Vision and Virtuosity #9944
A visit with British organist David Briggs, who talks about his career and plays instruments in England and Minnesota.
J.S. BACH: Prelude & Fugue in G, S. 541 (1898 Henry Willis; 1971 Hill, Norman & Beard; 1999 Nicholson/Gloucester Cathedral, England, UK) Priory PRCD568
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD: Magnificat in C –Truro Cathedral Choir, David Briggs, conductor; Henry Doughty (1887 Henry Willis/Truro Cathedral, England, UK) Priory PRCD322
LOUIS VIERNE (transcribed by Maurice Duruflé): Cortege (1855 Henry Willis/St. George Hall, Liverpool, England, UK) Priory PRCD284
PIERRE COCHEREAU (transcribed by David Briggs): Improvisation on Cantem toto la Gloria (1878 Merklin/House of Hope Presbyterian, Saint Paul, MN) Pipedreams Archive recorded April 28, 1998
GUSTAV MAHLER (transcribed by David Briggs): Sturmisch bewegt; movement 2, from Symphony Number 5 (1898 Henry Willis; 1971 Hill, Norman & Beard; 1999 Nicholson/Gloucester Cathedral, England, UK) Priory PRCD649
DAVID BRIGGS: Improvisation on Hail to the Chief (1979 C.B. Fisk/House of Hope Presbyterian, Saint Paul, MN) Pipedreams Archive recorded April 28, 1998
In addition to the recordings listed above, Mr. Briggs has released a disc of his transcriptions of improvisations by the late Pierre Cochereau as recorded on the Willis organ at Truro Cathedral, Priory PRCD428.
