Special offer. Edward Elgar: Complete Organ Works
Organ Sonatas, Vesper Voluntaries & Nimrod
Tom Winpenny (organ)
Playing at Hereford Cathedral, in the Elgarian heartland, Winpenny has flair and feeling for the [sonata’s] structure, also highlighting textures (not least in the second movement) that sometimes...
Special offer. Edward Elgar: Complete Organ Works
Organ Sonatas, Vesper Voluntaries & Nimrod
Tom Winpenny (organ)
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Playing at Hereford Cathedral, in the Elgarian heartland, Winpenny has flair and feeling for the [sonata’s] structure, also highlighting textures (not least in the second movement) that sometimes...
About
The organ was a formative part of Edward Elgar’s musical upbringing, and for a time he was organist at St George’s Catholic Church in Worcester. The symphonic scale and distinctive themes of the First Sonata contrast with the more liturgical atmosphere of the Vesper Voluntaries, while the rousing Second Sonata is an arrangement of Elgar’s Severn Suite for brass. This album comprises Elgar’s original works for organ as well as the complete arrangements made by the composer himself and those made by four distinguished contemporary organists.
Contents and tracklist
- Arr. I. Atkins for Organ
- Tom Winpenny (organ)
- Arr. G.C. Martin for Organ
- Tom Winpenny (organ)
- Arr. W.H. Harris for Organ
- Tom Winpenny (organ)
- Arr. G.R. Sinclair for Organ
- Tom Winpenny (organ)
Awards and reviews
December 2022
Playing at Hereford Cathedral, in the Elgarian heartland, Winpenny has flair and feeling for the [sonata’s] structure, also highlighting textures (not least in the second movement) that sometimes get glossed over.
December 2022
This is an enjoyable new survey of Elgar’s sonatas and Vesper Voluntaries... Tom Winpenny plays with an easy virtuosity and fine sense of colour. The choice of the elegant Hereford organ is a good one.
March/April 2023
This superlative release, however, sweeps the boards for me and is now the standard by which all other rivals are to be judged. Tom Winpenny’s playing and interpretations are simply perfection themselves. Enthusiastically and urgently recommended!
November 2022
Throughout this recital Winpenny reveals that he is a natural Elgarian, coaxing many delicious combinations from the Hereford Willis...In sum, this is an album of strong, committed and painstakingly fine organ-playing.
