Great Cathedral Organ Series


1 LP - CSD 3657 - (p) 1969

CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL - Volume 16







Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (attrib. J. S. Bach)

10' 18" A1

- Toccata

2' 22"


- Fugue

7' 57"

Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 65 No. 1

14' 14"

- I. Allegro moderato e serioso

5' 01"
A2

- II. Adagio

3' 40"
A3

- III. Andante recitativo -
2' 43" |
A4

- IV. Allegro assai vivace
2' 50" |
Malcom WILLIAMSON (1931-2003) Epitaphs foe Edith Sitwell

7' 41"

- 1. Adagio

4' 26"
B1

- 2. Adagio
3' 15"
B2
Alan RIDOUT (1934-1996) The Seven Last Words *


18' 45" B3

- I. Father, forgive them: for they know not what they do

1' 48"


- II. Woman, behold thy son... Behold thy mother

2' 55"


- III. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

1' 34"


- IV. Verily I say unto thee: Thou shalt be with me in paradise

3' 11"


- V. I thirst

1' 59"


- VI. It is finished

3' 29"


- VII. Father, into Thy hands I commend my spirit

3' 49"





 
Allan WICKS, Organist






Recorded at:
Canterbury Cathedral (Great Britain) - 15-17 October 1968


Live / Studio

Studio

Producer
Brian B. Culverhouse


Balance engineer

Stuart Eltham


First LP Edition

EMI - His Master's Voice | CSD 3657 | 1 LP | durata 50' 58" | (p) 1969


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


Note
* Recorded in the presence of the composer













The original 19 LPs in CD

13 CDs - 0 85295 2 - (c) 2011
(in CD 10: tracks 1-15)
ALLAN WICKS was born in 1923, in Yorkshire. He was an Organ Scholar at Christ Church, Oxford, and subsequently was appointed Assistant Organist at York Minster (1947-54), and Organist at Manchester Cathedral (1954-61). In 1961 he took up his present post an Organist at Canterbury Cathedral. Allan Wicks has made strenouous efforts to encourage composers' interest in the organ, and has commissioned works from Malcom Williamson (especially the fine Symphony), Maxwell Davies, Iain Hamilton and Alan Ridout.                   .