Whitlock: Organ Sonata and other works

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Release Date: 4th Oct 2004
Catalogue No: CDA67470
Label: Hyperion
Series: Organ Music
Length: 71 minutes

Whitlock, P: Organ Sonata in C minor

Work length44:44

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John Scott (organ)

I. Grave – Animato

Track length13:19

$2.05

$2.50

II. Canzona

Track length5:59

$1.00

$1.25

III. Scherzetto

Track length4:43

$1.00

$1.25

IV. Choral

Track length20:43

Album only

Whitlock, P: Five Short Pieces

Work length14:29

$5.00

$6.25

John Scott (organ)

I. Allegretto

Track length3:10

$1.00

$1.25

II. Folk Tune

Track length3:54

$1.00

$1.25

III. Andante tranquillo

Track length2:42

$1.00

$1.25

IV. Scherzo

Track length1:50

$1.00

$1.25

V. Paean

Track length2:53

$1.00

$1.25

Whitlock, P: Fantasie Choral No. 1 in D flat major

Work length12:31

$2.05

$2.50

John Scott (organ)

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For his last recording as Organist of St Pauls Cathedral in Londonhe takes up his appointment as Organist and Director of Music at St Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, New York, in the autumn of 2004John Scott turns to the music of Percy Whitlock. Whitlock would perhaps be better known today but for his early death (of tuberculosis at the age of forty-two) and his personal preference for a musical life in that twilight zone of the organ world to be found far from the mainstream of Cathedral lifeonly as Borough Organist at the Bournemouth Pavilion could he indulge his passion for concert organ performances. In this capacity (and as the prolific builder of fiendishly complex Meccano constructions) he won for himself quite a reputation, a solid broadcasting career, and the opportunity to write music ranging from orchestral fripperies for the Bournemouth orchestra to liturgically appropriate organ pieces for the Church. Alongside this world of divergent miniatures he also composed a massive Organ Symphony, and the Organ Sonata recorded here. And what a work it is: a towering landmark on the generally rather dreary landscape of British organ music of the time, and one admirably captured by the Hyperion engineers in John Scotts performance on the Grand Organ of St Pauls Cathedral.

Whitlock: Organ Sonata and other works

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