Hyperion Records | Organ Dreams, Vol. 2

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CDA67146

Recording details: June 1999
Ripon Cathedral, United Kingdom
Produced by Paul Spicer
Engineered by Simon Eadon
Release date: May 2000
Total duration: 71 minutes 54 seconds

GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE

'Brilliantly played by this much-fêted player' (Choir & Organ)

'Constantly enjoyable' (Organists' Review)

'A beautifully chosen selection … magical' (Gramophone)

'Another fine collection of varied organ works. Thoroughly enjoyable and strongly recommended' (Gramophone)

Organ Dreams, Vol. 2

Christopher Herrick (organ)

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		Douze Pièces nouvelles Théodore Dubois (1837-1924)
1		No 9: In Paradisum [4'07]
		Three Pieces, H63 Frank Bridge (1879-1941)
2		No 2: Adagio in E major [6'12]
		Organ Sonata No 7 in F major, Op 89 Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
3		Movement 2: Rêve [4'18]
		Vesper Voluntaries, Op 14 Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
4		Movement 1: Introduction and Andante [3'13]
5		Movement 2: Allegro [1'52]
6		Movement 3: Andantino [2'38]
7		Movement 4: Allegretto piacevole [1'54]
8		Movement 5: Poco lento [1'51]
9		Movement 6: Moderato [1'26]
10		Movement 7: Allegretto pensoso [1'54]
11		Movement 8: Poco allegro and Coda [3'27]
12		Siciliano for a High Ceremony [7'37] Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
13		Study in A flat major, Op 56 No 4 [3'25] Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
14		Adagio for Strings [8'04] Samuel Barber (1910-1981), arr. William Strickland (b?)
15		Évocation à la Chapelle Sixtine, S658 [13'55] Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
		Twelve Short Pieces and a Full Voluntary Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
16		No 05: in A minor [1'19]
17		No 08: in F major [1'44]
18		No 09: in F major [1'40]
19		No 11: in D major [1'18]

Continuing from the highly successful 'Organ Fireworks' series and the first volume of 'Organ Dreams' (CDA67060, released July 1998), this CD introduces more wonderful melodies from the organ repertoire. Some of the pieces were specially written for the instrument, such as Guilmant's Rêve and Wesley's Twelve Short Pieces and a Voluntary, and others are well-known in other incarnations, such as Barber's Adagio. All of the tracks on this recording are sure to delight organ enthusiasts. Christopher Herrick knows how to coax the very best from the instrument he plays (and this one has 3482 pipes ranging from 0.58 inches to 32 foot long!)

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