William Byrd: Keyboard Works - The Taylor and Boody Organ of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge - Stephen Farr - RES10326

Byrd: Keyboard Works

£12.99
Total playing time [66:06]

Stephen Farr (organ)

Performing on the Taylor & Boody Organ of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, the critically acclaimed organist Stephen Farr presents a rare exploration of the keyboard works of William Byrd on the organ.

This historically informed instrument is made in the early English style and makes a fitting tribute in this, the composer’s 400th anniversary year.

Album Booklet (PDF)

About the Artist: Stephen Farr

Tracklist

1. Voluntary [C]

2. Fantasia [a]

3. Miserere [I]

4. Miserere [II]

5. Fantasia [C]

6. Verse

7. Fantasia [G2]

8. Gloria tibi Trinitas

9. Fantasia [G1]

10. Ut re mi fa sol la [G]

11. Voluntary [a/C]

O quam gloriosum est regnum
12. Prima pars
13. Secunda pars

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'Farr's snapshot is adroitly chosen. Played with trenchant ebullience'

- BBC Music Magazine

'Farr's snapshot is adroitly chosen. Played with trenchant ebullience'
BBC Music Magazine

'Stephen Farr performs on the Taylor and Boody Organ of Sidney College, Cambridge, a historically informed instrument built in the early English style, well suited to the intimacy and scale of this music. Great skill has gone into the recording to ensure that its presence is felt at all dynamic levels.'
MusicWeb International

'[...] this is a fine disc of superb music well chosen to provide a rewarding and enjoyable programme, a veritable feast.'
Early Music Review

Credits
© 2023 Resonus Limited
Ⓟ 2023 Resonus Limited
Catalogue No. RES10326
Producer, engineer & editor: Adam Binks
EAN: 5060262793626
Release date: 6 October 2023