Recordings
All recordings available by contacting Anthony Hammond.
Coming soon... Summer 2009... released on the Priory label
A Phenomenon Without Equal
French Organ Improvisation from Vierne to Cochereau
Anthony Hammond plays the organ of Blackburn Cathedrai
Trois ImprovisationsLouis Vierne (tr. Maurice Duruflé)
i)Marche Épiscopale
ii)Méditation
iii)Cortège
Variations on “Adeste Fideles”Marcel Dupré (tr. Rollin Smith)
Improvisation sur le “Te Deum”Charles Tournemire (tr. Maurice Duruflé)
Variations sur “Frère Jacques”Pierre Cochereau (tr. François Lombard)
i)Introduction et Thème
ii)Agité
iii)Marche Lente
iv)Scherzo
v)Trio
vi)Adagio
vii)Dialogue
viii)Flûtes
ix)Final
Symphonie Improvisée (San Francisco, 1972)Pierre Cochereau (tr. Anthony Hammond)
i)Fanfare
ii)Scherzo
iii)Gigue
iv)Lamento
v)Toccata
Released December 2008. Available for £12 from Anthony Hammond.
Symphonie-Passion: Advent to Easter at Cirencester Parish Church
A choral sequence incorporating the Symphonie-Passion for organ by Marcel Dupré
1. PALESTRINA Matin Responsory [2:56]
Soloists: Martin Graham (Tenor), Frederick Jones (Bass), Anna Dodson (Soprano)
2. RUBBRA Magnificat in A flat [3:53]
Soloist: Martin Graham (Tenor)
3. DUPRÉ Le Monde dans l’attente du Sauveur (Symphonie-Passion, Op.23) [7:01]
4. BALLET (arr. SHAW) Lute-Book Lullaby [1:55]
5. COOKE O Men From the Fields [1:20]
Soloist: Helen Foord (Soprano) Piano: Anthony Hammond
6. DUPRÉ Nativité (Symphonie-Passion, Op.23) [7:58]
7. GOSS O Saviour of the World [2:59]
8. LEIGHTON Solus ad Victimam [3:58]
9. DURUFLÉ Ubi Caritas et Amor [2:08]
10. DUPRÉ Crucifixion (Symphonie-Passion, Op.23) [8:27]
11. STANFORD Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem [5:00]
12. HAMMOND An Aaronic Benediction [3:45]
Soloist: Zoë Wilkins (Soprano)
13. DUPRÉ Résurrection (Symphonie-Passion, Op.23) [6:52]
Tracks 3, 6, 10 & 13 – Anthony Hammond (Organ)
All other tracks: The Choirs of Cirencester Parish Church directed by Anthony Hammond
with organ accompaniments played by Paul Walton.
Cover and inlay photographs: Great East Window detail, Cirencester Parish Church.
Two further recordings are due for release on the Priory label this year... Elgar Masterworks and Anthony Hammond Improvisations. Details to follow soon.
