MacMillan: Organ Works

 
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JAMES MacMILLAN
MacMillan: Organ Works
Stephen Farr (organ

[ Resonus / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 28 August 2020

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James MacMillan has written for the organ in many different settings, from choral accompaniment to his monumental and deeply-satirical 'enigmatic variations' for organ and orchestra A Scotch Bestiary from 2004. The organ has formed a key part of the sounds and colours that MacMillan draws on to realise his compositional ambitions and his growing number of works for solo organ now represent a significant strand of his artistic fabric, featuring works written across his active life as a composer. The critically acclaimed organist Stephen Farr here presents all of MacMillan's organ works to date, from the Wedding Introit, written for his own wedding in 1983, to the Toccata, that received its premiere in 2019.

"Farr has plotted a course through it all that makes for an alluringly cogent recital...[He] makes light work of [the Toccata's] formidable challenges, powering purposefully through with dauntless bravura and pungent characterisation...It all shows off the superb Rieger organ of St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh to thrilling effect...Resonus has done MacMillan proud." Five Stars BBC Music - Instrumental Choice Dec 2020

Tracks:

Kenga e Krushqve
Gaudeamus in loci pace
St Andrews' Suite
Offertorium
Le tombeau de Georges Rouault
White Note Paraphrase
Meditation
Wedding Introit
Toccata

Offertorium