The English Cathedral Series Vol.19: Peterborough Cathedral | Regent Records REGCD459

The English Cathedral Series Vol.19: Peterborough Cathedral

Label: Regent Records

Cat No: REGCD459

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 16th March 2015

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Regent’s latest volume in ‘The English Cathedral Series’ features the historic and rarely-recorded William Hill/Harrison & Harrison organ in Peterborough Cathedral, played by the current Assistant Director of Music, David Humphreys, in the first solo recording of this organ for many years.

This recording is particularly significant as it documents the sound of this great organ at its current high pitch (significantly above modern concert pitch) before the organ’s removal early in 2015 and the lowering of its pitch to the modern concert standard.

The organ shows its versatility in a wide-ranging programme spanning five centuries. Its natural Romantic character is expertly revealed in works by Schumann, Reger, Parry and Elgar, but earlier music is equally well served in works by Bull, Buxtehude, Bach and Mozart. The later twentieth century is represented by two contrasting pieces: the slow movement of Philip Moore’s Organ Sonata, and the blazing virtuosity of Dupré’s Final from the Op.27 set of Seven Pieces.

David Humphreys was Organ Scholar of Jesus College, Cambridge, and subsequently Assistant Director of Music at St Edmundsbury Cathedral from 2007, before moving to his present position at Peterborough in 2011. He studied with David Titterington, and subsequently with Thomas Trotter.

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