The World Of Organ Transcription

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The World Of Organ Transcription
Organ of Gloucester Cathedral Played by David Briggs

[ Priory / CD ]

Release Date: Sunday 16 June 2002

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Nearly 80 minutes' worth of extraordinary talent

, in the form of David Briggs (Organist Emeritus, Gloucester Cathedral) playing popular classics transcribed for organ on the instrument at Gloucester. Following on from his own brilliant transcription and performance of Mahler's Fifth Symphony (on PRCD 649) this new recording includes his own transcription of Ravel's Daphnis et Chloe (2nd orchestral suite), the Overture to The Mastersingers of Nuremberg (arr. Westbrook) and the Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 (arr. Lemare) and bound to be a winner.

Tracks:

1. Overture: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg (9:34) Richard Wagner, arr. Westbrook
Three Pieces for Musical Clocks Franz Joseph Haydn, arr. Ratcliffe
2. Tempo di Minuetto (1:14)
3. Allegretto (1:07)
4. Allegro (1:20)
5. Hungarian March: The Damnation of Faust (4:27) Hector Berlioz., arr. Briggs
6. Air on the G string (5:04) J. S. Bach, arr. Briggs
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Edvard Grieg, arr. Briggs
7. Morning (4:21)
8. The Death of Ase (4:54)
9. Anitra's Dance (3:21)
10. In the hall of the Mountain King (2:23)
11. Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 (6:42) Sir Edward Elgar, arr. Lemare
12. Sarabande: Pour le piano Claude Debussy, arr. Cellier
13. Flight of the Bumble-bee (1:25) Nicholas Rimsky-Korsakoff, arr. Nagel
14. Poco Adagio: Organ Symphony (10:22) Camille Saint-Saëns, arr. Fox
15. Daphnis et Chloé (2nd orchestral suite) (16:01) Maurice Ravel, arr. Briggs