PHI CD 222: English Organ Music from St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol performed by Paul Derrett
Edward Bairstow (1874-1946) Toccata-Prelude on 'Pange Lingua'
Craig Sellar Lang (1891-1971) Fugue-Trilogy on E.G.B.
William Henry Harris (1883-1973) A Fancy
William Boyce (1710-1779) Symphony in F
Richard Drakeford (b.1936) Scherzetto
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918)
Fantasy and Fugue 'The Wanderer'
Herbert Howells (1892-1983) Six Pieces
Preludio 'Sine Nomine'
Sarabande (for the Morning of Easter)
Master Tallis's Testament
Fugue, Chorale and Epilogue
Sarabande (In Modo Elegiaco)
Paean
TOTAL PLAYING TIME: 75.33
Recorded & produced by Martin Monkman, Amphion Recordings
Recorded on the evening of 5 October 2004
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Paul Derrett and Amphion Recordings are grateful to the following for their help with this project: Revd. Tony Whatmough (Vicar of St. Mary's), Andrew Kirk (Director of Music), Duncan Bennett (Organ Tuner), Tony Reynolds and Crispin John (Vergers),
Douglas Carrington and Mona Benson.
Released 3/3/08
PAUL DERRETT
Through broadcasts, over 500 public recitals since 1981 and more than twenty solo CDs, Paul Derrett has established himself as one of the leading players in this country. Recitals have been given in France, Holland and Germany and his recordings are regularly broadcast in many countries. Venues in 2006 included ten cathedrals, amongst which were Liverpool (Anglican), Westminster (R.C.), York Minster and Bordeaux Cathedral, France. He studied at The Royal College of Music with Herbert Howells, Richard Popplewell and Nicholas Danby but also trained as an organ-builder which explains his reputation for being able to display each organ to best effect. Paul particularly enjoys reviving interest in neglected works and suggestions for additions to his repertoire are always welcome. Until recently, Paul was organist and director of music at the largest parish church in the U.K., Holy Trinity, Hull. Paul's website is at www.paulderrett.piczo.com
PHI CD 221: Organ Showcase Volume Two Hull City Hall Roger Fisher plays music by Bach & Vierne
J S Bach (1685- 1750)
[1]-[2] Prelude and Fugue in C major (BWV 545)
[3] Chorale Prelude: "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland" (BWV 659)
[4]-[5] Prelude and Fugue in B minor (BWV 544) [12.32]
[6] Chorale Prelude: "Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend" (BWV 655)
(Lord Jesus Christ, turn Thou to us)
[7]-[8] Prelude & Fugue in A major (BWV 536)
Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
Symphony no 2 in E minor, opus 20
[9] Allegro [10] Choral [11] Scherzo [12] Cantabile [13] Final
Console assistant: Gillian Fisher
Recorded & produced by Martin Monkman, Amphion Recordings
Recorded at Hull City Hall, 15 & 16 January 2007
TOTAL PLAYING TIME: 77.55
Released 14/11/07
Acknowledgements:
Thanks are expressed to Kingston-upon-Hull City Council and to the staff of Hull City Hall for their help and encouragement with the making of this recording: Tony Ridley, City Hall Manager, Olwyn Hall, House Manager, Richard Mobbs, stage manager, Lee Greaves & Paul Broadie, technicians, Tony Evans & Mike Redley, house electricians & also to Graham Smails of Cousans Organs who tunes & maintains the City Hall Organ. Thanks also to John Pemberton, the Organ Curator of Hull City Hall for all his help during the recording of this CD.
PHI CD 220: The Better Land Volume Six Great Boy Sopranos Recorded 1912-1970
[1] That Old-Fashioned Mother of Mine (David / Nicholls) Master Thomas Criddle with organ accomp. by Andrew Fenner. HMV BD.1057 Rec. 4/5/1943
[2] I give thanks for you (Linton / Young) Master Thomas Criddle
with piano accomp. by Andrew Fenner. HMV BD.1074 Rec. 12/1/1944
[3] Rejoice greatly (Handel - Messiah) Master Walter Lawrence with orchestra. Columbia 430 pre-electric recording 18/11/1912
[4] Come unto Him (Handel - Messiah) Master Robert Waddell
with organ accomp. Parlophone E.11477 Rec. 14/5/1950
[5] How beautiful are the feet (Handel - Messiah) Master John Gwilym Griffith with double string quartet & flute accomp. Columbia 5489 Rec. 1929
[6] I know that my Redeemer liveth (Handel - Messiah) Master Mansel Squire
with organ accomp. by Felton Rapley. Decca X.420 Rec. 9/5/1950
[7] Danny Boy (F.E. Weatherly / Old Irish tune Londonderry Air)
Master Desmond Casey - advertised as "The Phenomenal Australian Boy Soprano" with orchestra. Parlophone R.1442 Rec. 1932
[8] Drink to me only with thine eyes (Ben Jonson / traditional English air)
Master John Gwilym Griffith with double string quartet accomp.
Columbia 5489 Rec. 1929
[9] Brother James' Air (Psalm 23 / Marosa by J.L.M. Bain, arr. G. Jacobs)
Masters Michael Lumb & John Evans-Pughe with organ accomp. by Sir Sydney Nicholson. Issued on the Red Label 'School of English Church Music' ROX series190 and recorded in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Holborn, London 4/6/1939
[10] O lovely peace (Handel - Judas Maccabeus) Masters John Evans-Pughe & Michael Lumb and the Choristers of St. Nicholas' College, Chiselhurst, Kent.
Details as track [9]
[11] Song of Songs (Lucas / Moya) Master Frank Bird
with instrumental accomp. Columbia FB.2157 Rec. 1939
[12] Villanelle (The Lark's Song, sung in French) (F. van der Elst / Eva Dell'Acqua) Master Walter Lawrence with orchestra.
Columbia 430 pre-electric recording 23/8/1912
[13] A Tragic Story (Thackeray / Britten) Master Billy Neely with piano accomp. by Havelock Nelson. "Off-air" recording from BBC Children's Hour 8/9/1949 #
[14] Sheep may safely graze (Bach BWV 208: transl. Davis & arr. Kramer)
Master Robin Fairhurst with organ accomp. by Charles Smart.
Decca 45-71069 Rec. 1954
[15] Where'er you walk (Handel - Semele) Master Robin Fairhurst.
Details as track [14]
[16] The Tailor and the Mouse (traditional) Master Robin Fairhurst.
Unaccompanied and announced by himself. Rec. live in concert 1957 #
[17] Ave Maria (sung in English) (Gounod) Master Raymond Kinsey
with organ accomp. Arnold Grier HMV C.2629 Rec. Sept. 1933
[18] Turn Thy face from my sins (Attwood) Master Vernon Carter
with organ accomp. by Frederick Carter.
Rec. in St. Patrick's C. of I. Cathedral, Armagh, 1961 #
[19] Tell me, Lovely Shepherd (E. Moore / W. Boyce -- Solomon)
Master Christopher Robins. Rec. 1952 #
[20] Santa Lucia (Traditional) Master Richard Bonsall
with piano accomp. by Alan Pow. Rec. 1970
[21] Daddy (Mark-Lemon / Behrend) Master Thomas Criddle
with organ accomp. by Andrew Fenner. HMV BD.1057 Rec. 4/5/1943
[22] I shall be there (Bowler / Haydn Wood) Master Thomas Criddle
with piano accomp. by Andrew Fenner. HMV BD.1074 Rec. 18/12/1943
# Denotes recording is issued for the first time
TOTAL PLAYING TIME: 76.04
Complied & produced by Martin J. Monkman, Amphion Recordings.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Amphion Recordings gratefully acknowledges the help of the following people in the preparation of this album: Frederick Appleby, Martin Carson, and Colin Brownlee, who have provided records; Edward Reid Power, who has written the Foreword and given invaluable editorial advice; Roger Beardsley, for the restoration of Billy Neely's disc. Grateful acknowledgement is also made to all the featured artistes, in whose honour this album is produced.
Stephen Beet has researched and compiled the discs and has been responsible for the writing and compilation of this booklet. He would add especial thanks to Martin Monkman, the far-sighted proprietor of Amphion Recordings, who had the faith to undertake this project in 1998.
PHI CD 219: Organ Music from the Parish Church of St Laurence, Ludlow Roger Fisher - organ
[1] Richard Francis (born: 1946):
Jubilation
[2]-[3] William Walond (1725-1770):
Voluntary no 1 in E major
(from 10 Voluntaries for Organ or Harpsichord - 1758)
[4]-[15] Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Chorale Partita "Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig" (BWV 768)
[16]-[17] J.S. Bach:
Prelude and Fugue in D major (BWV 532)
[18] Herbert Howells (1892-1983):
Psalm-Prelude no 1 (opus 32, no 1)
[19] Max Reger (1873-1916):
Benedictus (opus 59 no. 9)
[20] Percy Whitlock (1903-1946):
Divertimento (from Four Extemporisations of 1932)
[21] Richard Francis:
Solemn Prelude on the hymn tune "Hereford" (2002)
[22]-[24] Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901):
Sonata no 14 in C major (opus 165) Präludium, Idylle, Toccata
TOTAL PLAYING TIME: 77.09
Released 15/04/07
Recorded & produced by Martin Monkman, Amphion Recordings
Console assistant: Gillian Fisher
Recorded 21 & 22 January 2007
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Roger Fisher and Amphion Recordings express their thanks to Richard Francis, whose sponsorship and support have made this CD possible. Thanks also to the staff at the Parish Church of St Laurence, Ludlow for their help and cooperation during the recording of this CD. Donald Beattie has kindly provided the photographs of the organ.
THE ORGAN OF ST LAURENCE'S PARISH CHURCH, LUDLOW
By Richard Francis
It is quite possible that a large church like St Laurence's Ludlow would have been using an organ by about 1400. The earliest churchwardens account dates from 1472/3. It appears that whatever kind of organ there was in the church up to 1644, it certainly did not survive the Commonwealth and there was a period of twenty five years without an organ. In 1671/2 a new organ was erected, but absolutely no evidence remains to this day as to who built it. By 1761, there were moves afoot again to replace the organ. Records show that the Corporation of Ludlow received a handsome gift of the sum of £1000 from Henry Arthur, Earl of Powis, to erect a new organ, and the work was placed in the hands of John Snetzler. The work was completed by 1764. The organ was placed on a stone or wood gallery in front of the rood screen. It consisted of 3 manuals Choir, Great and Swell (to fiddle G).
As part of a major restoration of the Church in 1860, it was decided to move the organ from its position near the rood screen and to rebuild it on a platform of brick pillars in the north transept where it stands today. A process of continual enlargement took place during the remainder of the 19th century under the auspices of Messrs Gray & Davison. Few of Gray & Davison instruments survive (Chippenham Parish Church, Usk Parish Church) and Ludlow is very fortunate to possess much fine pipework by this famous English firm of builders. The first rebuild in 1860 saw the instrument enlarged to four manuals and pedals, including the famous Tuba stop mounted "en chamade". Another rebuild in 1883 saw further stops added. In 1891 an attempt was made to increase the blowing power and to introduce pneumatic action to the Solo organ (now increased to seven stops). William Hill & Son provided a completely new pneumatic action to all departments as well as a new detached console (the outer shell and stop knobs remain today). This pneumatic action lasted some eighty years, but, by 1981 it was clear that a complete overhaul was necessary. It was decided to restore three of the four manuals and pedals, and the restoration work went to the firm of Nicholson & Co (Worcester) Ltd under the guidance of Managing Director Dennis Thurlow and Dr Roy Massey of Hereford Cathedral. Thanks to a generous gift from Ran Ogston, who was honorary assistant organist at Ludlow for over twenty years, the Solo organ was finally restored in 1985, and as a result of a further gift, the Pedal organ was enlarged in 1987.
As a result of a Heritage Lottery grant of £50,000, the organ was thoroughly cleaned and overhauled in 2006 by Nicholsons together with the provision of a new 5 rank Cornet (designed by Guy Russell), new General pistons and a Sequencer.
PHI CD 218: French Organ Music from Chester Cathedral
Philip Rushforth - organ
Quatrième Symphonie (Op 32) Louis Vierne (1870 - 1937)
[1] Prélude [2] Allegro [3] Menuet [4] Romance [5] Final
[6] Arabesque (24 Pièces en style libre) (Op 31) Louis Vierne
Symphonie-Passion (Op 23) Marcel Dupré (1886 - 1971)
[7] Le Monde dans l'attente du Sauveur [8] Nativité [9] Crucifixion
[10] Résurrection
TOTAL PLAYING TIME: 68.50
Released 6/3/07
Recorded on the evenings of 23 & 24 October 2006 at Chester Cathedral.
Console assistant: Ian Roberts. Recording sessions produced by Roger Fisher.
Recorded & produced by Martin Monkman, Amphion Recordings.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Philip Rushforth and Amphion Recordings wish to thank the Dean and Chapter of Chester Cathedral, and the administrative staff and vergers, for their unstinting support and help which ensured that the recording sessions were a pleasure for us all; David Wells Organ Builders of Liverpool for their care in ensuring that the organ was in the best possible condition for these recordings; David Sanger for his advice on the score of Vierne's Fourth Symphony; John Naylor and the Falcon Inn at Hinstock.
Philip Rushforth would also like to thank his wife, Louise, for her endless support and encouragement.
PHILIP RUSHFORTH
Philip Rushforth began his musical training as a chorister at Chester Cathedral where he began learning the organ with the Cathedral Organist, Roger Fisher. In 1991 he went up to Trinity College, Cambridge, as Organ Scholar under Dr Richard Marlow. At Trinity he broadcast and recorded frequently with the world famous college choir, and toured with them extensively in Europe, Canada and the USA. Organ studies continued with David Sanger.
Graduating in 1994, he took up the post of Assistant Organist at Southwell Minster and became the first director of the Southwell Minster Chorale. For eight years he directed the choir in Southwell and further afield.
Active as a recitalist, he has performed throughout the country and at many cathedrals and concert halls, including Westminster Cathedral, St Paul's Cathedral, and King's College, Cambridge. In September 2000 he was a finalist in the prestigious Royal College of Organists' Performer of the Year Award, performing the Poulenc Organ Concerto with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, which was broadcast on BBC Radio 3. He won many recital awards, including performing at St John's, Smith Square and at the Dublin International Organ and Choral Festival. Invitations to Italy have seen him perform in two International Organ Festivals in Cantu and Senigallia.
In September 2002 he returned to Chester Cathedral as Assistant Director of Music. He works closely with the cathedral choirs and, in addition to the daily worship of the cathedral, regularly directs them in concert, on CD, Radio 3 and Radio 4's Daily Service. He also organises the weekly organ recital series at the cathedral, performing regularly as a recitalist. He is in constant demand as an accompanist and soloist, both on organ and piano, performing with the Chester Music Society and Chester Bach Choir, and has appeared in the Chester Summer Music Festival and International Church Music Festival.
This is his first recording for AMPHION having previously recorded works by Hovland, Lemare, Swayne, Vierne, and Whitlock for the OxRecs label.
PHI CD 505: REQUIEM - The Music of Christopher Rathbone Volume 3
[1] - [9] Requiem op 92 (2003) [37.10]
[1] Requiem aeternam [2] Kyrie [3] Domine Jesu Christe [4] Sanctus/Benedictus
[5] Pie Jesu [6] Agnus Dei [7] Lux aeterna [8] Libera me, Domine [9] In paradisum
[10] - [22] Variations on 'Dundee' op 95 for organ (2003) [10.00]
[23] God is our hope and strength: motet for unaccompanied choir op 93 (2003) [3.57]
[24] - [26] Miniature Suite for organ op 39 (1981)
[24] Minute march [0.56] [25] Blue chorale [1.36] [26] Fanfare and epilogue [2.45]
[27] Paean for organ op 26 (1972) [2.45]
[28] - [38] Variations on a French Psalm-tune for organ op 96 (2003) [15.00]
[1]-[9] St Peters Singers, Simon Lindley, organ, conducted by Christopher Rathbone recorded at Leeds Parish Church 15/5/05
[23] St Peters Singers conducted by Christopher Rathbone recorded at
Leeds Parish Church 6/6/04
[10]-[22] & [24]-[38] Christopher Rathbone, solo organ recorded at Leeds Parish Church
TOTAL PLAYING TIME: 75.00
Acknowledgements are due to:
Martin Monkman, engineer, producer and editor.
St Peter's Singers and Simon Lindley who generously gave their services.
The Precentor and Churchwardens for permission to record in the Parish Church of St Peter at Leeds.
Isobel Rathbone for typing the booklet notes.
Piano: TOTAL PLAYING TIME: 68.02 Released 25/1/06 This recording was made on various days between July 9th and September 24th 2005, at The Old Chapel, Trelogan, Holywell, Flintshire, CH8 9BD, with Roger Fisher acting as engineer and Gillian Fisher as session
Performed at Royal Festival Hall, London Released 25/1/06
J.A. Meale - Alla Fanfare TOTAL PLAYING TIME: 62.28 Released 8/3/05 Sound Engineer: Geoffrey Russell, Barrow on Humber, North Lincolnshire. Above: John Pemerton
PHI CD 217: Music at the Old Chapel
Roger Fisher
Piano & Organ
[1] Alan Richardson (1904-1974): The Dreaming Spires
[2] Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849): Waltz in A minor
Organ:
[3] J.S.Bach (1685-1750): Wo soll ich fliehen hin (BWV 646)
[4] J.S.Bach: Liebster Jesu (BWV 731) [5] Magnus Black (1930-1998): Christmas Pastorale
[6] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
arr. Heywood: Papageno's aria
Piano:
Leslie Elgar Fisher (1904-1974): Suite in D major
[7] Prelude [8] Sarabande [9] Minuet
[10] Air [11] Gavotte
[12] Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927): Fantasie no 3 in B minor
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933): Aus dem Norden (Suite)
[13] Spring Dance [14] Elegy [15] Halling [16] Idyll
[17] Novelette [18] A Mountain Tune
Organ:
[19] Edward Elgar (1857-1934) arr. Atkins: Fugue in C minor
[20] Harold Darke (1888-1976): Elegy
[21] Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986): Méditation
[22] Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901): Monologue in C
Piano:
[23] York Bowen (1884-1961): Study in F
producer.
PHI CD 216: Ralph Downes - organ
A Centenary Tribute
Recorded 1958-1979
The Royal Festival Hall,
London
and
The London Oratory
from Pye GSGC 14024 1958
[1] Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)
Toccata (from Symphony No.5)
[2] - [13] J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
Partite diverse: Sei gegrüsset Jesu gutig (BWV 768)
(Chorale & 11 variations)
Royal Festival, Hall London
from Pye TPLS 13001-2 1967
J. S. Bach Three manualiter chorale preludes from
Clavierubüng Part III:
[14] (a) Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr' (BWV 677)
[15] (b) Dies sind die heil'gen zehn Gebot' (BWV 679)
[16] (c) Vater unser im Himmelreich (BWV 683)
The London Oratory
from Saga Pan 6328 1965
[17] César Franck (1822-90) Prière
[18] Charles Tournemire (1870-1939)
Paraphrase-Carillon for the Assumption
(from L'Orgue Mystique Office No.35)
Royal Festival Hall, London
from Vista VPS 1089 1979
[19] César Franck Fantaisie in A major
[20] Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)
The Soul of the Lake Op. 96 No.1
(from Seven Pastels from the Lake of Constance)
[21] Sigfrid Karg-Elert
Rondo alla Campanella Op.156
Marcel Dupré (1886-1971) Three versets from
Vespers of the Blessed Virgin Mary Op.18:
[22] (a) Psalm Antiphon II: Laeva ejus
[23] (b) Magnificat verset I: Et exsultavit
[24] (c) Magnificat verset VI: Toccata sur le Gloria
TOTAL PLAYING TIME: 78.41
PHI CD 214: Organ ShowCase Hull City Hall - John Pemberton - organ Volume One
Johann Ernst: arr. J.S. Bach - Concerto in G Major BWV 592
Michael Christian Festing: arr. G.T. Thalben Ball
John Stanley - Voluntary in G Major
Alexandre Guilmant - March upon Handel's "Lift Up Your Heads" Op: 15
J.S. Bach - Chorale Prelude "Gelobet Seist Du Jesu Christe" BWV 723
J.S. Bach - Fugue in B Minor on a Theme of Corelli BWV 579
George Thalben-Ball - Elegy
César Franck - Choral in A Minor No 3
Edward Elgar arr. C.J. Grey - Salut D'Amour
Norman Cocker - Tuba Tune
This is the first C.D. to be recorded at the City Hall by John Pemberton since his appointment in July 2003 as Organ Curator. This programme and its duration have been chosen to reflect the type of music which is being enjoyed by the regular audiences at the "Organ ShowCase" series held monthly at the City Hall on Wednesdays at 12.30 pm. For further details please visit Hull City Hall website: www.hullcc.gov.uk/hullcityhall E mail: info@hullcc.gov.uk
Produced by Martin Monkman, Amphion Recordings.