David Briggs showcases the organ of Blackburn Cathedral by Gray (1826/31) & Cavaillé-Coll (1875), rebuilt by Walker (1969) restored David Wood 2002. This recording features virtuosic transcriptions of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and Cochereau’s improvisation alongside Viernes’s Cathédrales, highlighting the instrument’s fiery reeds, en chamade Trumpets and the Cathedral’s opulent acoustic.
Track Listing:
An Occasional Trumpet Voluntary
Cathédrales (Pièces De Fantaisie)
Suite De Danses Improvisées:
Marche
Sarabande
Musette
Tambourin
Menuet
Gigue
Pictures At An Exhibition:
Promenade
Gnomus
Promenade
Il Vecchio Castello
Promenade
Tuileries
Bydlo
Promenade
Ballet Of The Unhatched Chicks
Two Polish Jews, Rich And Poor
Promenade
Limoges- Le Marché
Catacombs
Promenade, Con Mortuis In Lingua Mortua
Baba Yaga - The Hut On Fowl'S Legs
The Great Gate Of Kiev