L'Orgue Grégorien: A year of chant-based organ music from the London Oratory

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L’Orgue Grégorien: A year of chant-based organ music from the London Oratory

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Prizewinning performer Ben Bloor makes his debut recording on the iconic instrument with which he is so well acquainted: the Walker organ of the London Oratory, designed by Ralph Downes in 1954. The carefully constructed programme is one close to his heart: music centred around Gregorian chant, and takes in a liturgical year of plainsong-based works from 20th- and 21st-century France, Germany and England. The instrument’s fantastic breadth of colour finds its home in well-trodden favourites by Duruflé and Demessieux, but also in gems recorded here for the first time, including a new commission based on the Advent hymn, Conditor alme siderum, by Matthew Martin.

★★★★ (Performance) ★★★★★ (Recording) “Among the musical highlights of the programme are Maurice Duruflé’s Choral varié sur le theme du ‘Veni Creator’ – whose beautiful colours are all brought out in Bloor’s registrations – and Jehan Alain’s Variations sur Lucis Creator. The most substantial work is by the little-known Auguste Fauchard: his rewarding Le mystère de Noël is certainly one to enjoy this Christmas.” (BBC Music Magazine)

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Arthur Wills

Carillon on ‘Orientis Partibus’