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| played by: Philip Scriven |
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| 1 |
Variations on 'America' |
Charles Ives |
| 2 |
Elfes |
Joseph Bonnet |
| 3 |
Prélude, Fugue et Variation
- Prélude
- Fugue
- Variation
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Cesar Franck |
| 6 |
Scherzo (3rd movement from Symphony Number 2) |
Louis Vierne |
| 7 |
Alleluyas |
Simon Preston |
| 8 |
Gammal fäbodpsalm |
Oskar Lindberg |
| 9 |
Transports de joie (from L'Ascension) |
Olivier Messiaen |
| 10 |
Cantilène (from Suite Brève) |
Jean Langlais |
| 11 |
An Occasional Trumpet Voluntary |
Patrick Gowers |
| 12 |
Adagio for Strings |
Samuel Barber |
| 13 |
Litanies |
Jehan Alain |
| 14 |
Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d'Alain (Opus 7)
- Prélude
- Fugue
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Maurice Duruflé |
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| Production Details |
Recorded in Lichfield Cathedral, 25, 26 May, 2004
Produced and Engineered: Gary Cole |
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| Reviews |
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Some readers may turn their noses up at the CD's title, but if it helps to sell the disc beyond the confines of the cathedral souvenir shop then it's well justified. There's no doubt in my mind that this splendid CD deserves the widest possible circulation.
Scriven's wonderful playing is characterised by beautiful phrasing at all times and a polished use of the magnificent 1884 four-manual Hill organ. Franck's Prelude, Fugue and Variation is slower than usual which adds to its effectiveness, whilst Preston's Alleluyas has their incisive articulation and driving tempi so typical of the composer. The intensity and slow crescendo of Barber's Adagio are very well captured and in contrast there's good humour and sparkling figuration in Ives' Variations on America, Bonnet's Elfes, Gowers' An Occasional Trumpet Voluntary and the Scherzo from Vierne's 2nd Symphony. Sometimes the moto perpetuo quavers in Durufle's Alain Prelude are rather distant, but Scriven scrupulously observes the composer's expression marks and the build-up during the Fugue is superbly handled.
As always with Regent and excellent recording and an informative booklet. Let's hope for another CD from Scriven very soon.The Organ, May - July 2005 |
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| At Lichfield Cathedral, Philip Scriven is also content to programme the serious and the light-hearted side by side, and such is the outstanding quality of his playing that I can forgive Regent the rather silly title of this disc, Piping Hot. Scriven gives good-humoured and sparkling accounts of Ives' Variations on America, Bonnet's Elfes, Gowers An Occasional Trumpet Voluntary and the Scherzo from Vierne's Second Symphony. Franck's Prelude, fugue et variation is slower than usual, which adds to its effictiveness, and the slow crescendo and building of intensity in Barber's Adagio are suberbly managed. The clear articulation in the pieces by Alain, Durufle and Messiaen and Preston is a joy to listen to and Regent's recording of the marvellous 1884 four-manual Hill is of a customarily high standard. The Gramophone, September 2005 |
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