Organ Music
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Saint-Saëns: Organ Music Volume 3
Andrew-John Smith (Organ of La Madeleine, Paris), with Adrian Bending (tubular bells)
Smith convincingly suggests that Saint-Saens intended this allegedly unplayable piece [Fantaisie pour orgue-Aeolian] for the self-playing instrument in the Grosvenor Gallery in London' New Bond... —
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Buxtehude - Complete Organ Works Volume 5
Christopher Herrick (Aubertin organ of Mariager Klosterkirke, Denmark)
Outstanding competition and the revisiting of material must in no way prove a barrier to anyone with even a vague interest in Buxtehude's organ music, for this is a simply splendid disc...Above... —
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Andrew-John Smith's clever programming alternates the Three Preludes and Fugues, Op 99, with the three Fantaisies and other works. Wisely, he begins and ends the CD with the loudest and most... —
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in Andrew-John Smith [Saint-Saens has] an advocate who understands just how to lift from the printed page and project this remarkably rigorous yet beguiling music. The combination of this artist... —
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Buxtehude - Complete Organ Works Volume 1
Christopher Herrick (organ of Helsingør Cathedral, Denmark)
Herrick displays great energy and a keen ear for registrational variety —
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The organ of St Paul's Cathedral might not be the most idiomatic of instruments for this generous compilation, but John Scott produces entrancing colours to complement the authority of his awesomely... —
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Following eight highly acclaimed discs of 'Organ Fireworks', the winning combination of Christopher Herrick and Hyperion turn their attention towards the calmer and more reflective repertory... —
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Buxtehude - Complete Organ Works Volume 4
Christopher Herrick (organ of Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge)
An unforced manner is essential for this oqpaue and, at times, fragile music...Registrations are beautifully balanced throughout, and the pleno, while thrilling, isn't overbearing...There is... —
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Bach: Organ Cornucopia
Christopher Herrick (Metzler organ of Pfarrkirche St Michael, Kaisten, Switzerland)
