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ID: LIR004 (EAN: 820237000426) | 1 CD | DDD Released in: 2003
- LABEL:
- London Independent Records
- Collection:
- Organ Collection
- Subcollection:
- Organ
- Composers:
- Anonymous | BACH, Carl Philipp Emanuel | BACH, Johann Sebastian | FARNABY, Giles | JACKSON, Francis | WESLEY, Samuel Sebastian | WILLIAMS, Ralph Vaughan
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Interprets:
- CAREY, Colm (organ)
- Other info:
Popular organ repertoire on the new Letourneau organ in the chapel at the Tower of London. This is the first solo CD on the newly restored organ.
The present organ case in the Tower of London dates from 1699 when it was built under royal warrant by Bernhardt Schmidt for the Banqueting House, Whitehall. It was relocated several times, eventually coming to rest at the Tower’s chapel of St Peter ad Vincula. Over the following century it was rebuilt and enlarged on several occasions, and by 1999 this resulted in an organ some three times larger than that for which the original case had been designed. During the installation of this new organ by the Canadian organ builder Fernand Létourneau, the case was meticulously restored to its original dimensions and many decorative details were made to replace those lost over the centuries.
To show off this remarkable new instrument on its first commercial solo recording, Colm Carey has put together a wonderfully varied and attractive programme, first and foremost chosen to suit to the instrument’s character, but representing the best of British organ music as befits its location, and spanning 5 centuries.
A leading concert organist of the younger generation, Colm Carey offers a blend of fresh invention and technical finesse, establishing him as a remarkable and distinctive performer. Born in Ireland, Carey studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Nicholas Danby and David Titterington, where he read for a University of London BMus. He also gained the Dip.RAM, the Academy’s highest performance award, and later became Meaker Fellow. As winner of the prestigious Julius Isserlis Scholarship, he went on to study at the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève with Lionel Rogg, where he won the ‘Premier Prix de Virtuosité avec Distinction’ on completion of his course. He subsequently came third and won the Audience Prize at the St. Albans International Competition.
Since then Colm has performed in France, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Italy, Denmark, Canada, the USA, Australia and throughout Britain and Ireland. His repertoire embraces all the major traditions, from the French Classical School and the German Baroque to the great symphonic tradition of the nineteenth century, and as a keen exponent of contemporary music he has given first performances of new works by Lionel Rogg, Roderick Williams, Ruth Byrchmore and Andrew Johnstone.
| WESLEY, Samuel Sebastian (1810-1876) | | | 1. | Choral Song And Fugue: Choral Song | 3:27 | | | 2. | Choral Song And Fugue: Fugue | 4:10 | | | Henry VIII. (1491-1547): (arr. C. Carey) | | | Renaissance Dances | | | 3. | Pastime With Good Company | 1:13 | | | 4. | If Love Now Reigned | 1:42 | | | 5. | Hélas Madame | 0:47 | | | FARNABY, Giles (c. 1563-1640) | | | 6. | Tower Hill | 0:43 | | | Anonymous | | | 7. | My Lady Carey's Dompe | 2:34 | | | 8. | Why Aske You? | 1:34 | | | 9. | Muscadin | 0:42 | | | BACH, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788) | | | 10. | Sonata In D: Allegro Di Molto | 3:47 | | | 11. | Sonata In D: Adagio E Mesto | 4:04 | | | 12. | Sonata In D: Allegro | 3:26 | | | BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) | | | 13. | Partita 'Sei Gegrüsset, Jesu Gütig' | 16:59 | | | BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): arr. Andrew Johnstone | | | 14. | Irish Airs & Dances | 6:44 | | | WILLIAMS, Ralph Vaughan (1872-1958) | | | 15. | Prelude On Rhosymedre | 4:15 | | | JACKSON, Francis (b. 1917) | | | Toccata, Chorale And Fugue | | | 16. | Toccata | 6:03 | | | 17. | Chorale | 3:16 | | | 18. | Fugue | 4:36 | |
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