Fugue State Records releases its solo organ album Parthenia Nova, performed by Simon Thomas Jacobs, for the first time digitally, in partnership with Ulysses Arts, on 1 July 2022.
The album is the first to be recorded on the new organ of London's St George's Church, Hanover Square, made by American firm Richards Fowkes and Co:
The album is the first to be recorded on the new organ of London's St George's Church, Hanover Square, made by American firm Richards Fowkes and Co:
1. Veni Sancte Spiritus: Peter Philips (c.1560-1628)
2. Ricercar del nono tono: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)
3. Fantasia (from Parthenia): Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
4 Preambulum primi toni: Matthias Weckmann (c.1616-74)
5. Chorale: “Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele” harmonised by J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
6-16. Partita: “Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele”: Georg Böhm (1661-1733)
17. Chorale: “Aus tiefer not”, harmonised by J.S. Bach
18-20. Three Essays on a Chorale*: Joel Martinson (b. 1960)
i. Prelude: Out of the Depths I cry to thee
ii. Intermezzo: Therefore my hope is in the Lord; It rests upon God’s faithful Word
iii. Fugue – Chorale: Though great our sins and sore our woes, God’s grace much more aboundeth
21. Nocturne*: David Sanger (1947-2010)
22-25. Sinfonietta*: Philip Moore (b. 1943)
i. Allegro deciso
ii. Allegro scherzando
iii. Adagio e espressivo, con rubato
iv. Molto Allegro
* World première recordings
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