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Format: Digital Audio CD
Label: PRO ORGANO
Catalog Number: CD 7176
Length: 76′ 35″
Tracks: 8
Organ: Muller
Venue: Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Little Rock, Arkansas USA
Recorded: 03/18/2005
Released: 11/01/2005
Producer: Michael Shufffield
Notes Author: Frederick Hohman
Notes Language: English
Graphics Format: 8pp book, traycard, jewel box
UPC #: 636077717628
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American Record Guide “Briggs has a flair for improvisations, and uses a good many tricks of the trade from listening to Cochereau’s recordings.” – Metz
This concert features a truly varied program. … The IV/82 Muller organ serves him admirably throughout the program. Briggs is one of the most dazzling performers around (as well as a fabulous composer) … The improvisation, in particular, is a tour de force not only of technique (which Briggs has to burn!), but of imagination, color and contrast. The program has artistic integrity, audience appeal, and balance; more recitals like this would help to build audiences for organ performance. … Provided are program notes, a biography, and a description of the organ with spotless. The sound is especially fine for a live recording. – Victor Hill, The Journal of the Association of Anglican Musicians (February 2006).
01 • Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 544 – Prelude • Johann Sebastian Bach • 6’26”
02 • Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 544 – Fugue • Johann Sebastian Bach • 6’21”
03 • Symphonic Poem Orpheus • Franz Liszt, trans. Jean Guillou • 12’11”
04 • War March of the Priests • Felix Mendelssohn, trans. Briggs • 7’14”
05 • Suite for Organ, Opus 5 – Prelude • Maurice Duruflé • 8’36”
06 • Suite for Organ, Opus 5 – Sicilienne • Maurice Duruflé • 5’59”
07 • Suite for Organ, Opus 5 – Toccata • Maurice Duruflé • 8’39”
08 • Improvisation on Submitted Themes • David Briggs • 20’59”
David Briggs
David Briggs studied organ with Jean Langlais in Paris. His career as a brilliant concert organist has taken him to more than 20 countries . He is known particularly for his orchestral transcriptions and his improvisations. He has transcribed several improvisations of Pierre Cochereau, the celebrated organist of Notre-Dame de Paris. Learn more…
