Great Cathedral Organ Series


1 LP - CSD 1625 - (p) 1965

ST. GILES' CATHEDRAL, EDINBURGH - Volume 7







Johann PACHELBEL (1653-1706) Partita on "Christ, der ist mein Leben" (ed. Karl Matthaei)


6' 07" A1
Herbert HOWELLS (b.1892) Psalm-Prelude Set 2 No. 2 (Psalm 139 v.11: Yea, the darkness is no darkness with thee)


6' 19" A2
Jehan ALAIN (1911-1940) Trois Pièces

10' 51" A3

- 2. Le Jardin suspensu
6' 12"


- 3. Litanies

4' 39"

François COUPERIN (1668-1733) Messe pour les Paroisses (ed. Paul Brunold)

8' 31" B1

- Plein jeu

1' 19"


- Tierce en taille

4' 53"


- Dialogue
2' 19"

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976) Prelude and Fugue on a Theme of Vittoria (from the motet Ecce sacerdos magnus)

5' 39" B2

- Prelude (Largamente)

1' 46"


- Fugue (Andante con moto)

3' 53"

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Pantasia (Pièce d'orgue) in G, BWV 572


7' 14" B3

- Très vitement -

1' 17"


- Gravement -

4' 29"


- Lentement

1' 28"





 
Herrick BUNNEY, Organist






Recorded at:
St. Giles's Cathedral, Edinburgh (Great Britain) - 15-17 June 1965


Live / Studio

Studio

Producer
Brian B. Culverhouse


Balance engineer

Robert Gooch


First LP Edition

EMI - His Master's Voice | CSD 1625 | 1 LP | durata 44' 41" | (p) 1965


CD Edition
EMI Classics | 0 85295 2 | 13 CDs | LC 06646 | (c) 2011 | ADD


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The original 19 LPs in CD

13 CDs - 0 85295 2 - (c) 2011
(in CD 4: Tracks 14-15 & CD 5: Tracks 1-10)
HERRICK BUNNEYS, who performs the recital on this record, is a Londoner who has lived in Edinburgh since 1946. He was educated at University College School and at the Royal College of Music, where amongst other awards he gained the Dannreuther Prize for a performance of Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 3. After six years in World War II as Adjutant of a Royal Signals unit, and later as a Staff Officer, he was appointed Organist and Master of the Music at St. Giles' Cathedral. He broadcasts frequently, as player and speaker, and as Director of the Edinburgh University Singers has often appeared with them in recitals at the Freemasons' Hall during Edinburgh International Festivals. He conducts the Edinburgh Royal Choral Union and is Organist to the University. But his main activity is the direction of the St. Giles' Singers and of the music in the cathedral, where the services are a blend of choral and congregational: the emphasis is on the music of the 20th century. Chairman of the Edinburgh Youth Orchestra, and a Director of the Scottish National Orchestra, he travels widely as organist and adjudicator, and was awarded the M.V.O. in 1964. He has twice performed the complete organ works of J. S. Bach in a series of 16 recitals in St. Giles during the three weeks of the Edinburgh Festical.