Simon Preston: Variations on America - Organ Spectacular
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Label: Australian Eloquence
Cat No: ELQ4828101
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 1st December 2017
Contents
Works
Etude Symphonique, op.78The Last Rose of Summer varied for the organ, op.59
Organ Sonata no.1 in D minor, op.42
Variations on America
Andantino in D flat major, op.83 no.2 'Moonlight and Roses'
Danse macabre, op.40 (arr. Edwin Lemare)
The Stars and Stripes Forever
Artists
Simon Preston (organ)Works
Etude Symphonique, op.78The Last Rose of Summer varied for the organ, op.59
Organ Sonata no.1 in D minor, op.42
Variations on America
Andantino in D flat major, op.83 no.2 'Moonlight and Roses'
Danse macabre, op.40 (arr. Edwin Lemare)
The Stars and Stripes Forever
Artists
Simon Preston (organ)About
“The marvellous Walcker/Aeolian-Skinner organ of the great Memorial Music Hall in Methuen, Massachusetts projects itself with eminence and verve and is, once again, seized in splendidly balanced sound on disc ... Preston’s admirers will also recognize the blue-blooded reverence for style and architectural shaping of the substantial works he programs. The Saint-Saëns and Bossi works, in particular, draw praise for Preston’s immaculate and ardent performance.” - Fanfare, May/June
Preston’s programme on the present album is seemingly designed to put such an organ through its paces. The most substantial work is the First Organ Sonata by Guilmant, which is celebrated for its barnstorming finale. However, there are fireworks aplenty from Ives, Lemare and Sousa, in works which draw on almost every colouristic possibility from a well-equipped organ, and with an almost riotous abandon. The Last Rose of Summer variations form a fine tribute to the instrument’s first appointed organist, Dudley Buck, whose duties included three hour-long recitals each week.
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