Duncan Ferguson - William Faulkes: An Edwardian Concert (2015) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Festival Prelude on ‘Ein’ feste Burg’
02. Fantasia
03. Scherzo symphonique concertant
04. Theme (Varied) in E Flat Major
05. Barcarolle in B Flat Major
06. Concert Overture in E Flat Major
07. Mélodie in F Major (Arr. Faulkes)
08. Fantasia on Old Welsh Airs
09. Légende and Finale



Having incited critical fervour with his choir’s wide-ranging recordings of music from John Sheppard to Gabriel Jackson, Duncan Ferguson – when exploring repertoire for a solo recording on Edinburgh’s ‘Father’ Willis – has revealed gems from a period in the instrument’s history that is seeing something of a resurgence. William Faulkes, comfortably England’s most prolific organ composer of all time, was one of the leading figures in a generation of organist-composers whose style of writing went out of fashion; music that is melodious, spirited, uplifting – a manifest example of the then national confidence. The St Mary’s organ has the ideal colour palette for Faulkes, and Ferguson is a compelling advocate, revelling in music that speaks from and of the golden age of organ concert-going.

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