Simon Preston: The Argo Recordings - 20th-Century Organ Music
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Label: Australian Eloquence
Cat No: ELQ4824925
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 1st December 2017
Contents
Works
Adagio in E majorPrelude and Fugue on a theme of Vittoria
O magnum mysterium
Organ Sonata no.1 in G major, op.28
Organ Sonata no.1
Organ Sonata no.2
Organ Sonata no.3, 'Nach alten Volksliedern'
Rhapsodies (3), op.17
Preludio al Vespro di Monteverdi
Artists
Simon Preston (organ)Works
Adagio in E majorPrelude and Fugue on a theme of Vittoria
O magnum mysterium
Organ Sonata no.1 in G major, op.28
Organ Sonata no.1
Organ Sonata no.2
Organ Sonata no.3, 'Nach alten Volksliedern'
Rhapsodies (3), op.17
Preludio al Vespro di Monteverdi
Artists
Simon Preston (organ)About
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), Romantic organ music (ELQ4824941) by Brahms, Liszt and Reger, and an organ spectacular featuring the Variations on America (ELQ4828101) of Charles Ives.
Also issued here for the first time on international release are the three sonatas by Paul Hindemith, which Preston recorded at the Church of St John the Evangelist in Islington. Written between 1937 and 1940, these have remained staples of the organ’s modern repertoire - not surprisingly, given their mastery of Bachian counterpoint.
The second CD is filled with a recital of English organ music recorded by Preston at the organ of Colston Hall, Bristol, in January 1967. This conspectus sets the spacious, German-influenced Sonata of Sir Edward Elgar alongside the sharper harmonic bite of works by Kenneth Leighton, Michael Tippett and Benjamin Britten: all three in their different ways, like Maxwell Davies, looking back to much older music for the catalyst of inspiration.
“Mr. Preston treats the [Elgar Sonata] with a cool detachment that reflects the taste of another century. His recording, however, contains some beautiful playing and most imaginative registration ... the Colston Hall reeds are heard to brilliant effect in a Paean by Kenneth Leighton. Altogether, an organ record for connoisseurs.” - Gramophone, September 1967
“Another disc which gave me much pleasure was Simon Preston’s beautifully balanced treatment of the three Hindemith organ sonatas... a performance notable for its perfection of detail.” - Gramophone, December 1971
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