Anthology of 18th-century English Organ Music - 3

Description

• James Nares: Introduction and Fugue in Eb major, 6 Fuges [sic] with Introductory Voluntarys for the Organ or Harpsichord
• Starling Goodwin: Voluntary in C major, 12 Voluntarys for the Organ or Harpsichord, Book 1 No. 3
• Jonas Blewitt: Voluntary in Bb major, Op. 4 No. 12
• James Hook: Voluntary in D, Op. 146 No. 5
• Thomas Sanders Dupuis: Voluntary in G minor, 9 Voluntaries for the Organ, Set 2 No. 2
• Robert Broderip: Voluntary in C minor, Op. 5 No. 8
• John Travers: Voluntary in D major, 12 Voluntaries for the Organ or Harpsichord, No. 5
• Francis Linley: Voluntary in G major, Op. 6 No. 4
• John Keeble: Piece in F major, A Second Set of Select Pieces for the Organ, No. 11
• William Goodwin: Voluntary in D minor, 12 Voluntaries for the Organ or Harpsichord, No. 10
• George Berg: Voluntary in G major, Op. 8 No. 13
• John Bennett: Voluntary in B minor, 10 Voluntaries for the Organ or Harpsichord, No. 2
• William Boyce: Voluntary in D minor, 10 Voluntaries for the Organ or Harpsichord, No. 7
• Charles Burney: Cornet Piece in Bb major, 6 Cornet Pieces, No. 6
• Henry Heron: Voluntary in D major, Op. 1 No. 6
• Thomas Sanders Dupuis: Piece in C, Op. 10 No. 6

This four-volume anthology contains a sparkling selection of pieces and represents all the major composers of the period. It includes pieces in all the main genres, with Cornet and Trumpet Voluntaries, Echo Voluntaries, fugal works with slow introductions, and Full Voluntaries; as such, the collection offers a wide range of attractive music suitable for both church and recital use.

Each volume contains an extended Introduction, with information on instruments of the period, registration, ornamentation, and notes on the composers. An important feature of the collection is an editorial realization of the cadenzas which occur at key points in some of the pieces; these complete the works and demonstrate how they would have been performed at the time.

With extended historical information and a wonderful array of pieces carefully edited from original sources, this is a major collection that will be of interest to organists of all abilities.