Charles Villiers Stanford: Organ Works | Tom Winpenny | Binns Organ of Queens' College, Cambridge | Resonus Classics | RES10104

Charles Villiers Stanford: Organ Works, Volume 1

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Tom Winpenny (organ)
The Binns Organ of Queens' College Chapel, Cambridge

Organist Tom Winpenny presents a unique recital programme of Stanford organ works from the James J. Binns organ of Queens' College, Cambridge.

Featuring four world premieres this album includes a mix of both well and lesser-known organ works by Stanford, including the Fantasia and Toccata in D minor and the Postlude in D minor through to the early Prelude and Fugue in E minor and the pastoral idyll By the Seashore.

A previous winner of both the First and Audience Prizes at the Miami International Organ Competition, this recording - on the unspoilt Binns organ of 1892 - is the first commercial solo recording to be released by Tom Winpenny.

Album Booklet

About the Artists: Tom Winpenny

Tracklist

Fantasia and Toccata in D minor, Op. 57
1. Fantasia
2. Toccata

3. Canzona, Op. 116, No. 2

Prelude and Fugue in E minor (1874)
4. Prelude
5. Fugue

6. Prelude (in form of a Chaconne), Op. 88, No. 2

7. Intermezzo founded upon an Irish Air, Op. 189, No. 4

8. Epithalamium, Op. 182, No. 5

Three Preludes and Fugues, Op. 193
9. Prelude in C
10. Fugue in C
11. Prelude in C minor
12. Fugue in C minor
13. Prelude in B minor
14. Fugue in B minor (Fuga Cromatica)

15. By the Seashore, Op. 194, No. 1

16. In Modo Dorico, from Op. 132, No. 1

17. Postlude in D minor, Op. 105, No. 6

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‘The crisp and rhythmic playing of Tom Winpenny, coupled with a colourful use of the unspoilt Victorian Binns organ (1892) at Queens' College, Cambridge, brings these performances of Stanford's organ works to life’

- Gramophone

‘The combination of instrument, repertory and Tom Winpenny’s immaculate playing is beyond reproach. […] a worthwhile and utterly reliable set of reference recordings; it is to the great credit of Resonus that it has taken on this project.’
International Record Review

‘[...] they’ve managed to place the microphones in an excellent position to get the full interaction of instrument and acoustic'
BBC Radio 3 CD Review

'Played with reedy bite on the Binns organ of Queens’ College, Cambridge, the music transports us to Stanford’s world: though both its chapel and organ date from the early 1890s'
BBC Music Magazine

‘The crisp and rhythmic playing of Tom Winpenny, coupled with a colourful use of the unspoilt Victorian Binns organ (1892) at Queens' College, Cambridge, brings these performances of Stanford's organ works to life'
Gramophone

‘[I] found the recording made at Queens' College [Cambridge] impressive [...] the notes comprehensive and lavishly illustrated’
Musical Pointers

'[...] this recording now leads the field. [...] I look forward to hearing more from Tom Winpenny, here making his solo recording debut, and Resonus, who have now scored an impressive three out of three with their initial releases.'
MusicWeb International

Credits
© 2011 Resonus Limited
Ⓟ 2011 Resonus Limited
Catalogue No. RES10104
Producer, Engineer & Editor: Adam Binks
EAN: 5060262790038
Cover Image: A Cambridge University Cloister by foto.fritz (Fotolia.com)