Hyperion Records | Organ Dreams, Vol. 3

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CDA67317

Recording details: October 2001
Truro Cathedral, United Kingdom
Produced by Paul Spicer
Engineered by Simon Eadon
Release date: June 2002
Total duration: 76 minutes 46 seconds

'A beautiful sense of intimacy and privacy pervades; nothing is hurried, nothing overdone … This is a superb disc' (Gramophone)

'Christopher Herrick’s playing is an ideal blend of textural clarity and rounded warmth, helped by the range of colours he draws from the organ of Truro Cathedral, and Hyperion has given him excellent recorded sound … This doubter ended up entirely convinced' (International Record Review)

'the programming works exceptionally well … Herrick gives a compelling performance' (BBC Music Magazine)

'Herrick’s performances offer not only state-of-the-art sound, but the sounds of a quite special British organ' (Fanfare, USA)

Organ Dreams, Vol. 3

Christopher Herrick (organ)

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		Two Organ Pieces, Op 83 Edwin Lemare (1866-1934)
1		No 2: Andantino in D flat 'Moonlight and Roses' [4'59]
2		In a monastery garden [5'17] Albert W Ketèlbey (1875-1959), arr. Hugh Ware (b?)
3		Dance to your Daddy [3'03] Anonymous - traditional, arr. Sverre Eftestøl (b1952)
4		Gammal fäbodpsalm från Dalarna [4'55] Anonymous - traditional, arr. Oskar Lindberg (1887-1955)
		29 Little Preludes, FS136 Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
5		No 03: Prelude in E major [1'05]
6		No 11: Prelude in G major [1'11]
7		No 15: Prelude in A major [0'45]
8		No 27: Prelude in F sharp minor [1'32]
9		No 28: Prelude (chromatic) [2'08]
		Pièces dans différents styles, Op 44 Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
10		No 3: Marche de Procession sur deux chants d'église [8'06]
		Four Rhapsodies, Op 17 Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
11		No 1: Rhapsody [6'56]
		Five Short Pieces Percy Whitlock (1903-1946)
12		No 2: Folk Tune [3'51]
		Eleven Choral Preludes, Op 122 Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
13		No 01: Mein Jesu, der du mich zum Lustspiel ewiglich [4'09]
14		No 02: Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen? [3'03]
15		No 03: O Welt, ich muss dich lassen (first setting) [2'46]
16		No 04: Herzlich tut mich erfreuen [1'49]
17		No 05: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele [3'03]
18		No 06: O wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Frommen [1'23]
19		No 07: O Gott, du frommer Gott [4'51]
20		No 08: Es ist ein Ros entsprungen [2'24]
21		No 09: Herzlich tut mich verlangen (first setting) [2'11]
22		No 10: Herzlich tut mich verlangen (second setting) [3'50]
23		No 11: O Welt, ich muss dich lassen (second setting) [3'29]

This summer holds much in store for Christopher Herrick. As well as this release of the third in his hugely popular Organ Dreams series, he is giving a recital on 6th August at Westminster Abbey as part of their Summer Organ Festival, and in September, Hyperion are to release a 16-CD set of his recordings of works for organ by J.S. Bach. Not forgetting of course, that in May he turns 60, so birthday congratulations and best wishes to Mr Herrick! Like the others in the series, this disc comprises a selection of both well-loved pieces (such as Moonlight and Roses, In a monastery garden and Whitlock’s Folk Tune), and lesser-known but equally attractive works, all played with Herrick’s customary deftness and unsurpassed musicality. Add to this mixture the rich sonority of the grand organ of Truro Cathedral and the result is another magical disc of harmonious sound from one of the world’s greatest organists.

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