Daniel Cook - The Complete Organ Works of Sir William Harris (2020)
Daniel Cook - The Complete Organ Works of Sir William Harris (2020)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 512 MB | Tracks: 42 | 158:04 min
Style: Classical | Label: Priory Records
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 512 MB | Tracks: 42 | 158:04 min
Style: Classical | Label: Priory Records
The name Sir William Harris, KCVO, MA, DMus, FRCM, FRCO conjures up images of grand Royal state occasions at Windsor, coronations in Westminster Abbey and ‘pomp and circumstance’ in general. To many church musicians his name also brings to mind the eight-part anthem Faire is the Heaven, surely one of the greatest pieces of Anglican church music of the last century. A man who was humble, mild-mannered, humorous, deeply spiritual, dedicated to his church work, loyal to his friends, restrained in his organ accompaniments and, sadly, impoverished in his later years hardly seems to be a description of the same man, yet they were indeed one and the same.
On retirement from Windsor and the RSCM in 1961 the Harris’s moved to stay with their daughter in Petersfield. The Windsor appointment was for ‘life’, carried no pension and most Windsor organists died ‘in post’. Harris’s longevity and poor salary meant they could not afford a house and had no regular income. Harris had never been practical in any domestic way and so the domestic routine was maintained by his wife. This was so even during his years at St George’s when she organised his rigid routine, breakfast, coffee and biscuits and afternoon tea all arranged at fixed times. All he needed to think about was his music. In retirement it was breakfast, composing, coffee, composing, tea, composing etc – all organised for him. Harris was a lifelong smoker who defied all medical predictions until his death at the age of 90 in 1973.
This is the first time that his complete organ works have been recorded. Many are published but thanks to Dr John Henderson some were found in manuscript and unpublished. Daniel Cook who has recorded many CDs for Priory of neglected English organ composers plays the Harrison and Harrison Organ of Durham Cathedral, surely an ideal “English” organ for this repertoire.
Tracklist:
CD1:
01. Flourish for an Occasion
02. Improvisation on the Old 104th (After Ravenscroft)
03. 3 Preludes: No. 1, Pastoral
04. 3 Preludes: No. 2, Lament
05. 3 Preludes: No. 3, Combewater
06. Andante in D Major
07. Organ Sonata in A Minor: I. Moderato con moto
08. Organ Sonata in A Minor: II. Adagio expressivo
09. Organ Sonata in A Minor: III. Maestoso
10. Elegy
11. Postlude
12. Meditation
13. Elegy in C Minor
14. Interlude
15. Reverie
16. Scherzetto :A Frolic:
17. 3 Organ Voluntaries: No. 1, In Voluntary
18. 3 Organ Voluntaries: No. 2, Interlude
19. 3 Organ Voluntaries: No. 3, Out Voluntary
20. A Fancy
21. Fantasy on an Old English Folk Tune
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CD2:
01. Processional March
02. Fantasy Prelude
03. Miniature Suite: I. Introduction & Fugue
04. Miniature Suite: II. Pastorale
05. Miniature Suite: III. Romance & Scherzetto
06. Allegretto in F-Sharp Minor
07. Epilogue on Dix
08. Reverie in A-Flat Minor
09. Festal Voluntary
10. Retrospection (Meditation)
11. 4 Short Pieces: No. 1, Prelude in E-Flat Major
12. 4 Short Pieces: No. 2, Reverie
13. 4 Short Pieces: No. 3, Interlude in the Form of a Canon
14. 4 Short Pieces: No. 4, Scherzetto
15. Fantasy on Easter Hymn
16. 3 Opening Voluntaries: No. 1, Pastoral. Prelude
17. 3 Opening Voluntaries: No. 2, Meditation on the Tune "Cheshire"
18. 3 Opening Voluntaries: No. 3, Evening Melody
19. Prelude in G Major
20. Saraband Processional
21. Fantasy on Campion's "Babylon Streams"
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