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Bach, J S: Toccata and Fugue in D minor Ref: 9840

Price: £4.25

Bairstow, Edward C: Prelude, Elegy and Toccata-Prelude Ref: H349

One of the twentieth-century's outstanding organist-composers, - 'The English César Franck'. This is a warm and romantic work in three movements which can be programmed separately but together add up to a structure of sonata dimensions. Bairstow's career spanned the whole strata of provincial musical life from choral society to music festival, and encompassed organ playing, writing, teaching, conducting, accompanying, lecturing, composing and adjudicating as well as looking after the busy musical life of York Minster where he served as Organist and Master of the Choristers from 1913 until his death in 1946.

Price: £6.95

Barclay-Wilson, Robert: Three Short Postludes Ref: H289

Price: £4.95

Best, William Thomas: Concert Fantasia on a Welsh March Ref: H295

A prolific editor and arranger for the organ, Best also composed church music, carols, glees, piano music, orchestral pieces as well as works for the organ. Major works for the 'King of Instruments' include 'Four Concert Fantasias' of which 'Fantasia on a Welsh March' is number two in the set.

Based on the Welsh tune 'Men of Harlech', it subjects the march to virtuosic treatment that makes demands on both player and instrument. It is a fine work, and worthy of inclusion in any recital programme.

Price: £6.75

Blow, John: Sixteen Organ Pieces Ref: K43

Selected from Musica Britannica Volume 69. Edited by Barry Cooper.
This collection of sixteen pieces by John Blow (1649-1708), taken from the complete organ music published in Volume 69 of Musica Britannica, is an authoritative introduction to the work of the leading Restoration English composer of organ music. More organ music from this period is ascribed to Blow than to all his English contemporaries put together, including Henry Purcell. In compiling this anthology, the editor has incorporated both the best examples from the corpus, and those that were most popular in the composer's lifetime, while illustrating the variety of styles he used. Most of the pieces may be played on a single manual, but there are also 'double voluntaries' (for two manuals) and 'cornet voluntaries' (for two or three manuals). The collection includes advice on ornamentation and a comprehensive editorial note.

Price: £7.50

By Babylon's Streams Ref: H455

Organ music of the English Romantic School
Selected and edited by Martin Ellis

This album presents some of the finest and most ambitious works written by English organist composers active between the late-Victorian period and the years following the First World War. Its contents include the Scherzoso of Walter Battison Haynes, the Nunc Dimittis of Charles Wood, the Fantasy on the Tune 'Babylon's Streams' by William Harris, the Impromptu No. 2 in D by Sydney Nicholson, the Lament by Harvey Grace, and Epinikion (Song of Victory) by Cyril Bradley Rootham. Martin Ellis brings his great experience of the repertoire to the notes for performance and textual commentary for each piece, which will prove invaluable for contemporary
players.

Price: £10.95

Boyce, William: March from King's Birthday Ode, 1769 Ref: H311

Transcribed for Organ by Alastair Mitchell.
A useful arrangement that will serve as a lively outgoing voluntary or as wedding material. Only two manuals are required but the music needs a reasonably sized instrument with a good solo reed on the Great for effective performance. Of only moderate difficulty, it is well worthwhile including in your repertoire.
The original is printed in score in Musica Britannica volume 13, edited Gerald Finzi.

Price: £3.95

Classical Concert Ref: H362

Arranged by John Norris.

Adagio un poco mosso (Piano Concerto No. 5) (Beethoven)
Minuet (Quintet) (Boccherini)
Flower Duet (Lakme) (Delibes)
Zadok the Priest (Coronation Anthem No. 1) (Handel)
Rondo (Trumpet Concerto) (Haydn)
Porgi, amor (The Marriage of Figaro) (Mozart)
Waltz (Serenade for Strings) (Tchaikovsky)
Spring (The Four Seasons) (Vivaldi)

Price: £5.95

Cocker, Norman: Four Pieces Ref: H370

Angelus; Trio; Interlude and Paean

The reissue of four pieces by Norman Cocker, celebrated organist of Manchester Cathedral in the inter-war period, further extends Stainer & Bell's library of English Cathedral music that also includes the complete solo works of Basil Harwood and pieces by Darke, Hollins and Bairstow. Detailed registrations by Henry Ley, himself a noted performer and Music Director of Eton College from 1926 to 1945, are of historical interest. Angelus, Trio and Interlude offer episodes of quiet reflection. Paean breaks the mood with flowing, euphonious counterpoint in ceremonial style.

Price: £5.50

Cocker, Norman: Tuba Tune Ref: MO4

Probably the most famous of all Tuba Tunes. The versatility of Norman Cocker was legend. Not only was he a distinguished organist at Manchester Cathedral (see above), but also a cinema organist - often rushing from the cinema to the Cathedral and back again wearing carpet slippers! In this work, Cocker combines the grandeur of the church organ with the showmanship of the cinema organ to great effect. See also Porter-Brown.

Price: £5.25

Darke, Harold: Rhapsody, Op. 4 Ref: H363

Reissued in 1994. Darke's Rhapsody is a flawlessly constructed work that could be used as a meditative prelude or postlude within a service, or as a separate recital item. Gently expressive harmonies and warm melodies linger in the memory with the same poety and nostalgia as Darke's masterpiece: his Christmas setting of Christina Rossetti's 'In the Bleak Midwinter'.

Price: £5.50

Ferguson, John (arr): Three for Five Ref: HP1515

Preludes, intradas and harmonisations on five hymn tunes.

Hope Publishing title. Only available from this site for orders to UK & Europe.

Price: £4.60

Gibbons, Orlando: Nine Organ Pieces Ref: K25

Edited by Gerald Hendrie.

Fantasia for Double Organ
Fantasia in A No. 10
Fantasia in A No. 11
Fantasia in C No. 49
Fantasia in D No. 5
Fantasia in D No. 6
Prelude in A No. 1
Prelude in D No. 3
Prelude in G No. 2

Price: £5.75

Hollins, Alfred: A Song of Sunshine Ref: H300

Hollins was a composer of organ music but also a virtuoso pianist and organist, despite being blind from birth. The piece is light in style, as its name suggests, but requires a fairly good manual technique and neat pedalling. A three-manual instrument is needed for really effective performance (a choir clarinet is necessary for the solo middle section). This is an attractive piece to include as a contrasting item in a recital, and would certainly be a useful addition to the repertoire of wedding music.

Price: £5.50

Howells, Herbert: Rhapsody No. 1 in D flat Ref: 16069

Price: £5.25

Howells, Herbert: Rhapsody No. 2 in E flat Ref: 16070

Price: £5.25

Howells, Herbert: Rhapsody No. 3 in C sharp minor Ref: 16071

Price: £5.25

Hudson: Four Hymn-Tune Quodlibets for Organ Ref: H445

The linking together of familiar melodies from different sources in the form of the quodlibet has a long history. Hazel Hudson adds to that tradition with four examples that each affectionately combines a well-known hymn with a familiar song of worship. The technical level of difficulty is easy to intermediate, and the featured tunes are Bunessan and Amazing Grace, Ebenezer and Let My People Go, St Denio and Kum Ba Yah, and Cwm Rhondda and Shout for Joy.

PDF Sample

Price: £5.50

Hunt, Reginald: Little Suite Ref: 16024

For Two-stave Organ

Price: £3.75

Hustad, Donald P (arr): Early American Folk Hymns for Organ Ref: HP349

Organ settings of eighteen tunes which appear frequently in modern American hymnbooks credited as "Traditional American". A collected edition with a short foreword giving the background to these tunes.
Hope Publishing title. Only available from this site for orders to UK & Europe.

Price: £8.75

Hustad, Donald P (arr): Hymns in Classic Style for Organ Ref: HP271

Nine Hymn tunes set as a minuet, an intermezzo, a march, a nocturne, etc.
Hope Publishing title. Only available from this site for orders to UK & Europe.

Price: £5.20

Hustad, Donald P (arr): Practical Organ Classics in Worship Ref: HP322

Includes works by Brahms, Reger, Merkel, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Vierne, Dubois and Franck. All pieces are registered for organs with two manuals and pedals.
Hope Publishing title. Only available from this site for orders to UK & Europe.

Price: £8.75

Ireland, John: Cavatina Ref: H384

John Ireland's 'Cavatina' for violin and piano, which was probably composed in 1904, also exists in a slightly expanded version for organ and shows the composer's mastery of the popular salon style of the time. Unavailable for many years, it is now reissued in a new edition that includes a scholarly note by Geoffrey Bush.

Price: £5.75

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