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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Simon Johnson plays the Organ of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London
Recorded in Stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound. Contains DVD and a CD of the recital sound track. Bonus Features include a tour of the organ and its history. This new DVD and CD from Priory is the fifth in a series of organ recitals filmed in Britain’s great cathedrals. The programme is designed around the history of the building, and contains in particular a poignant reminder of the blitz in 1940, with the music of Samuel Barber’s Adagio. Filmed beside the new nave console this is also the first recording since the instrument’s restoration; also seen are numerous pictures from inside and outside the Cathedral including the crypt and the whispering gallery, together with illustrations of the Great Fire of London. The music has been specially chosen to provide links with organists connected with St Paul’s, including Maurice Greene, Hubert Parry, Felix Mendelssohn and Georg Frederick Handel. Jeremiah Clarke’s famous Trumpet Voluntary was recorded to show off the west end royal trumpets – (and for hi-fi buffs listening in 5.1 surround sound these will be heard only from the rear speakers.) This we believe is Priory’s greatest DVD to date in terms of technical brilliance and recorded sound – every available trumpet and tuba combination has been demonstrated by Simon Johnson in this recital, and his visual ‘talk-through’ of Norman Cocker’s ‘Tuba Tune’ on one of the bonus features is fascinating both for students and general listeners alike. “One could not wish for a more genial or engaging guide than the Cathedral's organist, Simon Johnson. A brilliant and sensitive musician, his deeply satisfying programme more than does justice to the vast five-manual Willis/Mander organ and its awe-inspiringly cavernous acoustic...Spine-tingling sublime.” Gramophone Magazine, December 2010 “This is a remarkable demonstration of what is achievable on a DVD recording of an organ concert. The playing sparkles throughout, the sound and picture quality are immaculate and the camerawork is imaginative and engaging. However, the real triumph is the marriage of the audio and the visual...the programme has been planned in so much detail and with such thoughtfulness as to make the connections truly meaningful for the viewer.” International Record Review, March 2011 | | | Usually despatched in 8 - 10 working days. |
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| |  | In Memory of ...Classics for funerals
Bach, J S: | Komm süsser Tod, BWV478 Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV1043: Largo ma non tanto St John Passion, BWV245: Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine Cantata BWV147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben': Jesu, bleibet meine Freude | Barber, S: | Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 | Beethoven: | Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 ‘Eroica' - Marcia funebre | Chopin: | Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre' | Elgar: | Nimrod (from Enigma Variations) Sursum corda, Op. 11 | Fauré: | Requiem: Pie Jesu Pavane, Op. 50 Requiem: Agnus Dei | Franck, C: | Panis Angelicus | Grainger: | Irish Tune from County Derry 'Danny Boy' | Grieg: | Peer Gynt: Ase's Death | Handel: | Messiah: I know that my Redeemer liveth Dead March from Saul | Mahler: | Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor - Adagietto | Massenet: | Méditation (from Thaïs) La Vierge: Le Dernier Sommeil de la vierge (Légende sacrée) | Mozart: | Introitus from Requiem | Pärt: | Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten | Purcell: | When I am laid in earth (from Dido and Aeneas) | Rachmaninov: | Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14 | Ravel: | Pavane pour une infante défunte | Verdi: | Agnus Dei (from Requiem) | Walton: | Henry V: Touch her soft lips and part |
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| |  | Stokowski's Symphonic BaroqueSymphonic Transcriptions by Leopold Stokowski (1882-1977)
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| |  | 40 Famous Marches
Alford: | Colonel Bogey March | Bach, C P E: | March | Beethoven: | The Ruins of Athens -Turkish March | Berlioz: | La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24: Rákóczi March | Bizet: | Carmen Suite No. 2 - Marche des contrebandiers | Bliss: | Things to Come: March | Chabrier: | Joyeuse marche | Clarke, Jeremiah: | Trumpet Voluntary 'Prince of Denmark's March' | Coates, E: | Dam Busters March | Elgar: | Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, Op. 39 No. 1 Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 in G major, Op. 39 No. 4 | Fucik: | Entry of the Gladiators | Gounod: | Funeral March of a Marionette | Handel: | Rinaldo: March Dead March from Saul The Occasional Oratorio, HWV62: March | Karg-Elert: | Nun danket alle Gott, marche triomphale, Op. 65 No. 59 | Mendelssohn: | Athalie: War March of the Priests A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March | Meyerbeer: | Le prophète: Coronation March | Nielsen: | Aladdin Suite, Op. 34: Oriental Festive March | Prokofiev: | The Love for Three Oranges: March | Purcell: | Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, 1695: March | Rimsky Korsakov: | The Tale of Tsar Saltan: March Mlada: Procession of the Nobles | Schubert: | Marche Militaire, D733 No. 1 | Sibelius: | Karelia Suite, Op. 11: Alla marcia | Sousa: | Washington Post The Stars and Stripes Forever | Strauss, J, II: | Jubel Marsch Persischer Marsch, Op. 289 Egyptischer Marsch, Op. 335 Napoleon-Marsch Russischer Marsch Spanischer Marsch, Op. 433 | Tchaikovsky: | The Nutcracker: March | Verdi: | Grand March from Aida | Wagner: | Tannhäuser: Grand March | Walton: | Crown Imperial |
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