Hyperion Records | Organ Fireworks, Vol. 01

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CDA66121

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Recording details: January 1984
Westminster Abbey, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: January 1984
Total duration: 53 minutes 50 seconds
Available for download on iTunes: Yes

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GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE
MRA AWARD WINNER

'Technically sizzling' (Hi Fi News)

'A tour de force' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

'If you want only one CD of a grand organ this has to be it' (Gramophone)

Organ Fireworks, Vol. 01

Christopher Herrick (organ)

1		Variations de concert, Op 1 [8:48] Joseph Bonnet (1884-1944)
2		Grand choeur triomphal, Op 47 No 2 [5:18] Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
3		Marche sur un thème de Hændel, Op 15 No 2 [6:49] Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
		Four Extemporisations Percy Whitlock (1903-1946)
4		No 4: Fanfare [6:29]
5		Marche héroique [5:59] Sir Herbert Brewer (1865-1928)
6		Toccata [2:56] Marius Monnikendam (1896-1977)
7		Trumpet tune in D [2:34] David Johnson (1922-1988)
		Symphony No 7, Op 42 No 3 Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)
8		No 6: Finale [7:28]
9		Alleluyas [4:23] Simon Preston (b1938)
10		Toccata 'Nu la oss takke Gud' [3:06] Egil Hovland (b1924)