Tom Winpenny - Gerald Hendrie: Complete Organ Music, Vol. 2 (2024) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. 6 Concert Studies: No. 1, Brillantemente
02. 6 Concert Studies: No. 2, Allegro deciso
03. 6 Concert Studies: No. 3, Allegro ritmico
04. 6 Concert Studies: No. 4, Allegro molto
05. 6 Concert Studies: No. 5, Allegramente
06. 6 Concert Studies: No. 6, Comodo
07. Pastorale & Fughetta: I. Pastorale
08. Pastorale & Fughetta: II. Fughetta
09. Trio Sonata: I. Allegro comodo
10. Trio Sonata: II. Pastorale
11. Trio Sonata: III. Moderato
12. Sonata "In Praise of Reconciliation": I. Introduction
13. Sonata "In Praise of Reconciliation": II. Fugue
14. Sonata "In Praise of Reconciliation": III. Commemoration
15. Sonata "In Praise of Reconciliation": IV. Exsultate

The organ music of Gerald Hendrie – born in England in 1935 but resident in France since 1996 – encompasses a huge range of influences, among them the organist-composers who went before him (not least Franck, Dupré and Messiaen), dodecaphony, mediaeval plainchant and modality and jazz. The resulting works are as varied as the styles that fed into them, from grandiose to gentle, from severe to whimsical, from lyrical to lively. The mighty, 25-minute Sonata: In Praise of Reconciliation uses whimsical references to two cities bombed in the Second World War – the ‘Coventry Carol’ and the ‘Dresden Amen’ – to make a monumental plea for peace.

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