The Liverpool Sound #0924
…you can’t beat the sonorous supremacy of the famous Willis and Walker pipe organs in this famous-for-its-music city.
Hour 1
G.F. HANDEL (arranged by Goss-Custard): Overture to The Occasional Oratorio –Ian Tracey (1926 Henry Willis & Sons/Anglican Cathedral, Liverpool, England, UK) Priory DVD-1
LOUIS-JAMES-ALFRED LEFÉBURE-WÉLY: Offertoire, Number 27 from L’Organiste Moderne –Richard Lea (1967 J.W. Walker/Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool, England, UK) Priory PRCD862
G.F. HANDEL (arranged by William Thomas Best): See the conquering hero comes, from Judas Maccabeus. SAMUEL SEBASTIAN WESLEY: Andante Cantabile in G. G.F. HANDEL (arranged by Christopher Dearnley): Finale, from Organ Concerto in G, Opus 4, number 1 –Christopher Dearnley (1855 Henry Willis/St. George’s Hall, Liverpool, England, UK) Priory PRCD6008
ALEXANDRE GUILMANT: Pastorale, from Organ Symphony Number 1 in d, Opus 42 –BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor; Ian Tracey (1926 Henry Willis & Sons/Anglican Cathedral, Liverpool, England, UK) Chandos CD-9271
CHARLES TOURNEMIRE: Communion & Postlude, from L’Orgue Mystique, Suite Number 24, Ascension Sunday –Flor Peeters (1967 J.W. Walker/Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool, England, UK) Priory PRCD931
Filler –GIUSEPPE VERDI: Triumphal March, from Aida (see Priory DVD-1 above)
Hour 2
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Te Deum –Liverpool Cathedral Choir, Ronald Woan, conductor; Noel Rawsthorne (1926 Henry Willis & Sons/Anglican Cathedral, Liverpool, England, UK) Priory PRCD100
ELISABETH TRUSTAM: Pastorale Interlude –Richard Lea (1967 J.W. Walker/Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool, England, UK) Priory PRCD871
WILLIAM MATHIAS: Invocations –Noel Rawsthorne (1967 J.W. Walker/Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool, England, UK) Priory PRCD931
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR: Symphony Number 3 for Organ and Orchestra, Opus 69 –BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor; Ian Tracey (1926 Henry Willis & Sons/Anglican Cathedral, Liverpool, England, UK) Chandos CD-9785
Filler –G.F. HANDEL: Overture from The Occasional Oratorio (see above)
