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Kevin Bowyer UKCD618

Kevin Bowyer

Kevin Bowyer
UKCD 618
Kevin Bowyer

Plays the organ of the Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick
“Premiere Recording”
Music by
John Rose John Joubert Norman Kay
Donald Bousted Peter Racine Fricker

1. Prelude and Fugue Op.8 (1993) (John Rose) 10:50
2. Scherzo-Intermezzo-Toccata Op.9 (1995) (John Rose) 15:44
3-8. Six Short Preludes on English Hymn Tunes for Chamber Organ Op. 125 (1990) John Joubert
3. Picardy 1:56
4. Song One 2:36
5. Southwell 1:54
6. Abridge 2:08
7. Mon Dieu 2:00
8. Old Hundredth 2:23
9. Chorale Sonata No.2 (1995) (Norman Kay) 12:40
10. A Woldgate Requiem (1993) (Donald Bousted) 10:32
11. §Pastorale (1959) (Peter Racine Fricker) 5:53

Aeolian Pipe Organ UKCD617

The Aeolian Pipe Organ at Dinmore Manor Herefordshire

The Aeolian Pipe Organ at Dinmore Manor Herefordshire
UKCD617
Popular transcriptions played by paper roll
Paul Arden-Taylor

1 Overture: Poet and Peasant (Suppe) 8:15
2 March from Nutcracker (Tchaikovsky) 2:33
3 Waltz of the Flowers (Nutcracker) (Tchaikovsky) 6:20
4 The Merry Widow – Potpourri (Lehar) 9:52
5 In the Shadows (Finck) 4:08
6 Pomp and Circumstance March No4 (Elgar) 4:51
7 Funeral March of a Marionette (Gounod) 4:05
8 Hungarian Dance No.5 (Brahms) 2:20
9 Drink to me Only (Beresford) 4:07
10 Prelude to Act 111 of Lohengrin (Wagner) 3:06
11 Ride of the Valkyries (Wagner) 4:51
12 The Teddy Bears Picnic (Beresford) 3:34
13 Carmen Fantasie (Bizet) 17:30

Organ tuned/maintained by Mark Doust
Recorded by kind permission Richard and Jayne Murray
Produced and engineered by Paul Arden-Taylor
Recorded 21 July 1992 and 21-22 June 1993
Photographs by Mark Doust Enhancement by David Miles

ROYAL MILITARY SPECTACULAR DKM6002

Royal Military Spectacular

Royal Military Spectacular
DKM6002
Composed and conducted by
Laurie Johnson
Side 1
The Battle of Waterloo 25.10
Narration written by Herbert Kretzmer
Spoken by Lord Bernard Miles as
The Duke of Wellington

The London Brass Chorale
The Band of the Coldstream Guards
Buglers and Pipers of the Scots Guards
Cavalry Trumpeters of the Life Guards
Organist William Davies

Side 2
‘Three Paintings by Lautrec’
‘At the Circus – the Equestrian’ 2.20
‘Girl with Red Hair’ 3.47
‘Chocolate,Dancing’ 2.05

‘The Royal Tour’- Suite
(1) ‘Fanfare Overture’ 1.37
(2) ‘Greensleeves’ – Concert Arrangement 4.16
(3) ‘Salute to America’ – March 4.08

The London Brass Chorale
The Band of the Coldstream Guards
Fanfare Trumpeters of the Scots Guards
Organist: William Davies
Associate Conductor: Lt Col Trevor Sharpe M.V.O., O.B.E
Presented in association with Laurie Johnson Productions Ltd

Lullaby of Istanbul

Lullaby of Istanbul

Lullaby of IstanbulLullaby of Istanbul for Solo Cello
composed & performed by Nicola Tait Baxter
Written in June 2019
3:26

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Havergal Symphonies 10 & 21

Havergal Brian Symphonies Nos 10 & 21

James Loughran & Eric Pinkett conductors
Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra

UKCD2027Havergal Symphonies 10 & 21

 

1 Symphony No. 10 18:07
2 Symphony No. 21: I. 6:41
3 Symphony No. 21: II. 7:58
4 Symphony No. 21: III. 3:52
5 Symphony No. 21: IV. 10:37

MessiaenCDHolder3D

Messiaen – The Organ Works

Jennifer Bate

UKCD 600messiaen_organworks6

 

CD 1

La Nativité du Seigneur

1. La Vierge et l’Enfant 5.28
2. Les Bergers 6.08
3. Desseins éternels 5.03
4 Le Verbe 13.02
5. Les Enfants de Dieu 4.30
6. Les Anges 3.00
7. Jésus accepte la souffrance 4.05
8. Les Mages 5.12
9. Dieu parmi nous 8.14

10. Le Banquet Céleste 6.55

11. Apparition de l’Église éternelle 10.00

Total time: 71.50

Recorded in 1979

 

CD 2

L’Ascension

1. (i) Majesté du Christ demandant sa gloire à son Père 6.23
2. (ii) Alléluias sereins d’une âme qui désire le ciel 6.38
3. (iii) Transports de joie d’une âme devant la Gloire du Christ qui est la sienne 4.33

4. (iv) Prière du Christ montant vers son Père 8.53

Les Corps Glorieux

5. Subtilité des Corps Glorieux 5.3
6. Les Eaux de la Grâce 2.34
7. L’Ange aux Parfums 7.00
8. Combat de la Mort et de la Vie 15.23
9. Force et agilité des Corps Glorieux 4.20
10. Joie et clarté des Corps Glorieux 6.30
11. Le mystère de la Sainte Trinité 6.10

Total time: 74.39

Recorded in 1979/80

 

CD 3

Messe de la Pentecôte

1. (i) Les langues de feu (Entrée) 2.58
2. (ii) Les choses visibles et invisibles (Offertoire) 12.20
3. (iii) Le don de la sagesse (Consécration) 3.43
4. (iv) Les oiseaux et les sources (Communion) 5.43
5. (v) Le vent de l’esprit (Sortie) 3.58

Livre d’Orgue

6. Reprises par interversion 6.13
7. Pièce en trio (pour le Dimanche de la Sainte Trinité) 2.04
8. Les Mains de l’abîme (pour le Temps de Pénitence) 7.15
9. Chants d’oiseaux (pour le Temps Pascal) 7.57
10. Pièce en trio (pour le Dimanche de la Sainte Trinité) 8.56
11. Les Yeux dans les Roues (pour le Dimanche de la Pentecôte) 2.01
12. Soixante-quatre durées 11.39

Total time: 75.31

Recorded in 1980/1

 

CD 4

Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinité

1. Méditation I 8.41
2. Méditation II 11.57
3. Méditation III 2.38
4. Méditation IV 6.32
5. Méditation V 10.41
6. Méditation VI 8.04
7. Méditation VII 6.20
8. Méditation VIII 10.20
9. Méditation IX 12.14

Total time: 78.19

Recorded in 1980/1

 

CD 5

1. Diptyque 12.25

2. Verset pour la Fête de la Dédicace 11.01

Recorded in 1980/1

Livre du Saint Sacrement (Movements 1–8)

3. I Adoro te 5.32
4. II La Source de Vie 3.00
5. III Le Dieu caché 9.39
6. IV Acte de foi 2.28
7. V Puer natus est nobis 7.16
8. VI La manne et le Pain de Vie 13.14
9. VII Les ressuscités et la lumière de Vie 4.55
10. VIII Institution de l’Eucharistie 7.48

Total time: 78.18

Recorded in 1987

 

CD 6

Livre du Saint Sacrement (Movements 9-18)

1. IX Les ténèbres 6.01
2. X La Résurrection du Christ 7.27
3. XI L’apparition du Christ ressuscité à Marie-Madeleine 15.32
4. XII La Transsubstantiation 6.24
5. XIII Les deux murailles d’eau 7.21
6. XIV Prière avant la communion 6.28
7. XV La joie de la grâce 5.56
8. XVI Prière après la communion 7.03
9. XVII La Présence multipliée 2.50
10. XVIII Offrande et Alléluia final 8.41

Total time: 74.40

Recorded in 1987
MessiaenCDHolder3D

Instruments

CDs 1–4, CD 5 (tracks 1 & 2) – Grandes Orgues de la Cathédrale Saint Pierre, Beauvais

CD 5 (tracks 3–10), CD 6 – Grandes Orgues de l’Église de la Sainte Trinité, Paris

 

Production and engineering: Bob Auger
Music published by Alphonse Leduc & Cie
Originally recorded for Unicorn-Kanchana

 

Jennifer Bate Wikipedia page

Bob Auger Obituary
Article in The Independent

Personnel management:
Andrew Roberts.

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