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Respighi - Poulenc - Rheinberger
Peter King Bath Abbey Organ
The BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Conducted by François-Xavier Roth

This recording, released to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the new Klais organ in Bath Abbey, features three very contrasting works for solo organ and orchestra: Respighi’s opulent and luxurious homage to the eighteenth century and the Baroque suite, Poulenc’s dramatic, expressive and wild patchwork quilt and Rheinberger’s gloriously melodic and virtuoso nineteenth-century grand concerto with its echoes of Schumann.

Suite in G for Strings and Organ – Respighi (21:32)
1 1 Preludio – Moderato (3:36)
2 II Aria – Lent (5:46)
3 III Pastorale – Andante molto sostenuto (5:23)
4 IV Cantico – Grave (6:47)

Concerto in G minor for Organ, strings and timpani – Poulenc (23:05)
5 Andante (3:27)
6 Allegro giocoso (2:07)
7 Andante Moderato (7:19)
8 Tempo Allegro, Molto Agitato (2:41)
9 Très calme. Lent (2:31)
10 Tempo de l’Allegro initial (1:59)
11 Tempo Introduction Largo (3:00)

Concerto No 1 in F, Op 137 for Organ, strings and three horns – Rheinberger (24:52)
13 I Maestoso (7:49)
14 II Andante (8:21)
15 III Con moto (8:42)

Total playing time: 69:32