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Written in 1960, the Fantasia and Ground Bass for organ is a product of Dyson’s Indian Summer – a beautifully-made piece of happy invention, melodious and unportentous in character. Although Dyson’s career started in the organ-loft when he was a boy, only in the last decade of his life did he start to compose for the organ; in this he curiously resembles Parry.
from notes by Christopher Palmer © 1985
Recordings
 Dyson: Hierusalem & other choral worksCDH55046Archive Service  ‘Hierusalem is a wonderful piece which I would bracket with Finzi’s Dies Natalis and Howells’s Hymnus Paradisi as one of the best examples of mystical ... 'The very beautiful, gently ecstatic Hierusalem … is such a wonderful score that … this recording should be on every shelf that cares about ...» More |
Details
Artists
ISRC
GB-AJY-01-04608
Duration
16'03
Recording date
12 March 1984
Recording venue
St Mary Magdalene, Paddington, London, United Kingdom
Recording producer
Christopher Palmer
Recording engineer
Tony Faulkner
Hyperion usage
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Dyson: Hierusalem (CDA66150)
Disc 1 Track 8
Release date: February 1990
Deletion date: September 2001
Superseded by CDH55046 -
Dyson: Hierusalem & other choral works (CDH55046)
Disc 1 Track 8
Release date: September 2001
Deletion date: April 2011
Archive Service
