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Peter Crompton plays organ favourites
Grand Organ of the Royal Hospital School Chapel
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Description
An unashamedly popular collection of mainstream organ favourites, played on this large romantic Hill, Norman and Beard organ built in 1933 – a real period piece – and housed in a vast resonant acoustic! Favourite encores and virtuoso showpieces ensure there’s never a dull moment on this generously-filled disc.
A former student of Noel Rawsthorne at Liverpool Cathedral, Peter Crompton joined the Royal Hospital School in Holbrook as organist in 1975. He was appointed Director of Music in 1984, a position he held until his retirement in 2013. He is now Organist Emeritus enabling him to continue his association with the magnificent organ which he knows better than anyone!
Track List
Fantasia and Fugue on BACH — Franz Liszt (1811–86)
11:57Sketch in D flat — Robert Schumann (1810–56)
3:07Litanies — Jehan Alain (1911–40)
4:47Tu es Petra — Henri Mulet (1878–1967)
4:41Tuba Tune — Norman Cocker (1889–1953)
4:54Will o’ the wisp — Gordon Balch Nevin (1892–1943)
2:30Nun danket alle Gott, op. 65, nr 59 — Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877–1933)
3:52Carillon de Westminster — Louis Vierne (1870–1937)
7:12Celtic Lament — Noel Rawsthorne (b. 1929)
3:23Crown Imperial — William Walton (1902–83)
9:40Chorale No 3 in A minor — César Franck (1822–90)
12:43Final (from Symphonie 1, op. 14) — Louis Vierne
6:28Total Playing time: 75:19
Production credits
Recorded in the Chapel of the Royal Hospital School, Holbrook, UK on 13/14 August 2013
Producer: William Saunders
Engineer: Gary Cole
Sample audio extracts
Reviews
‘a most enjoyable CD which will certainly be living up to its title of ‘Encore’ Sydney Organ Journal Summer 2014
‘…there is sufficient energy and drama in Peter Crompton’s playing to keep the listener fully engaged ‘ Choir and Organ January 2015‘…anyone wishing to make fresh acquaintance with old friends in the repertoire will find much enjoyment in this dextrous sign-off.’ Organists’ Review December 2014