Alexander Pott – Eule Organ Magdalen College Oxford [CD]

Description

This first recording of the Eule Organ of Magdalen College, Oxford (opened in January 2023) features a wide range of music performed by Alexander Pott. From Wagner to Delius, the repertoire showcases the instrument’s German Romantic heritage as well as it’s suitability for English 20th-Century transcription, thanks to it’s distinctive voice, colour, breadth and sensitivity.

Tracklist:

1. Funrailles (Harmonies Potiques Et Religieuses, S. 173, No. 7)
2. Tannhuser, S. 676Ii: Pilgrims’ Chorus
3. Organ Sonata in G minor, Op. 284
4. Prelude and Fugue on ‘O Traurigkeit, O Herzeleid’
5. Reed-Grown Waters (Seven Pastels from the Lake of Constance, Op. 96, No.4)
6. On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
7. Four Extemporisations-No.1 Carol
8. Immovable Do
9. Folk-Song Preludes-I. Very Slow
10. Folk-Song Preludes-II. Cantabile
11. Folk-Song Preludes-III. Maestoso; Alla Marcia Funebre
12. Folk-Song Preludes-IV. Fairly Slow, But Evenly Flowing in Strict Time
13. Folk-Song Preludes-V. Largo Maestoso
14. Organ Sonata in G Major

UPC: 726436300070
Label: Convivium Records
Release Date: 9.5.25
Format: CD