L’Orgue Grégorien: A year of chant-based organ music from the London Oratory Ben Bloor
- Arthur Wills (1926 - 2020):
- 1 Wills: Carillon on ‘Orientis Partibus’ 04:43
- Ralph Downes (1904 - 1993):
- 2 Downes: Paraphrase on ‘O filii et filiæ’ 04:43
- Naji Hakim (b. 1955):
- 3 Hakim: Antienne (Mariales) 02:57
- Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877 - 1933):
- 4 Karg-Elert: Cathedral Windows, Op. 106: II. Ave Maria (Sequenza) 05:16
- 5 Karg-Elert: Cathedral Windows, Op. 106: VI. Lauda Sion 05:23
- Maurice Duruflé (1902 - 1986):
- 6 Duruflé: Prélude, Adagio et Choral Varié sur le Veni Creator, Op. 4: III. Choral Varié 05:47
- Jehan Alain (1911 - 1940):
- 7 Alain: Variations sur Lucis Creator, JA 27 04:37
- 8 Alain: Postlude pour l’Office de complies, JA 29 05:10
- Charles Tournemire (1870 - 1939):
- 9 Tournemire: Diptyque (L’Orgue Mystique, No. 11: Purificatio Beatæ Virginis Mariæ) 10:34
- Jean-Yves Daniel- Lesur (1908 - 2002):
- 10 Lesur: In paradisum 03:40
- Jeanne Demessieux (1921 - 1968):
- 11 Demessieux: Rorate cæli 03:03
- Matthew Martin (b. 1976):
- 12 Martin: Prelude on ‘Conditor alme siderum’ 02:30
- Aguste Fauchard (1881 - 1957):
- 13 Fauchard: Le mystère de Noël 16:06
Info for L’Orgue Grégorien: A year of chant-based organ music from the London Oratory
Prizewinning performer Ben Bloor makes his debut recording on the iconic instrument with which he is so well acquainted: the Walker organ of the London Oratory, designed by Ralph Downes in 1954. The carefully constructed programme is one close to his heart: music centred around Gregorian chant, and takes in a liturgical year of plainsong-based works from 20th- and 21st-century France, Germany and England. The instrument’s fantastic breadth of colour finds its home in well-trodden favourites by Duruflé and Demessieux, but also in gems recorded here for the first time, including a new commission based on the Advent hymn, Conditor alme siderum, by Matthew Martin.
Ben Bloor, organ
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