The Organs of Eton in 2 VolumesAt Eton College in England, these two CDs (sold individually) survey four organs of important historical legacies. |
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Features the ca. 1760 John Snetzler organ commissioned by George III and the 1886/1902 Hill at College Chapel reconstructed by N. P. Mander in 1986 to the plan of Nicholas Thistlethwaite. Organists: Robert Quinney, Paul Blummer, Christopher Hughes, Clive Driskill-Smith BYRD: Fantasia in G GIBBONS: Fancy in gamut flat WILLAN: Chorale Prelude on Gelobt Sei Gott PARRY: Fantasia and Fugue in G GOWERS: Toccata WHITLOCK: Fidelis IRELAND: Elegaic Romance DUPRÉ: Evocation GRAYSTON IVES: Intrada VIERNE: Fantômes VON PARADIS: Sicilienne LEIGHTON: Martyrs |
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Features the 1773 Mittenreiter in School Hall reconstructed by Flentrop in 1971 and the 1891 Lewis & Co. organ in Lower Chapel, now a 3-61 slated for replacement before the millennium. Organists: David Davies, Clive Driskill-Smith, Christopher Hughes, Paul Plummer, Robert Quinney BACH: Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr; Fugue on a theme by Corelli BUXTEHUDE: Passacaglia in d; Prelude & Fugue in d DAQUIN: Nöel Étranger BRUNA: Tiento de falsas de 2° tono TUNDER: Jesus Christus, wahr’ Gattes Sohn PARRY: Chorale Prelude on Christe, Redemptor Omnium DICKINSON: Blue Rose Variations DUNHILL: In Weston’s Yard |
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