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The Usher Hall Organ | Delphian DCD34022

The Usher Hall Organ

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Label: Delphian

Cat No: DCD34022

Barcode: 0801918340222

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 27th April 2009

Contents

About

The first recording of the newly refurbished Norman & Beard concert organ in Edinburgh's Usher Hall, built in 1914. In an eclectic selection of repertoire ranging from transcriptions of popular orchestral works to Liszt's tortuous Weinen, Klagen, internationally acclaimed organist John Kitchen demonstrates the instrument's sonic versatility and brilliance of tone.

"Kitchen brings rhythmic swagger and élan…The great Edwardian, Elgar, is represented by the Larghetto from his Serenade for Strings, giving Kitchen the chance to demonstrate the organ's quasi-orchestral strings, before letting rip in the celebrated 'Nimrod' from Enigma Variations." - London Evening Standard, May 2004


Tracklisting
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Alfred Hollins [1865-1942]
1. Triumphal March

Edward Elgar [1857-1934]
2. Larghetto from the Serenade for Strings - arr. C. H. Trevor
3. 'Nimrod' (from EnigmaVariations) - arr. W.H. Harris

G. F. Handel [1685-1759]
4. March from Deidamia
5. Minuet from Alcina
6. March from Rinaldo
7. ‘Lascia ch’io pianga’ from Rinaldo
8. March from Scipio

J.S. Bach [1685-1750]
9. Praeludium pro Organo pleno BWV 552i
10. Fuga a5 con pedale pro Organo pleno BWV 552ii

Franz Liszt [1811-1886]
11. ‘Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen’

Geoffrey Atkinson
[b.1943]
A Little Liturgical Suite based on Scottish folk melodies

12. (i) Prelude: Bonnie Lass amongst the heather
13. (ii) Plea: I’ll bid my heart be still
14. (iii) Postlude: The Trumpeter of Fyvie

Gustav Holst
15. ‘Jupiter’ theme from The Planets [1874-1934] - arr. Eric Thiman

William Walton [1902-1983]
16. Popular Song (from Façade) - arr. Robert Gower
17. Coronation March: Orb and Sceptre - arr. Robert Gowera

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