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CDA66121
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Recording details: January 1984
Westminster Abbey, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: January 1984
Total duration: 53 minutes 50 seconds

GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE
MRA AWARD WINNER

'Technically sizzling' (Hi Fi News)

'A tour de force' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

'If you want only one CD of a grand organ this has to be it' (Gramophone)

Organ Fireworks, Vol. 01
Organ of Westminster Abbey
Christopher Herrick (organ)
LISTEN TO ALL EXTRACTS
1
Variations de concert, Op 1  [8'48]  Joseph Bonnet (1884-1944)
2
Grand choeur triomphal, Op 47 No 2  [5'18]  Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
3
Marche sur un thème de Hændel, Op 15 No 2  [6'49]  Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
Four Extemporisations  Percy Whitlock (1903-1946)
4
No 4: Fanfare  [6'29]
5
Marche héroique  [5'59]  Sir Herbert Brewer (1865-1928)
6
Toccata  [2'56]  Marius Monnikendam (1896-1977)
7
Trumpet tune in D  [2'34]  David Johnson (1922-1988)
Symphony No 7, Op 42 No 3  Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)
8
No 6: Finale  [7'28]
9
Alleluyas  [4'23]  Simon Preston (b1938)
10
Toccata 'Nu la oss takke Gud'  [3'06]  Egil Hovland (b1924)
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