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ID: GMCD7225 (EAN: 795754722529) | 1 CD | DDD Publi: 2001
- LABEL:
- Guild GmbH
- Collection:
- Organ Collection
- Compositeurs:
- WILLS, Arthur
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Interprètes:
- FILSELL, Jeremy (organ)
- Chef d'orchestre:
- WILLS, Arthur
- Pour plus amples dtails:
The Organ of Tonbridge School Chapel
Dr. Arthur Wills was Director of Music at Ely Cathedral from 1958 to 1990, and also held a Professorship at the Royal Academy of Music in London from 1964 until 1992. He has toured extensively as a recitalist in Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong, and has broadcast, appeared on TV and made many recordings, both as a soloist and with the Ely Choir. His secular music includes seven song cycles, and an opera "Winston and Julia", based on the Orwell novel "1984". He has composed prolifically for the organ, and his ensemble works include a Concerto with Strings and Timpani, a Concerto for Guitar and Organ, and a Symphonic Suite:- "The Fenlands" for Brass Band and Organ. His book "ORGAN" appeared in the Menuhin Music Guide Series in 1984, with a second edition in 1993 and a third reprint in 1997. The Ely Choir has recently recorded a CD of his choral and organ music from 1955 to 1990 on Herald HAVPCD 1997. In May 1999 Hyperion Records re-issued two recordings from the early 80's on one CD - his Symphonic Suite: "The Fenlands" for Organ and Brass Band, including also music by Elgar and Walton, together with Dr. Wills' transcription of Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" for solo Organ (CDH55003). His recording entitled "Full Stops" first issued in 1978, which includes his Variations on "Amzing Grace" was re-issued on CD 84305 in 1995 by Meridian. Novello have recently published his transcription for organ of three movements from Holst's PLANETS Suite - Mars, Venus and Jupiter.
| WILLS, Arthur b. 1926 | | | 1. | Carillon on "Orientis Partibus" | 4:15 | | | 2. | Song without Words (In Memoriam Sergei Rachmaninov) | 4:47 | | | 3. | Prelude and Fugue (Alkmaar) | 8:36 | | | 4. | Scherzo-Fantasy "The Ely Imps" | 7:59 | | | 5. | Wondrous Machine! A Young Person's Guide to the Organ- Variations and Fugue on a theme by Henry Purcell | 19:55 | | | 6. | Arioso (from Five Pieces) | 3:03 | | | 7. | Intermezzo (from Five Pieces) | 1:22 | | | 8. | Scherzo "High Hills and Stony Rocks" | 5:02 | | | 9. | Variations on a Carol | 13:28 | | | 10. | The New Millennium Rag | 4:52 | | | 11. | Postlude | 3:02 | |
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