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Beyond the Score

Alexander Mason

Label
Signum Classics
Catalogue number
SIGCD 028
EAN / barcode
0635212002827
Release date
29 February 2004
A disc of spectacular improvisations based on the plainchant of the feast of Whitsuntide. This album is one of the first recordings of the re-built organ at Gloucester cathedral Beyond The Score marks and contributes to the emerging “English Renaissance” in organ improvisation. As an art form, improvisation is greatly under-represented on recordings; the number of English recordings can be counted on the fingers of one hand! By devoting an entire album to improvisation we value the tradition as highly as that of the written-down repertoire. Long may it flourish!
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Tracklist

  1. 01 Variations Veni creator - Tutti 00:48
  2. 02 Variations Veni creator - Cantus firmus 00:39
  3. 03 Variations Veni creator - Scherzo 00:26
  4. 04 Variations Veni creator - Canon à 2 01:17
  5. 05 Variations Veni creator - Dialogue 00:36
  6. 06 Variations Veni creator - Trio 00:56
  7. 07 Variations Veni creator - Fugato 01:39
  8. 08 Variations Veni creator - Tierce en taille 01:40
  9. 09 Variations Veni creator - Cornet de Grigny 01:45
  10. 10 Variations Veni creator - Grand choeur 04:22
  11. 11 Messe de la Pentecôte - Introït 06:40
  12. 12 Messe de la Pentecôte - Offertoire 04:14
  13. 13 Messe de la Pentecôte - Elévation 02:41
  14. 14 Messe de la Pentecôte - Communion 03:00
  15. 15 Messe de la Pentecôte - Sortie 05:22
  16. 16 Machaut-fantaisie - Introduction 02:53
  17. 17 Machaut-fantaisie - Scherzo 02:40
  18. 18 Machaut-fantaisie - Adagio 03:42
  19. 19 Machaut-fantaisie - Finale 03:50
  20. 20 Suite des Danses - March 04:07
  21. 21 Suite des Danses - Sicilienne 04:16
  22. 22 Suite des Danses - Bolero 03:44
  23. 23 Suite des Danses - Minuet-Waltz 02:53
  24. 24 Suite des Danses - Gigue alla Rumba 03:48

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