Christmas Bells - Organ Music from Belfast Cathedral

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Label
Resonus Classics
Release Date
November 5, 2021
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Matthew Owens
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 05, 2021
    • UPC
      5060262793220
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      RES10293
    • LABEL
      Resonus Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Variation 1: Canon all' Ottava

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Matthew Owens

    2. Variation 2: Canon alla Quinta

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Matthew Owens

    3. Variation 3: Canto fermo in Canone alla Sesta e all' rovescio

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Matthew Owens

    4. Variation 4: Canon alla Settima

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Matthew Owens

    5. Variation 5: Canon per augmentationem

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Matthew Owens

    6. Christmas Carols, Op. 60, Book 2: No. 1. Introduction et Variations sur un Ancien Noël Polonais

      Composer: Alexandre Guilmant

      Performer: Matthew Owens

    7. Fugal Flourish on Personent hodie

      Composer: Philip Moore

      Performer: Matthew Owens

    8. Nouveau livre de noëls, Op. 2: No. 12. Noël suisse, O Dieu de clemence

      Composer: Louis-Claude Daquin

      Performer: Matthew Owens

    9. Prelude on Yorkshire

      Composer: Matthew Owens

      Performer: Matthew Owens

    10. Versus I

      Composer: Johann Gottfried Walther

      Performer: Matthew Owens

    11. Versus II

      Composer: Johann Gottfried Walther

      Performer: Matthew Owens

    12. Versus III

      Composer: Johann Gottfried Walther

      Performer: Matthew Owens

    13. Versus IV

      Composer: Johann Gottfried Walther

      Performer: Matthew Owens

    14. Versus V

      Composer: Johann Gottfried Walther

      Performer: Matthew Owens

    15. Versus VI

      Composer: Johann Gottfried Walther

      Performer: Matthew Owens

    16. Versus VII

      Composer: Johann Gottfried Walther

      Performer: Matthew Owens

    17. Versus VIII

      Composer: Johann Gottfried Walther

      Performer: Matthew Owens

    18. 30 Chorale Preludes, Vol. 3, Op. 70: No. 3. Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her

      Composer: Flor Peeters

      Performer: Matthew Owens

    19. Prelude on Irby

      Composer: Philip Moore

      Performer: Matthew Owens

    20. Ding Dong! Merrily on High

      Composer: Philip Wilby

      Performer: Matthew Owens

    21. Verset No. 1

      Composer: Gary Davison

      Performer: Matthew Owens

    22. Verset No. 2

      Composer: Gary Davison

      Performer: Matthew Owens

    23. Verset No. 3

      Composer: Gary Davison

      Performer: Matthew Owens

    24. Verset No. 4

      Composer: Gary Davison

      Performer: Matthew Owens

    25. Verset No. 5

      Composer: Gary Davison

      Performer: Matthew Owens

    26. Verset No. 6

      Composer: Gary Davison

      Performer: Matthew Owens

    27. Verset No. 7

      Composer: Gary Davison

      Performer: Matthew Owens

    28. Christmas Carols, Op. 60, Book 1: No.1. Noël écossais

      Composer: Alexandre Guilmant

      Performer: Matthew Owens

    29. Weihnachtsbaum, S186/R71: III. Die Hirten an der Krippe (In dulci jubilo)

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Matthew Owens

    30. 30 Chorale Preludes, Vol. 1, Op. 68: No. 7. How Lovely Shines the Morning Star (Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern)

      Composer: Flor Peeters

      Performer: Matthew Owens

    31. Christmas Bells

      Composer: Howard Skempton

      Performer: Matthew Owens

    32. Christus advenit, "Second Christmas Suite": IV. Toccata-Prelude Vom Himmel hoch

      Composer: Garth Edmundson

      Performer: Matthew Owens


For this recording Organist Matthew Owens presents a diverse recital of some of the greatest Christmas music ever written for the instrument. Traditional tunes, whether Lutheran chorales, plainchant, French noëls, or medieval carols, have provided the inspiration for much Christmas organ music throughout the years, with much of this program made up of pieces based on such tunes, from J.S. Bach’s Canonic variations on Vom Himmel hoch to Louis-Claude Daquin’s Noël Suisse. This recital also draws on more contemporary sources and presents several world premiere recordings including Howard Skempton’s Christmas Bells and Gary Davison’s Seven Versets on Divinum Mysterium, both of which were written specially for this recording.