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Matthew Fletcher and Annie Lydford (organ) Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, Geoffrey Webber (director) In the first recording devoted entirely to Judith Weir’s choral music, the Choir of Gonville & Caius explores her evolving relationship with the medium, from her earliest liturgical commission to the most recent, which was premiered in 2009. Also included in this comprehensive collection are several secular pieces and her two organ works, which are now established classics of the repertoire. The athleticism, intensity and clarity that are hallmarks of the choir’s singing are ideally suited to Weir’s strikingly original, approachable and fascinating music. “The Choir of Gonville and Caius College is particularly good, and this recital, containing Weir’s entire corpus for unaccompanied choir or for choir accompanied by single instrument, only enhances its reputation. Weir embeds herself deeply within every text she sets, and she chooses carefully” Sunday Times, 28th August 2011 “ This impeccably performed disc by the Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge conducted by Geoffrey Webber displays [Weir's] gifts to best advantage...From the dense chords of "Prayer" to the elliptical effects of "Ascending into Heaven" and the folk colours of "Madrigal", composer and choir alike excel.” The Observer, 28th August 2011 “Every syllable of the text is distinct in these performances, and the textures never waste a note. It's a beautifully crafted body of work, a model of choral understatement that other contemporary British choral composers could well learn from.” The Guardian, 6th October 2011 *** “The freshness and precision of Weir's writing is perfectly matched by the well tuned, clearly articulated singing of Geoffrey Webber's Gonville & Caius Choir...Nearby Jesus College Chapel provides an ideal acoustic for the beautifully judged recording, and its Kuhn organ offers Matthew Fletcher some pellucid colours for two modest, effective solo organ pieces inspired by Weir's native Scotland. Highly recommended.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2011 ***** “As several of the items on this disc illustrate, Judith Weir has always been well able to conform to the conventions of, say, the King's College Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols without losing all sense of identity and purpose in the process...The undeniable advantage is provided by the new (2007) Jesus College organ, whose rumbling basses and raw, reedy tone colours are ideal for Wild Mossy Mountains and Ettrick Banks.” Gramophone Magazine, December 2011  BBC Music Magazine
Choral & Song Choice - December 2011 |
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Michael Bonaventure (organ) "I find myself listening in awestruck fascination" BBC Radio 3, CD Review “Bonaventure commissioned all of these works and he is a thoroughly convincing advocate. His registrations combine colour with clarity, captured in atmospheric sound, from the joyful splashing of Judith Weir's Ettrick Banks to the intense low throbbing cluster that dominates the end of his own Animus VI.” BBC Music Magazine, September 2005 **** | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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Anderson, A: | Repetitive Strain McEwan Hall, Univ. of Edinburgh –Michael Bonaventure | Bach, J S: | Chorale Prelude BWV649 'Ach bleib’ bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ' Canongate Kirk – Nicholas Wearne Chorale Prelude BWV648 'Meine Seele erhebt den Herren' St Giles’ Cathedral – Michael Harris | Bairstow: | Evening Song St Thomas’ Parish Church, Leith- Peter Backhouse | Baker, G: | Berceuse Paraphrase Palmerston Place Church – Andrew Caskie | Battison Haynes: | Introduction & Variations on a Ground Bass Freemasons’ Hall – Timothy Byram-Wigfield | Bingham, J: | St Bride, assisted by angels Freemasons’ Hall – Timothy Byram-Wigfield | Buxtehude: | Toccata in F Major, BuxWV157 Palmerston Place Church – Andrew Caskie Te Deum Laudamus, BuxWv 218 Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh--Nicholas Wearne | Duruflé: | Choral varié from Prélude, Adagio et Choral varié sur le thème du ‘Veni Creator’, Op. 4 St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral- Duncan Ferguson | Fitkin: | Organ Loretto School – Michael Bonaventure | Franck, C: | Pièce héroïque, M37 St Giles’ Cathedral – Michael Harris Andantino in G minor for organ Morningside Parish Church – Morley Whitehead | Gigout: | Grand Choeur dialogue St Cuthbert’s Parish Church – Thomas Laing-Reilly | Hollins: | Evening Rest (1917) Usher Hall – John Kitchen Maytime Gavotte (1927) arr. W. Creser Reid Memorial Church - Roger Fisher | Howells: | Pieces (6): Master Tallis's Testament St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral- Duncan Ferguson | Humperdinck: | Hänsel & Gretel Overture arr. W. Creser Reid Memorial Church - Roger Fisher | Jackson, F: | Prelude on East Acklam (organ) St Michael’s Parish Church, Inveresk – Peter Backhouse | Krebs, J L: | Fantasia sopra 'Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend' St Andrew’s & St George’s West Parish Church – Michael Harris | Langlais: | Suite Médiévale, Op. 56: Méditation St Cuthbert’s Parish Church – Thomas Laing-Reilly | Leighton: | Fantasies (6) on Hymn Tunes, Op. 72: Fantasy 5 ‘Veni Emmanuel’ St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral- Duncan Ferguson Paean St Giles’ Cathedral – Michael Harris | Mathias: | Fanfare (1987) Palmerston Place Church – Andrew Caskie | McCabe: | Dies Resurrectionis Loretto School – Michael Bonaventure | McGuire, E: | Ae Fond Kist recorded premiere, commissioned by Paul Baxter with support from the Scottish Arts Council Royal Order of Scotland – Nicholas Wearne | Mendelssohn: | Prelude & Fugue for organ in D minor, Op. 37 No. 3 Broughton St Mary’s Parish Church – John Kitchen Theme And Variations In D Major St Mary’s Episcopal Church, Dalkeith – John Kitchen | Murrill: | Postlude on a Ground Morningside Parish Church – Morley Whitehead | Nares: | Introduction and Fugue in A minor/major Enharmonic Chamber Organ, Laigh Room, St Cecilia’s Hall – John Kitchen | Parry: | Elegy Broughton St Mary’s Parish Church – John Kitchen | Rasmussen, N C: | Variationer og modspil Canongate Kirk – Nicholas Wearne | Rheinberger: | Organ Sonata No. 7 in F minor, Op. 127: Allegro non troppo Pilrig St Paul’s Church – Andrew Caskie | Rinck: | 6 Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 56 St Andrew’s & St George’s West Parish Church – Michael Harris | Smart: | Postlude in D St Michael’s Parish Church, Inveresk – Peter Backhouse | Stanford: | Six Short Preludes and Postludes, Op. 101: Prelude in F major St Thomas’ Parish Church, Leith- Peter Backhouse Postlude in G minor, Op. 101 No. 2 St Thomas’ Parish Church, Leith- Peter Backhouse | Stanley, J: | Voluntary Op. 7 No. 3 in D minor Royal Order of Scotland – Nicholas Wearne | Swayne: | Mr Bach’s Bottle Bank St Mary’s Metropolitan Cathedral – Simon Nieminski | Sweelinck: | Est-ce Mars, SwWV 321 Home of John Kitchen – John Kitchen | Thalben-Ball: | Elegy in F (No. 11 from A Little Organ Book in memory of Hubert Parry) Pilrig St Paul’s Church – Andrew Caskie Largo, Allegro, Aria and Two Variations Morningside Parish Church – Morley Whitehead | Tomkins: | Voluntary attrib. Benjamin Cosyn Enharmonic Chamber Organ, Laigh Room, St Cecilia’s Hall – John Kitchen | Vierne, L: | Pièces de fantaisie, 3rd suite, Op. 54: No. 6, Carillon de Westminster St Cuthbert’s Parish Church – Thomas Laing-Reilly | Warlock: | Capriol Suite: Pieds-en-l'air arr. W. Creser Reid Memorial Church - Roger Fisher | Weir: | Wild Mossy Mountains McEwan Hall, Univ. of Edinburgh –Michael Bonaventure | Wesley, S: | Air & Gavotte St Mary’s Episcopal Church, Dalkeith – John Kitchen Full Organ with Trumpet: No. 13 [sic] from Twelve Short Pieces St Mary’s Episcopal Church, Dalkeith – John Kitchen | Whitlock: | Organ Sonata in C minor: Grave Usher Hall – John Kitchen | Widor: | Organ Symphony No. 6 in G minor, Op. 42 No. 2: Allegro St Mary’s Metropolitan Cathedral – Simon Nieminski |
Edinburgh’s churches and concert halls are home to a rich variety of pipe organs. Open this book and step into a world of glorious architecture and fascinating history. In amongst these pages 22 of the city's most notable instruments are surveyed in full colour. Meanwhile 12 illustrious players, all with deeprooted Edinburgh connections, demonstrate the full range and versatility of these instruments on the four accompanying CDs. The full gamut of the repertoire is here, and Edinburgh's organs have the voices to match. Time to lift the veil from some of the closestguarded treasures of one of the world's great cities. (Only 2,000 of these numbered hardback books will ever be produced. At the time of writing only 600 Copies remain commercially available.) “This is a magnificent package, fully befitting its subject...The entire collection is a veritable treasure-trove, a feast for lovers of organ music...Just 2,000 copies of this will ever be published - get it now, while you can - you will never regret it.” International Record Review, January 2011 | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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