Great Cathedral Organ Series


1 LP - CSD 3625 - (p) 1967

ELY CATHEDRAL - Volume 13







Olivier MESSIAEN (1908-1992) Dieu parmi nous (from La Nativité du Seigneur, No. 9)

8' 42" A1
Eugène GIGOUT (1844-1925) Dix Pièces

7' 50" A2

- 8. Scherzo

4' 35"


- 4. Toccata

3' 15"

César FRANCK (1822-1890) Final in B flat, Op. 2 (No. 6 of Six Pièces pour grande orgue)

11' 44" A3
Marcel DUPRÉ (b. 1886) Variations sur un Noël, Op. 20

12' 59" B1

- Thème (Moderato)
0' 54"


- I. Larghetto

0' 52"


- II. Poco animato
0' 39"


- III. Cantabile
1' 14"


- IV. Vif
0' 40"


- V. Vivace
0' 54"


- VI. Plus modéré
0' 59"


- VII. Vivace
0' 54"


- VIII. Cantabile
1' 29"


- IX. Animé
0' 50"


- Fugato (Non troppo vivace)
3' 34"

Louis VIERNE (1870-1937) Naïades, Op. 55 No. 4 (from Pièces de Fantaisie)


4' 28" B2
Arthur WILLS (b. 1926) Introduction and Allegro

7' 32" B3

- Introduction

2' 19"


- Allegro

5' 13"





 
Arthur WILLS, Organist






Recorded at:
Ely Cathedral (Great Britain) - 3-5 April 1967


Live / Studio

Studio

Producer
Brian B. Culverhouse


Balance engineer

Stuart Eltham


First LP Edition

EMI - His Master's Voice | CSD 3625 | 1 LP | durata 53' 15" | (p) 1967


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 8: tracks 6-23)
ARTHUR WILLS, who was born in 1926 at Coventry and educated there at St. John’s School, has held  organists’ posts since the age of 15. He gained the Society of the Faith Scholarship to the College of St. Nicholas in 1948 and the following year was appointed Assistant Organist of Ely Cathedral. In 1954 he became Director of Music at King’s School, Ely, a position  he retained until 1965; and a Professorship at the Royal Academy of Music came in 1964. He graduated B. Mus. in 1953, and  has held a D. Mus. degree from Durham University since 1958. A Council member  of the Royal College of Organists, Dr. Wills has-had over fifty organ and choral works published, has made several recordings, and is a frequent broadcaster. His chief interests outside music are travel and motoring, antique hunting and Indian philosophy.