Organ Recital: Ian Quinn - Variations on America Ian Quinn

• 1Preamble for a Solemn Occasion (version for organ)05:31
• 2Variations on America08:51
• 3Adeste Fideles in an Organ Prelude04:11
• 4Fugue in E flat major05:04
• 5Fugue in C minor03:31
• 6Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 1407:16
• 7Reverie04:38
• 8Prelude: Andante, quasi adagio02:46
• 9Fugue: Andante con moto - Adagio05:37
• 10Wondrous Love, Op. 3408:23
• 11I. Like an Ever-rolling Stream04:30
• 12II. Still Be My Vision05:56
• 13III. As if the Whole Creation Cried04:12
• Total Runtime01:10:26

Info for Organ Recital: Ian Quinn - Variations on America

Barber:Wondrous Love Op.34
Prelude and Fugue in B minor
Copland:Preamble (For a Solemn Occasion)
Cowell:Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 14
Ives, C:Variations on 'America'
Fugue in C
Fugue in E flat
Adeste Fidelis in an Organ Prelude
Paulus:Triptych
Still, W G: Reverie

Iain Quinn (organ of Coventry Cathedral)

Variations on America presents a programme that includes both the well-known works of the American organ repertoire alongside pieces that are welcome discoveries for the listener. Copland’s The Preamble (For a Solemn Occasion) and Charles Ives’s Variations on America are two large works that are well known in the organ repertoire. Ives’ Variations on America is accompanied by two fugues which here receive their first recording and Organ Prelude on Adeste Fidelis, in many respects quintessential Ives. The disc is completed by several world premieres including Cowell’s Hymn and Fuguing Tune No.14, Barber’s Prelude and Fugue in B minor and Stephen Paulus’s Triptypch.

Iain Quinn’s previous recordings for Chandos have been well received. The Welsh organist, choral director and composer now resides in the US as Director of Cathedral Music and Organist at the Cathedral Church of St John in Albuquerque, New Mexico and he now turns his attention to the organ music of America. This recording from Coventry Cathedral should prove a fascinating and rewarding collection.

“The American-based British organist covers 100 years of music by some important composers. Well-known Ives gives the disc its title, but the Barber and Cowell are much less familiar, and Paulus gives scope for virtuosity.” (BBC Music Magazine)

Aaron Copland: Preamble for a Solemn Occasion (version for organ)
Preamble for a Solemn Occasion (version for organ)
Charles Ives: Variations on America Variations on America
Charles Ives: Adeste Fideles in an Organ Prelude Adeste Fideles in an Organ Prelude
Charles Ives: Fugue in E flat major
Fugue in E flat major
Charles Ives: Fugue in C minor
Fugue in C minor
Henry Cowell: Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 14
Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 14
William Grant Still: Reverie
Reverie
Samuel Barber: Prelude and Fugue in B minor
Prelude: Andante, quasi adagio -
Fugue: Andante con moto - Adagio
Samuel Barber: Wondrous Love, Op. 34
Wondrous Love, Op. 34
Stephen Paulus: Triptych
I. Like an Ever-rolling Stream
II. Still Be My Vision
III. As if the Whole Creation Cried

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