10 FAMOUS CATHEDRAL ORGANS

amuletts — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:47:26 +0000

“These are not only renowned organs with splendid sound, but here as recorded by renowned sound engineers with great experience and success in organ recordings”

10 FAMOUS CATHEDRAL ORGANS

(recorded by legendary Sound engineers)

Coventry Cathedral / Noel Rawsthorne (B. Culverhouse)

[1] Verdi: Grand March (Aida) 5:14

Salisbury Cathedral / David Halls (LAndrews)

[2] Elgar: Imperial March 5:03

[3] Sousa: Liberty Bell (BBC ‘Monty Python’ theme) 3:04

Westminster Cathedral / David Hill (A.Howell)

[4] Saint-Saens: Fantasie in Eb 5:01

[5] Vierne: Carillon de Westminster 6:40

Winchester Cathedral / David Hill (A.Howell)

[6] Whitlock: Scherzo 1:47 & [7] Paean 2:39

York Minster / Francis Jackson (B. Culverhouse)

[8] Cocker: Tuba Tune 4:42

[9] Boellmann: Toccata (Suite Gothique) 4:08

St Paul’s Cathedral / Christopher Dearnley (B. Culverhouse)

[10] Trad arr. Dearnley: Londonderry Air 4:24

Kings College Chapel, Cambridge / Stephen Cleobury (Collins)

[11] Prizeman: Toccata (BBC ‘Songs of Praise’) 4:27

[12] Widor: Toccata (Symphony 5) 6:04

Hereford Cathedral / Roy Massey (H.Mudd)

[13] Lemare: Andantino (‘Moonlight & Roses’) 4:15

Guildford Cathedral / Barry Rose (B. Culverhouse)

[14] Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary (arr. B.Rose) 2:44

Wells Cathedral / Andrew Nethsingha (H.Mudd)

[15] Bach: Sleepers Awake 4:40 [16] Elgar: Nimrod 4:37

BONUS: Royal Albert Hall, London / Simon Preston (H.Mudd)

[18] Bossi: Etude Symphonique 5:00

Christmas at King’s College Cambridge

amuletts — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:39:57 +0000

‘The number of boy choristers was fixed at 16 by King Henry in 1453 and it is 16 still. While originally there were six lay clerks, there are now 12 choral scholars, who are undergraduates of the college studying for degrees. (The Director) therefore loses about a third of his most experienced singers every year, as the boys’ voices break and the men graduate…. There is, however, a compensatory factor in that much of the music for which the choir is famous is new to a third of its members each year, thus contributing to the remarkable vitality and spontaniety of the singing.’ (Gramophone)

1. O Come All Ye Faithful 3.59
2. In Dulci Jubilo (setting J.L.Pearsall) 3.31
3. Blessed be that Maid 2.35
4. God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen 3.19
5. Lutebook Lullaby 2.01
6. Ding Dong Merrily on High 2.00
7. Myn Lyking 2.55
8. See Amid the Winter’s Snow (Goss) 3.49
9. Personent Hodie 2.37
10. In the Bleak Midwinter 4.45
11. Coventry Carol 2.13
12. O Little Town of Bethlehem (Walford Davies) 4.00
13. Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night..) 1.56
14. Away in a Manger 2.19
15. Shepherds in the Field Abiding 3.00
16. King Jesus Hath a Garden 3.49
17. Torches 1.34
18. Vaughan Williams Fantasia 11.19
(Hervey Alan bass-baritone / London Symphony Orchestra)
19. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 3.33

Simon Preston – Alto CD

10 FAMOUS CATHEDRAL ORGANS

Christmas at King’s College Cambridge