Utwory na płycie:

• Sonata for Organ in G major, op. 28: I. Allegro maestoso
• Sonata for Organ in G major, op. 28: II. Allegretto
• Sonata for Organ in G major, op. 28: III. Andante expressivo
• Sonata for Organ in G major, op. 28: IV. Presto comodo
• 'Nimrod' from 'Enigma' Variations, op. 36
• Prelude to The Kingdom, op. 51
• Gavotte
• Vesper Voluntaries, op. 14: Introduction: Adagio -
• Vesper Voluntaries, op. 14: I. Andante
• Vesper Voluntaries, op. 14: II. Allegro
• Vesper Voluntaries, op. 14: III. Andantino
• Vesper Voluntaries, op. 14: IV. Allegretto piacevole
• Vesper Voluntaries, op. 14: Intermezzo
• Vesper Voluntaries, op. 14: V. Poco lento
• Vesper Voluntaries, op. 14: VI. Moderato
• Vesper Voluntaries, op. 14: VII. Alegretto pensoso
• Vesper Voluntaries, op. 14: VIII. Poco allegro - Coda

Sonata for Organ in G major, Op. 28
Nimrod' from 'Enigma' Variations, Op. 36
Prelude to The Kingdom, Op. 51
Gavotte
Vesper Voluntaries, Op. 14

The first recording of Merton’s new Dobson organ – a mixed recital spanning repertoire from Bach and Stanley to Dupré and Messiaen – was designed to demonstrate the instrument’s considerable versatility. But behind the contemporary sophistication of its construction and design, this is essentially an English Romantic organ with a big, warm-hearted personality, securely grounded in the aesthetic traditions of the late nineteenth century, and this second recording highlights those qualities in music by the composer who pre-eminently shares them: Edward Elgar. Benjamin Nicholas, Merton’s Reed Rubin Organist and Director of Music, here proves himself a fine Elgarian and an inventive programmer, coupling Elgar’s two original major works for the organ with three transcriptions – including a first outing on CD for the superb arrangement of the Prelude to The Kingdom made by Herbert Brewer, Elgar’s contemporary and the long-serving organist of Gloucester Cathedral.