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THE GEORGIAN ORGAN.
Music by T. Arne, Hayes, Heron, Keeble, Russell, Webbe, S. Wesley, Hook and Adams, on the1818 Elliot organ at Ashridge Chapel, Berkhamsted.
HILARY NORRIS.
Priory PRCD 741
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Thomas Augustine Arne: Introduction and Fugue (from Concerto 1)
Philip Hayes:
Concerto II
Henry Heron
: Voluntary IX
John Keeble:
[Voluntary] XVI
William Russell:
Voluntary 9, Voluntary 7
Samual Webbe:
Voluntary 2
Samuel Wesley:
Voluntary Opus 6 No. 3, Voluntary Opus 6 No.10,Voluntary Opus 6 No.10
James Hook:
Voluntary
Thomas Adams:
Adeste Fideles Variations, Organ Piece

Organ fanciers will enjoy this stylishly, thoughtfully played, well recorded and presented CD. John Stanley has been well served previously, most of these composers less so. Handel's influence remained strong until after 1800; the Arne and Philip Hayes concertos and the voluntaries by Henry Heron and, in a less airy style, John Keeble are most Handelian. Galant idioms appear in William Russell's two voluntaries and Samuel Webbe, jnr's single movement Voluntary. Samuel Wesley, a pioneer in English appreciation of Bach, and James Hook seem to follow Bach's example in their excellent voluntaries; Thomas Adams, interested in exploring "orchestral" colours on the organ, entertains with variations on Adeste Fideles and a three movement "Organ Piece".

Philip Scowcroft

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