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Compact Disc CDA66121

£13.99


Recorded in Wesminster Abbey on 27, 28 January 1984
Recording Engineer
ANTONY HOWELL
Recording Producer
MARK BROWN
Design
TERRY SHANNON
Executive Producer
EDWARD PERRY
© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MCMLXXXIV

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Organ Fireworks I

CHRISTOPHER HERRICK Westminster Abbey organ


Contents:

    Joseph Bonnet 1884-1944
  1. VARIATIONS DE CONCERT op 1 [8'48]

    Alexandre Guilmant 1837-1911

  2. GRAND CHOEUR TRIOMPHALE IN A MAJOR op 47, no 2 [5'l8]

    Alexandre Guilmant 1837-1911

  3. MARCH UPON HANDEL'S 'LIFT UP YOUR HEADS' op 15 [5'49]

    Percy Whitlock 1903-1946

  4. FANFARE from 'Four Extemporisations' [6'29]

    Herbert Brewer 1865-1928

  5. MARCHE HEROIQUE [5'59]

    Marius Monnikendam 1896-1977

  6. TOCCATA [2'56]

    David Johnson

  7. TRUMPET TUNE IN D MAJOR [2'34]

    Charles Marie Widor 1844-1937

  8. FINALE (ALLEGRO VIVACE) from Symphony No 7 [7'28]

    Simon Preston b1938

  9. ALLELUYAS [4'23]

    Egil Hovland b1924

  10. TOCCATA 'NOW THANK WE ALL OUR GOD' [3'06]
Sleeve Notes


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)


See also:
Organ Fireworks II
Organ Fireworks III
Organ Fireworks IV
Organ Fireworks IX
Organ Fireworks V
Organ Fireworks VI
Organ Fireworks VII
Organ Fireworks VIII
Organ Fireworks X
Organ Fireworks XI
Organ Fireworks XII

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