running Time: 6 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal

Stanford, Charles Villiers : Six Short Preludes and Postludes, Set 1, Op. 101 :: 2. Postlude in G minor

• Performer: Peter Backhouse (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1908

Rheinberger, Joseph : Organ Sonata no 7 in F minor, Op. 127 :: 1. Allegro non troppo

• Performer: Andrew Caskie (Organ)
• Running Time: 7 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Thalben-Ball, George : Elegy, for organ (from A Little Organ Book in Memory of Sir Hubert Parry)

• Performer: Andrew Caskie (Organ)
• Running Time: 3 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Widor, Charles-Marie : Organ Symphony no 6 in G minor, Op. 42 :: 1. Allegro

• Performer: Simon Nieminski (Organ)
• Running Time: 9 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1878

Swayne, Giles : Mr. Bach's Bottle Bank, for organ

• Performer: Simon Nieminski (Organ)
• Running Time: 5 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Rasmussen, Niels C. : Variationer og modspil (Variations and Counterplays), for organ

• Performer: Nicholas Wearne (Organ)
• Running Time: 7 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Ach bleib' bei uns, BWV 649

• Performer: Nicholas Wearne (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1748-1749

Franck, César : Trois Pièces :: 3. Pièce Héroïque

• Performer: Michael Harris (Organ)
• Running Time: 8 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1878

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Meine Seele erhebet den Herren, chorale prelude for organ (Schübler Chorale no 4), BWV 648 (BC K25)

• Performer: Michael Harris (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1748-1749

Leighton, Kenneth : Paean for organ

• Performer: Michael Harris (Organ)
• Running Time: 5 min. sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1966

Stanley, John : Voluntary for organ in D minor, Op. 7/3

• Performer: Nicholas Wearne (Organ)
• Running Time: 4 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

McGuire, Eddie : Ae Fond Kist, for organ

• Performer: Nicholas Wearne (Organ)
• Running Time: 9 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Buxtehude, Dietrich : Te Deum laudamus, BuxWV 218

• Performer: Nicholas Wearne (Organ)
• Running Time: 13 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: circa 1690

Weir, Judith : Wild Mossy Mountains, for organ

• Performer: Michael Bonaventure (Organ)
• Running Time: 5 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1982

Anderson, Avril : Repetitive Strain, for organ

• Performer: Michael Bonaventure (Organ)
• Running Time: 7 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1995

Tomkins, Thomas : Voluntary for keyboard

• Performer: John Kitchen (Organ)
• Running Time: 1 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: by 1645

Anonymous, English : Voluntary for organ (attrib. Benjamin Cosyn)

• Performer: John Kitchen (Organ)
• Running Time: 1 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Nares, James : Introduction and fugue for organ in A major

• Performer: John Kitchen (Organ)
• Running Time: 5 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Classical

Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon : Est-ce Mars, variations for keyboard, SwWV 321

• Performer: John Kitchen (Organ)
• Running Time: 5 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Murrill, Herbert : Postlude on a ground for organ

• Performer: Morley Whitehead (Organ)
• Running Time: 4 min. sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Festing, Michael Christian : Largo, Allegro & Aria with 2 variations, for organ

• Performer: Morley Whitehead (Organ)
• Running Time: 5 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Franck, César : Andantino, for organ in G minor, M. 25

• Performer: Morley Whitehead (Organ)
• Running Time: 6 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: ?1856

Humperdinck, Engelbert : Hänsel und Gretel, overture to the opera

• Performer: Roger Fisher (Organ)
• Running Time: 9 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Warlock, Peter : Capriol Suite :: Pieds en l'air

• Performer: Roger Fisher (Organ)
• Running Time: 3 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1928

Hollins, Alfred : Maytime Gavotte

• Performer: Roger Fisher (Organ)
• Running Time: 3 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1927

Smart, Henry Thomas : Postlude for organ in D

• Performer: Peter Backhouse (Organ)
• Running Time: 8 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Jackson, Francis : Prelude on 'East Acklam' for organ, Op. 60/5 (from 'Five Preludes on English Hymn Tunes')

• Performer: Peter Backhouse (Organ)
• Running Time: 4 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral

McCabe, John : Dies resurrectionis, for organ

• Performer: Michael Bonaventure (Organ)
• Running Time: 7 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Fitkin, Graham : Organ

• Performer: Michael Bonaventure (Organ)
• Running Time: 6 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2004

Wesley, Samuel : Short Piece for organ no 8 (from 'Twelve Short Pieces for Organ')

• Performer: John Kitchen (Organ)
• Running Time: 1 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Wesley, Samuel : Short Piece for organ no 9 ('Gavotte') (from 'Twelve Short Pieces for Organ')

• Performer: John Kitchen (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Mendelssohn, Felix : Theme and Variations for piano in D major

• Performer: John Kitchen (Organ)
• Running Time: 4 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: circa 1820

Wesley, Samuel : Voluntary for organ in D minor ('Full Organ with the Trumpet') (from 'Twelve Short Pieces for Organ'

• Performer: John Kitchen (Organ)
• Running Time: 1 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic