Organ Fireworks Vol 9 / Christopher Herrick

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Album Summary

Performer

• Christopher Herrick (Organ)

Composers

• Noel Rawsthorne (1929 - )
• Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)
• Jean Langlais (1907 - 1991)
• Charles-Marie Widor (1844 - 1937)
• Max Reger (1873 - 1916)
• William Wolstenholme (1865 - 1931)
• Patrick Gowers (1936 - )
• Sverre Eftestol

Notes & Reviews:

"...Here is a truly exceptional player, demonstrating a range of gesture only rarely heard on an organ disc. Admittedly the eclectic programming demands this; Walton's Orb and Sceptre is made into glittering display of technique, while Guilmant's intriguing transcription of the slow movement of Debussy's String Quartet is played with due introspection... Hyperion's sound is transparent and broad as ever..." ***** -BBC Music

'Hyperion has found... the key to the continued success of this hugely enjoyable and, at times, downright spectacular series of Organ Fireworks. Herrick is a musician with a powerful urge to communicate. And communicate he does, drawing on his enormous technical and intellectual resources to turn out performances which sometimes amaze, often astound but never fail to stimulate' (Gramophone)

'Another feast of organ music played on a fine instrument. Herrick's playing... can only be described as unfailingly brilliant' (Gramophone)

'Herrick lavishes his usual musical and technical skills on pieces both great and small'

'A definite recommendation for this latest Fireworks CD is in order' (International Record Review)

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Works Details

Gowers, Patrick : An Occasional Trumpet Voluntary

• Performer: Christopher Herrick (Organ)
• Notes: Berner Münster, Switzerland (11/02/2000-11/04/2000)
• Running Time: 3 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945) : Romanian Folkdances (6) for Piano, Sz 56

• Performer: Christopher Herrick (Organ)
• Notes: Berner Münster, Switzerland (11/02/2000-11/04/2000)
• Running Time: 4 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1915

Reger, Max : Chromatic Fantasie and Fugue, transcription for organ in D minor (after Bach, BWV 903)

• Performer: Christopher Herrick (Organ)
• Notes: Berner Münster, Switzerland (11/02/2000-11/04/2000)
• Running Time: 12 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1902-1903

Eftestol, Sverre : Allegorical Pictures (7) based upon the Norwegian folktune "Kling no, klokka", for organ

• Performer: Christopher Herrick (Organ)
• Notes: Berner Münster, Switzerland (11/02/2000-11/04/2000)
• Running Time: 2 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Langlais, Jean : Paraphrases Grégoriennes (3) for organ, Op. 5

• Performer: Christopher Herrick (Organ)
• Notes: Berner Münster, Switzerland (11/02/2000-11/04/2000)
• Running Time: 17 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Wolstenholme, William : Bohemesque, for organ

• Performer: Christopher Herrick (Organ)
• Notes: Berner Münster, Switzerland (11/02/2000-11/04/2000)
• Running Time: 5 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Rawsthorne, Noel : Dance Suite, for organ :: Line Dance

• Performer: Christopher Herrick (Organ)
• Notes: Berner Münster, Switzerland (11/02/2000-11/04/2000)
• Running Time: 4 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1997

Widor, Charles-Marie : Fifth Symphony

• Performer: Christopher Herrick (Organ)
• Notes: Berner Münster, Switzerland (11/02/2000-11/04/2000)
• Running Time: 6 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1880