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David Drury - All The Stops: The David Drury Collection (CD 3 TO 4 DISC SET) When the mighty Sydney Town Hall Organ, one of the wonders of the musical world, emerged from 12 solid years of repairs and refurbishment in the mid 1980s, the organist chosen to capture its magnificence on disc for the first time was the Australianvirtuoso David Drury. This 3CD set begins with that extraordinary recording, made to celebrate the centenary of this unique and glorious instrument: built by William Hill in 1890, the biggest and best-preserved 19th-century Romantic organ in the world. Drury's flawless technique is coupled with an extraordinary sensitivity to the vast range of tonal colours available on its 8,756 pipes, which range in size from barely 10cm Üno bigger than a ball-point pen Üto a record-breaking 64 foot (19ý metre) Contra-Trombone stop. There is music of whisper-light delicacy and music of earth-shaking grandeur, and every possible shade and timbre in between. A second disc, released in 1993 and included as CD2 of this collection, continues this magical pairingofmaster-organist and world-renowned instrument, while extensive liner notes trace the organ's fascinating history. Disc 3 takes us to Melbourne, where Drury explores the power and the subtlety of another splendid instrument: the T.C. Lewis organ in St Paul's Cathedral. Across all three discs, Drury offers a dazzling range of repertoire, from monumental organ works by Regerand Liszt to orchestral classics by Bach, Elgar, Saint-Saëns and Wagner, brilliantly arranged for the 'king of instruments'. This collection also features three thrilling improvisations by Drury himself Üthe only Australian ever to win the prestigious TournemirePrize for improvisation. Tracklistings: CD1 Music for a Grand Organ 1.MENDELSSOHN War March of the Priestsfrom Athalie 2.FRANCK Cantabile 3.GIGOUT Toccata 4.WAGNER Pilgrims' Chorus from Tannhäuser 5.DUPRð Cortège et Litanie 6.PEETERS Aria 7.SAINT-SAùNS Dansemacabre 8.STANFORD Fantasia and Toccata 9.DRURY Improvisation on a Theme of Nigel Butterley 10.HOLLINS A Song of Sunshine 11.MOSZKOWSKI Romance sans paroles 12.KOEHNE Gothic Toccata CD2 Pomp & Circumstance 1.ELGAR Pomp and Circumstance No. 1 2.BACH Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air 3-4 WHITLOCK Sonata in C minor 5.LISZT Fantasy and Fugue on the Chorale 'Ad nos, ad salutaremundam' 6.ELGAR Enigma Variations: 'Nimrod' 7.DRURY Improvisation on a Theme of Peter Sculthorpe 8.HOLLINS A Trumpet Minuet 9.VIERNE Carillon de Westminster CD3 On a Grand Scale 1-2 SAINT-SAùNS Prelude and Fugue in C major 3 DRURY Improvisation 4-6 JACKSON Toccata, Chorale and Fugue 7-10 JONGEN 4 pièces, Op. 37 11-12 REGER Fantasy on the Chorale 'Wachetauf, ruftunsdie Stimme!'
