Description
In a 2-CD set, Anthony Hammond, plays César Franck’s Three Chorals and Charles-Marie Widor’s Symphony No. 5 on the famous four-manual, 92-rank organ built by Harrison & Harrison in 1962 for the new Coventry Cathedral edifice, the earlier cathedral and its organ having been destroyed in World War II. On the second CD, Anthony Hammond improvises a five-movement Symphony in homage to Widor, a Choral in homage to Franck, a Prelude on the Coventry Carol, and Figures at a Crucifixion: Three Studies after a Work by Francis Bacon.
CD 1 French Romantic Masterworks
César Franck: Trois Chorals pour Grand Orgue
Choral No. 1 in E
Choral No. 2 in B minor
Choral No. 3 in A minor
Charles-Marie Widor: Symphonie V en Fa pour Orgue, op. 42, no. 5
Allegro vivace · Allegro cantabile · Andantino quasi allegretto · Adagio · Toccata
CD 2 Improvisations by Anthony Hammond
Hommage à Widor: Symphonie Improvisée
Allegro vivace · Allegro cantabile · Andantino quasi allegretto · Adagio · Toccata
Hommage à Franck: Choral
Prelude on The Coventry Carol
Figures at a Crucifixion: Three Studies after a Work by Francis Bacon
Figure One · Figure Two · Figure Three
