Organ Showpieces From St. Paul's Cathedral

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Cat No: 8550955

Release Date: 12 January 1999

Label: Naxos - Nxc / Naxos Classics

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Barcode: 730099595520

Genres: Classical

Composer/Series: Organ Showpieces from St. Paul's Cathedral

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Organ Showpieces from St. Paul's CathedralHerbert Murrill (1909 - 1952)CarillonMax Reger (1873 - 1916)Toccata in D Minor, Op.59, No.5Fugue in D Major, Op.59, No.6Flor Peeters (1903 - 1986)Aria, Op.51Theodore Dubois (1837 - 1924)Toccata (Douze Pi?¿ces, No.3)Max RegerBenedictus, Op 59, No.9Cesar Franck (1822 - 1890)Choral No.3 in a MinorJean Langlais (1907 - 1991)La Nativite (Po?¿mese evangeligues, No.2)Eugene Gigout (1844 - 1925)Scherzo (Dix pi?¿ces, No.8)Jean LanglaisHymne d'action de grace Te Deum(Trios paraphrases gregoriennes, No.3)Louis Vierne (1870 - 1937)Carillon de Westminster(Piecex de fantaise, troisieme suit, Op. 54, No. 6)The English organist and composer Herbert Murrill was born in 1909 andtrained at the Royal Academy of Music before becoming an organ scholar atWorcester College, Oxford. He was for a time music director for the Oxford Groupat the Westminster Theatre and subsequently worked for the BBC, before and afterthe war, while continuing to serve as a professor of composition at the RoyalAcademy, from 1933 until his death in 1952. His Carillon is a fanfare-toccata,an impressive piece of changing rhythms and metres. It remains possibly the bestknown of his organ compositions.Max Reger, often spurred on by the desire to provide his friend Karl Straubewith ever more difficult works to perform, made very significant additions tothe repertoire of organ music. He was born in 1873 at Brand in Bavaria, the sonof a schoolmaster and amateur musician. After early lessons from AdalbertLindner, town organist of Weiden, he became a pupil of Riemann in Sondershausen.In his many organ compositions, some 220 in all, Reger, although a Catholic,continues largely the Protestant tradition, particularly in his Chorale Preludesand Chorale Fantasias. After a period in Munich, he settled in 1907 in Leipzigas professor of composition and director of music, moving four years later toMeiningen as director of the orchestra .He spent his final years in Jena.Reger's Opus 59, published in 1901, consists of twelve pieces. Three of these,including the Benedictus, are based on movements from the Mass, andcontain Gregorian elements. The D minor Toccata and D major Fuguefrom the same set of pieces provide a magnificent development of earlier forms,justifying Reger's recognised position as the most important German composer forthe organ since Johann Sebastian Bach.The Belgian composer and organist Flor Peeters enjoyed a distinguishedreputation as a concert performer as well as in his capacity as a teacher andeditor of early music. His well known Aria, which has been much transcribed, ismusic of particular charm.Flor Peeters has been said to combine features of Flemish and French style.Theodore Dubois belongs firmly to the great French tradition of organists, as apupil of Benoit at the Paris Conservatoire, where he studied the piano withMarmontel, winning the Prix de Rome in 1861. After serving as maitre de chapelleat Ste Clotilde and at the Madeleine, in 1877 he suc
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