Verses and Voluntaries | Regent Records REGCD366

Verses and Voluntaries

Label: Regent Records

Cat No: REGCD366

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 26th March 2012

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About

The first recording of the historic 1723 Abraham Jordan organ in St George’s Church, Southall, completely restored to its original specification by Mander Organs in 2009.

One of only a handful of instruments surviving from this period in the UK, this delightful early eighteenth-century organ has a surprising wealth of colour and characteristic sonorities, including one of the world’s earliest examples of a ‘swelling organ’.

Critically-acclaimed organist, William Whitehead, presents a broad survey of Restoration and Georgian English organ music appropriate to the restored instrument, and includes many works new to the catalogue.

First-prize winner at the Odense International Organ Competition, Denmark, in 2004, William Whitehead has established a reputation for engaging and inspiring playing: ‘…Whitehead’s compelling playing represents advocacy of a high order.’ (BBC Music magazine, June 2005)

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