Romantic Organ Works-Widor, Franck, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Liszt, etc
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WIDOR / FRANCK / MENDELSSOHN / BRAHMS / LISZT / etc
Romantic Organ Works-Widor, Franck, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Liszt, etc
Peter Hurford, organ
[ Double Decca / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 12 July 2000
Thrilling selection of the best-known works from the Romantic repertoire!
***** 5 Stars. BBC Music Magazine. February 2001
Headed by Widor's famous Toccata, this programme offers a thrilling selection of the best-known works from the Romantic organ repertoire.
All performances are by Peter Hurford and all recordings are in digital, offering the spacious sound and full range dynamics this repertoire deserves.
Works by Widor are joined by great Romantic pieces by Franck, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Liszt and many more.
Another classic piece for the Romantic organ is Boëllmann's Suite gothique with its celebrated grand crescendo-style Toccata.
Also included in this set are all three of César Franck's Chorals and his Pièce héroïque. In all, a significant amount of the total output by this important master in organ history.
Peter Hurford's recordings on Decca are regarded as being amongst the most exciting organ recordings available.
"Hurford's mastery is evident throughout this disc and nowhere more so than in Widor's popular Toccata"
Gramophone
Tracks:
CD 1
Widor: Toccata from Symphony No.5, op.42 no.1
Franck: Choral No.1 in E major
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue in C minor, op.37 no.1
Franck: Pièce héroïque
Gigout: Scherzo from Dix Pièces
Mendelssohn: Sonata in A major, op.65 no.3
Karg-Elert: Marche triomphale: Nun danket alle Gott
Vierne: Final from Symphony No.1, op.14
Brahms: Choral Prelude "Es ist ein Ros entsprungen", op.122 no.8
Liszt: Prelude and Fugue on B.A.C.H.
CD 2
Widor: Allegro from Symphony No.6, op.42 no.2
Franck: Choral No.2 in B minor
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue in D minor, op.37 no.3
Brahms: Choral Prelude "Schmücke dich", op.122 no.5
Schumann: Allegretto from Four Sketches, op.58 no.4
Reger: Introduction and Passacaglia in D minor
Vierne: Berceuse from 24 Pièces en style libre
Franck: Choral No.3 in A minor
Brahms: Chorale Prelude "Herzlich tut mich verlangen", op.122 no.9
Boëllmann: Suite gothique, op.25
