Bonaventure, Michael

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

8 CD / Delphian Records / 2011-11-08

Works: Percy Whitlock: Sonata in C minor; Alfred Hollins: Evening Rest, for organ; Maytime Gavotte; Eugène Gigout: Grand choeur dialogué for organ; Jean Langlais: Suite Médiévale...
Performers: Backhouse, Peter; Bonaventure, Michael; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Caskie, Andrew; Ferguson, Duncan; Fisher, Roger [Organ]; Harris, Michael; Kitchen, John; Laing-Reilly, Thomas [Organ]; Niemins...

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...continue...
Recording information: 08/2009-04/2010....continue...

Messiaen: Organ Works / Michael Bonaventure, organ

2 CD / Delphian Records / 2011-07-12

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Livre d'orgue; Monodie; Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinité, for organ, I/49
Performers: Bonaventure, Michael

Nourished by Messiaen's beloved birdsong and Hindu rhythms, the Méditations bring alive the deepest mysteries of Catholicism, here performed with a visceral intensity by Michael...continue...

Olivier Messiaen: Livre du Saint Sacrement / Michael Bonaventure, organ

2 CD / Delphian Records / 2011-07-12

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Livre du Saint Sacrement
Performers: Bonaventure, Michael

The seeds for Messiaen's final organ work were sown during an inspirational trip to Israel in 1984. Over the course of the next twelve months,...continue...
Recording information: St. Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh (01/09/2007-01/10/2007)....continue...

McQueen: 2000 Nails; et al / Michael Bonaventure

1 CD / Delphian Records / 2010-09-14

Works: Avril Anderson: Repetitive Strain, for organ; Peter Nelson: On the Beach, for organ; Judith Weir: Ettrick Banks, for organ; Wild Mossy Mountains, for organ; Ian McQueen: 2000 Nails, for organ; Edward...
Performers: Bonaventure, Michael

Michael Bonaventure, virtuosic proponent of new music for the organ, presents here a luminous recital of eight world premiere recordings, a rare invitation into this...continue...

Jackson: Sacred Choral Works / Owens, Choir of St. Mary's

1 CD / Delphian Records / 2010-09-14

Works: Gabriel Jackson: Edinburgh Mass, for chorus; O sacrum convivium; Creator of the Stars of Night, for chorus & organ; Ane Sang of the Birth of Christ, for treble soloist, chorus & organ; A Prayer of Ki...
Performers: Bonaventure, Michael; Boyd, Oliver; Carter, Ben; Hamilton, Susan [Soprano Vocal]; Main, Lewis; Nieminski, Simon; Thomson, Katy
Conductors: Owens, Matthew
Ensemble: St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral Choir, Edinburgh

The Choir of St. Mary's Cathedral, soprano Susan Hamilton, and organists Michael Bonaventure and Simon Nieminski record the works of Bermuda-born liturgical composer Gabriel Jackson....continue...

Maxwell Davies: Sacred Choral Works / Owens, et al

1 CD / Delphian Records / 2010-09-14

Works: Peter Maxwell Davies: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis - The Edinburgh Service, for chorus & organ, J. 429; Psalm 124; O Magnum Mysterium, 4 carols for SATB chorus, with two instrumental sonatas & organ ...
Performers: Bonaventure, Michael; Carter, Ben; Nieminski, Simon; Turnell, Ashley
Conductors: Owens, Matthew
Ensemble: RSAMD Ensemble; St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral Choir, Edinburgh

In the 1960s, few would have predicted that Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, one of the world's most prestigious composers of new music, would eventually write...continue...