Variations on America
Iain Quinn (organ of Coventry Cathedral)
The American-based British organist covers 100 years of music by some important composers. Well-known Ives gives the disc its title, but the Barber and Cowell are much less familiar, and Paulus...
Variations on America
Iain Quinn (organ of Coventry Cathedral)
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The American-based British organist covers 100 years of music by some important composers. Well-known Ives gives the disc its title, but the Barber and Cowell are much less familiar, and Paulus...
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Variations on America presents a programme that includes both the well-known works of the American organ repertoire alongside pieces that are welcome discoveries for the listener.
Copland’s The Preamble (For a Solemn Occasion) and Charles Ives’s Variations on America are two large works that are well known in the organ repertoire. Ives’ Variations on America is accompanied by two fugues which here receive their first recording and Organ Prelude on Adeste Fidelis, in many respects quintessential Ives. The disc is completed by several world premieres including Cowell’s Hymn and Fuguing Tune No.14, Barber’s Prelude and Fugue in B minor and Stephen Paulus’s Triptypch.
Iain Quinn’s previous recordings for Chandos have been well received. The Welsh organist, choral director and composer now resides in the US as Director of Cathedral Music and Organist at the Cathedral Church of St John in Albuquerque, New Mexico and he now turns his attention to the organ music of America.
This recording from Coventry Cathedral should prove a fascinating and rewarding collection.
Contents and tracklist
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Awards and reviews
July 2009
The American-based British organist covers 100 years of music by some important composers. Well-known Ives gives the disc its title, but the Barber and Cowell are much less familiar, and Paulus gives scope for virtuosity.
August 2009
The conservative restraint of most of this intriguing collection is blown away by the rhythmic energy of the outer movements of Stephen Paulus's Triptych. Iain Quinn is scrupulous throughout but deserved the chance to show off - and so did the Coventry Cathedral organ.
