Organ Fireworks XI

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COPLAND / GUILMANT / KIEFER / FARRINGTON / GERMAN / JANeCEK / etc
Organ Fireworks XI
Christopher Herrick (organ) at the Lay Family Concert Organ, Dallas

[ Hyperion / CD ]

Release Date: Wednesday 30 August 2006

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Hyperion's pyrotechnic world tour of organs continues apace and this time Christopher Herrick is in Dallas, Texas, unleashing the power of the Lay Family Concert Organ. One of the largest mechanical concert organs ever built, this 4,535-pipe monster dominates the stage of the Eugene McDermott Concert Hall and proves the perfect vehicle for a wide-ranging programme of unabashed new-world swagger. Alongside such iconic works as Copland's Preamble and the French Americana of Langlais and Widor we have a selection of jazzinfused works. The programme concludes with Joseph Jongen's epic Sonata eroïca, a landmark in 20th century organ-writing.

Alongside such iconic works as Copland's Preamble (composed to mark the UN adoption of the Declaration of Human Rights) and the French Americana of Langlais and Widor we have a selection of jazz-infused works which allow both player and instrument to develop a whole new aspect of the organ repertoire. The programme concludes with Joseph Jongen's epic Sonata eroïca, a veritable landmark in twentieth-century organ-writing and one which leads us out in a thunderous blaze of heroic bravura.

Recorded January 2006

Tracks:

COPLAND Preamble (for a Solemn Occasion)
LEMARE Marche moderne Op 2
JANÁCEK Organ Solo from Glagolitic Mass
LANGLAIS Battle Hymn of the Republic from American Folk-Hymn Settings, Op 231
BEHNKE Go tell it on the mountain
GERMAN Festive Trumpet Tune
NAGEL Danke-Swingfüglein
GIGOUT Grand choeur dialogue
GUILMANT Choral et Fugue from Sonata No 5 in C minor, Op 80
TAKLE Festmusikk from Våg å leve
WIDOR Marche américaine Op 31 arr. Marcel Dupré FARRINGTON Fast Dance from Fiesta!
KIEFER Blues Chorale: 'Die ganze Welt hast du uns überlassen'
JONGEN Sonata eroïca Op 94