Judith Bingham: Organ Music

Tom Winpenny opens an illuminating window on Bingham's richly-coloured, programmatically-driven engagement with the 'king of instruments'...Winpenny knows the St Albans instrument like the back... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 27th Jun 2011
Catalogue No: 8572687
Label: Naxos
Length: 69 minutes

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Bingham, J: Jacob's Ladder

Work length12:30

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Tom Winpenny (organ)
Dmitri Ensemble
Graham Ross
Recorded: 24, 26, 27 August 2009
Recording Venue: Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban, St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK

I. Leaving home under a cloud

Track length4:09

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II. Anxiety Dream

Track length1:58

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Entr'acte: Falling into a deep sleep

Track length3:03

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III. Jacob's Ladder

Track length3:20

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Bingham, J: St Bride, assisted by angels

Work length6:35

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Tom Winpenny (organ)
Recorded: 24, 26, 27 August 2009
Recording Venue: Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban, St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK

Bingham, J: Missa Brevis, "The Road to Emmaus": Prelude and Voluntary

Work length9:16

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$2.40

Tom Winpenny (organ)
Recorded: 24, 26, 27 August 2009
Recording Venue: Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban, St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK

Prelude: The road to Emmaus

Track length5:20

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Voluntary: Et cognaverunt eum

Track length3:56

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Bingham, J: Annunciation I

Work length6:22

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Tom Winpenny (organ)
Recorded: 24, 26, 27 August 2009
Recording Venue: Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban, St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK

Bingham, J: Hope

Work length1:58

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$1.20

Tom Winpenny (organ)
Recorded: 24, 26, 27 August 2009
Recording Venue: Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban, St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK

Bingham, J: Into the wilderness

Work length10:16

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$3.60

Tom Winpenny (organ)
Recorded: 24, 26, 27 August 2009
Recording Venue: Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban, St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK

Bingham, J: The Gift

Work length3:33

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Tom Winpenny (organ)
Recorded: 24, 26, 27 August 2009
Recording Venue: Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban, St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK

Bingham, J: The Secret Garden: Vol de nuit (version for organ)

Work length4:21

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Tom Winpenny (organ)
Recorded: 24, 26, 27 August 2009
Recording Venue: Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban, St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK

Bingham, J: Festival of Hell: Gothick

Work length1:55

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Tom Winpenny (organ)
Recorded: 24, 26, 27 August 2009
Recording Venue: Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban, St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK

Bingham, J: Incarnation with Shepherds Dancing

Work length3:50

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Tom Winpenny (organ)
Recorded: 24, 26, 27 August 2009
Recording Venue: Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban, St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK

Bingham, J: Ancient Sunlight

Work length8:43

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Tom Winpenny (organ)
Recorded: 24, 26, 27 August 2009
Recording Venue: Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban, St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK

I. Infancy

Track length2:57

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II. Betrothal

Track length2:43

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III. Annunciation

Track length3:03

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Organ music holds a special affection for leading UK composer Judith Bingham, and the repertoire on this second Naxos recording reflects a cross-section of her themes and work both recently composed and newly arranged.

Experienced broadcast performer Tom Winpenny is joined by the acclaimed group, The Dmitri Ensemble, for the atmospheric concerto Jacob’s Ladder, while the rebuilt St Albans Cathedral Organ is an ideal instrument for works such as the improvisatory Annunciation I and radiantly charming Hope, recorded, as was all the music on this album, in the composer’s presence.

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September 2011

Tom Winpenny opens an illuminating window on Bingham's richly-coloured, programmatically-driven engagement with the 'king of instruments'...Winpenny knows the St Albans instrument like the back of his hand, coaxing an array of voluptuous and apposite sounds. But he's also alert to the fluidity of her narratives, and, when called upon to do so, serves up virtuoso flair with incorrigible panache.

Awards Issue 2011

The organ-writing may not be entirely idiomatic but the string scoring is highly accomplished, and there is a real sense of commitment behind Graham Ross's sharply focused direction...Tom Winpenny brings assurance with some adept handling of Bingham's complex organ-writing...his advocacy of this music will do much to consolidate Bingham's reputation as a distinctive and assured writer for the instrument.

September 2011

Bingham has injected new life into the repertory of an instrument that has been perhaps unjustly neglected by contemporary composers...The organ of St Albans Cathedral, newly restored, sounds splendid, and it has been realistically captured by Naxos.

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