THE GEORGIAN ORGAN.
Music by T. Arne, Hayes, Heron, Keeble, Russell, Webbe,
S. Wesley, Hook and Adams, on the1818
Elliot organ at Ashridge Chapel, Berkhamsted.
HILARY NORRIS.
Priory PRCD
741
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Thomas Augustine
Arne: Introduction and Fugue (from Concerto
1)
Philip Hayes: Concerto II
Henry Heron: Voluntary IX
John Keeble: [Voluntary] XVI
William Russell: Voluntary 9, Voluntary 7
Samual Webbe: Voluntary 2
Samuel Wesley: Voluntary Opus 6 No. 3, Voluntary Opus
6 No.10,Voluntary Opus 6 No.10
James Hook: Voluntary
Thomas Adams: Adeste Fideles Variations, Organ Piece
Organ fanciers will enjoy this stylishly, thoughtfully played, well recorded
and presented CD. John Stanley has been well served previously, most of these
composers less so. Handel's influence remained strong until after 1800; the
Arne and Philip Hayes concertos and the voluntaries by Henry Heron and, in
a less airy style, John Keeble are most Handelian. Galant idioms appear in
William Russell's two voluntaries and Samuel Webbe, jnr's single movement
Voluntary. Samuel Wesley, a pioneer in English appreciation of Bach, and
James Hook seem to follow Bach's example in their excellent voluntaries;
Thomas Adams, interested in exploring "orchestral" colours on the organ,
entertains with variations on Adeste Fideles and a three movement "Organ
Piece".
Philip Scowcroft
