On Stage at the Symphony Hall, Birmingham

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On Stage at the Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Gillian Weir (organ)

[ Priory / 2 CD ]

Release Date: Friday 20 April 2007

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"With no fewer than 11 of the beasts in this programme you'd be forgiven for feeling toccata's out by the end of this exhilarating double disc set. But Gillian Weir knows her repertoire and Birmingham's stupendous Klais organ inside out. Masterly!”
(Five Stars ***** BBC Music Mag (Feb 2007))

Tracks:

CD1
J.S.Bach
Toccata and Fugue in D minor (BWV 538) "Dorian".
Dietrich Buxtehude
Toccata in F (BuxWV 156).
Max Reger
Toccata and Fugue in D minor/major (Op.59, nos 5 & 6). Anton Heiller
Tanz-Toccata. Georg Muffat Toccata Duodecima.
Sergei Slonimsky
Toccata.
Georgi Mushel
Toccata.

CD 2
Michelangelo Rossi
Toccata Settima.
Flor Peeters
Toccata, Fugue et Hymne sur ‘Ave Maris Stella’.
William McVicker
Six variationen über una tema di Vincent Youmans.
Peter Planyavsky
Toccata alla rumba.
Léonce de Saint-Martin
Toccata de la Libération.