Simon Preston: The Argo Recordings - Romantic Organ Music | Australian Eloquence ELQ4824941

Simon Preston: The Argo Recordings - Romantic Organ Music

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Label: Australian Eloquence

Cat No: ELQ4824941

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 1st December 2017

Contents

Artists

Simon Preston (organ)

Works

Brahms, Johannes

Chorale Preludes (11), op.122
» no.1 Mein Jesu, der du mich
» no.4 Herzlich tut mich erfreuen
» no.8 Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen
» no.10 Herzlich tut mich verlangen

Franck, Cesar

Choral no.2 in B minor, M39
Piece heroique, M37
Prelude, Fugue and Variation, op.18

Liszt, Franz

Fantasia and Fugue on 'Ad nos, ad Salutarem undam' by Meyerbeer, S259
Prelude and Fugue on the name B-A-C-H, S529

Reger, Max

Chorale Fantasias (2), op.40
» no.2 Straf mich nicht in deinem Zorn
Stucke fur die Orgel (Pieces for organ) (12), op.59
» no.5 Toccata in D minor
» no.6 Fugue in D major

Reubke, Julius

Organ Sonata on the 94th Psalm

Artists

Simon Preston (organ)

About

Simon Preston: The Argo Recordings (Romantic Organ Music) comprises music by Brahms, Franck, Reger, Reubke and Liszt, from five original Argo albums from the 1960s. These recordings have been newly remastered and
compiled together for the first time in a 2-CD set, with new booklet notes on the music and a tribute to Simon Preston.

This anthology is one of five newly remastered sets canvasing Simon Preston’s complete solo organ recordings for Argo. They also include Preston’s recordings of Messiaen (ELQ4824917), ‘Simon Preston at Westminster Abbey’ (ELQ4824933), and 20th-century organ music (ELQ4824925) by Elgar, Hindemith and Maxwell Davies, and an organ spectacular featuring the Variations on America (ELQ4828101) of Charles Ives.

“Simon Preston, the brilliant young player … has already made several records, but this is perhaps his best so far … he gives performances which are specially notable for their sense of continuity and rhythmic control.” - Gramophone, October 1964 (Reubke and Reger)

“Simon Preston plays Franck in a way that pleases the English ear, gauges tempi and climaxes skilfully, and wrests from King’s organ colours that do no disservice to this music.” - Musical Times, December 1963

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