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A Taste of Shropshire

"The last work in this pot-pourri is a pot-pourri in its own write (right). Magnificently entitled Introduction & Grand Concert Variations on a Hymn Tune by Sir Arthur Sullivan (the not-so-young-person’s guide to the organ) it lasts a good sixteen minutes. It is a sweeping up of a gross of different styles and a dozen quotes from famous organ and orchestral works. Too many to itemise – but look out for Widor – you cannot really miss him. Just the sort of piece to bring the house ... " John France, Music Web International

"The celebrated New Zealand organist Martin Setchell plays superbly throughout; he is an impeccable stylist, with nimble fingers (and feet) and is clearly having a jolly good time as well. This enjoyable disc – something for that Sullivan collector who already has everything else.." Robin Gordon-Powell, for Sir Arthur Sullivan Society magazine

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  1. Paean – a Song of Triumph, Oliphant Chuckerbutty speaker
  2. Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 in G Op. 39, Sir Edward Elgar arr. Sinclair speaker
  3. Three dances from Henry VIII, Sir Edward German arr. Lemare (Morris Dance- Shepherds’ Dance speaker -Torch Dance speaker)
  4. The Lost Chord, Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) arr. Rawsthorne speaker
  5. The Land of Lost Content, Paul Spicer (b. 1952)
  6. Two dances from Capriol Suite, Peter Warlock (1894-1930) arr. Setchell (Basse-danse, Pieds-en-l’air)
  7. Coronation March and Hymn, Sir Edward German (1862-1936) arr. Brown/Setchell
  8. Introduction and Voluntary for the Cornet stop, Sir Charles Burney (1726-1814) speaker
  9. Songs of Praise Toccata, Robert Prizeman (b. 1952) speaker
  10. Jig (No. 3 of Five Dances), John Gardner (b.1917)
  11. RAF March Past, Sir Henry Walford Davies (1869-1941) arr. Setchell speaker
  12. 12 Introduction and Grand Concert Variations on a Hymn Tune by Sir Arthur Sullivan (the ‘Not-so-young person’s guide to the organ’), Richard Francis (b. 1946) speaker

Total duration: 76:06

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