The Franz Liszt Memorial Organ in Weimar
Die Franz-Liszt-Gedächtnisorgel in Weimar
Die Franz-Liszt-Gedächtnisorgel in Weimar
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This portrait of the newly built Franz Liszt Memorial Organ in Weimar includes music by Bach, Liszt, Reger, Parry, Leighton, Duruflé, Howells, Gowers, Pärt and Elgar as well as the premier recording of a new work by Bertie Baigent, which was specifically commissioned for the series of the concerts this recording is taken from.
JUBAL CD 150301 Download CD Booklet Download Back Cover International Release: 30 March 2015 Available from Amazon UK, Amazon USA, Amazon Germany, JPC and JUBAL Click here to order a copy directly from Robert Pecksmith and Stefan Schwarz. |
Reviews
"[T]he organ produces tones that are clean and exact, which is ideally exploited in those works where a clear texture is required, as in Liszt's ethereal reworking of Arcadelt's Ave Maria, or the crystalline lines of Pärt's [...] Annum per annum. [...] The rapid flourishes of Patrick Gowers's Occasional Trumpet Voluntary are fluid, and the premiere of the twenty-year-old Bertie Baigent's Bright spark is suitably luminous. [...] [Robert Pecksmith's] playing is accomplished and dependable."
**** (four-star rating)
Curtis Rogers, The Organ Magazine No. 375 (February-April 2016), p. 53
"Robert shows what this organ can do in a 62-minute programme featuring 12 works. He starts with Bach BWV 546, then Bright spark, a world première recording of Bertie Baigent [born 1995] of a work commissioned for the concert. [...] A very enjoyable recording, and especially pleasing to have a disc from a young player. - Well done, Robert. I would suggest a visit to the company website http://www.jubal.de - allow plenty of time."
Organ Club Journal 2016/1, p. 66
"[T]he organ produces tones that are clean and exact, which is ideally exploited in those works where a clear texture is required, as in Liszt's ethereal reworking of Arcadelt's Ave Maria, or the crystalline lines of Pärt's [...] Annum per annum. [...] The rapid flourishes of Patrick Gowers's Occasional Trumpet Voluntary are fluid, and the premiere of the twenty-year-old Bertie Baigent's Bright spark is suitably luminous. [...] [Robert Pecksmith's] playing is accomplished and dependable."
**** (four-star rating)
Curtis Rogers, The Organ Magazine No. 375 (February-April 2016), p. 53
"Robert shows what this organ can do in a 62-minute programme featuring 12 works. He starts with Bach BWV 546, then Bright spark, a world première recording of Bertie Baigent [born 1995] of a work commissioned for the concert. [...] A very enjoyable recording, and especially pleasing to have a disc from a young player. - Well done, Robert. I would suggest a visit to the company website http://www.jubal.de - allow plenty of time."
Organ Club Journal 2016/1, p. 66
Track Listing
Producer: Horst Brauner (Berlin)
Co-Producer: Stefan Schwarz (Oxford)
Mixing and Mastering: Jörg Ritter (Berlin)
Photos: Anke Gerlach, Stefan Schwarz
Booklet Notes: Joachim Stade, Robert Pecksmith, Stefan Schwarz
Translations: Stefan Schwarz
In collaboration with Orgelbau Waltershausen
Recorded 10 August 2014 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church (Herz-Jesu-Kirche), Weimar, Germany
Organ: Orgelbau Waltershausen - III/P, 2011
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude in C minor, BWV 546 [6:07] - MP3 Preview
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Fugue in C minor, BWV 546 [5:53] - MP3 Preview
- Bertie Baigent: Bright spark, shot from a brighter place (Premier Recording) [4:58] - MP3 Preview
- Franz Liszt: Ave Maria von Arcadelt, S. 659 [5:45] - MP3 Preview
- Hubert Parry: Chorale Prelude on St. Cross (from Seven Chorale Preludes, Set II) [4:16] - MP3 Preview
- Kenneth Leighton: Paean [4:20] - MP3 Preview
- Max Reger: Benedictus, op. 59/9 [4:24] - MP3 Preview
- Maurice Duruflé: Fugue sur le thème du Carillon des Heures de la Cathédrale de Soissons, op. 12 [3:13] - MP3 Preview
- Herbert Howells: Master Tallis's Testament (from Six Pieces for Organ) [6:27] - MP3 Preview
- Patrick Gowers: An Occasional Trumpet Voluntary [2:51] - MP3 Preview
- Arvo Pärt: Annum per annum [8:00] - MP3 Preview
- Edward Elgar: Nimrod (arr. William H. Harris) [4:20] - MP3 Preview
Producer: Horst Brauner (Berlin)
Co-Producer: Stefan Schwarz (Oxford)
Mixing and Mastering: Jörg Ritter (Berlin)
Photos: Anke Gerlach, Stefan Schwarz
Booklet Notes: Joachim Stade, Robert Pecksmith, Stefan Schwarz
Translations: Stefan Schwarz
In collaboration with Orgelbau Waltershausen
Recorded 10 August 2014 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church (Herz-Jesu-Kirche), Weimar, Germany
Organ: Orgelbau Waltershausen - III/P, 2011
Jubilation
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Charity Compilation CD
Organ Music and Orchestral Arrangements of Organ Works JUBAL CD 201001 Download CD Booklet Download CD Back Cover International Release: 1 December 2020 Available from the CD label JUBAL Track Listing (tracks featuring Robert Pecksmith) 3. Percy Whitlock: Fanfare (from Four Extemporisations) [7:52] 11. Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude in C minor, BWV 546 [6:23] |
Producer: Horst Brauner, Stefan Schwarz (tracks 3 and 11)
Mixing and Mastering: Jörg Ritter
Booklet Notes: Horst Brauner
Mixing and Mastering: Jörg Ritter
Booklet Notes: Horst Brauner
Advent Calendar
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24 Advent Carols + 1 Bonus Track for Christmas Day
Stone Records 5060192780338 Download CD Booklet Release Date: 4 November 2013 The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford David Crown, conductor; Mary-Louise Aitken, soprano; Jeremy Carpenter, baritone; Robert Pecksmith, organ; Douglas Knight, organ; Keith Fairbairn, percussion Available for purchase and streaming from Amazon UK, Amazon US, Presto Music, Spotify, Apple Music, Stone Records and YouTube. |
Track Listing
The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford
Soprano – Amelia Hamer, Elizabeth McMillan, Rebecca Nohl, Joanna Perkins, Katharine Piddington, Olivia Waring, Emily Winkler
Alto – Jenni Butler, Eleanor Makower, Laura Schack, Isabel Sinagola, Orly Watson, Glenn Wong
Tenor – Bertie Baigent, Antony Beere, David Bowe, Ian Buchanan, Sam Walker, Daniel Wyman
Bass – Matthew Kerr, Stephen O'Driscoll, Robert Pecksmith, Christoph Schnedermann, Stefan Schwarz, Toby Young
Producers: Alexander Van Ingen and Matthew Bennett
Balance Engineer: Alexander Van Ingen
Technical Engineer: Dave Rowell
Editing: Matthew Bennett
Mixing and Mastering: Dave Rowell
Recorded 23-25 June 2013 at Keble College Chapel, Oxford, UK
Organ: Kenneth Tickell and Company – IV/P, 2011
- John Rutter: The twelve days of Christmas [4:05]
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Allein Gott in der Höh’ sei Ehr’ (BWV 260) [1:03]
- John Rutter: I saw three ships [2:23]
- Stephen Darlington: Jacob’s Ladder [3:00]
- Peter Warlock: Bethlehem Down [4:00]
- Glenn L. Rudolph: Veiled in darkness [3:46]
- Richard Rodney Bennett: Out of your sleep [1:40]
- Raymond Head: Bogoroditsye Dyevo [5:25]
- Johann Sebastian: Wie soll ich dich empfangen (BWV 248/5) [1:14]
- Malcolm Archer: The Angel Gabriel [2:39]
- Elizabeth Poston: Jesus Christ the apple tree [2:56]
- Peter Cornelius: The three kings [2:33]
- Paul Sartin: The Seven Joys of Mary [4:15]
- David Willcocks: Silent Night [3:17]
- Toby Young: Advent Carol [2:41]
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (BWV 36/8) [0:48]
- Bob Chilcott: Nova! nova! [2:21]
- Charles Wood: O thou, the central orb [4:18]
- David Willcocks: Rocking [2:01]
- Otto Goldschmidt: A tender shoot [2:11]
- Harold Darke: In the bleak mid-winter [4:37]
- Charles Wood: Ding dong! merrily on high [1:54]
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Brich an, o schönes Morgenlicht (BWV 248/12) [1:15]
- John Gardner: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day [1:54]
- Arthur Warrell: We wish you a merry Christmas [1:47]
The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford
Soprano – Amelia Hamer, Elizabeth McMillan, Rebecca Nohl, Joanna Perkins, Katharine Piddington, Olivia Waring, Emily Winkler
Alto – Jenni Butler, Eleanor Makower, Laura Schack, Isabel Sinagola, Orly Watson, Glenn Wong
Tenor – Bertie Baigent, Antony Beere, David Bowe, Ian Buchanan, Sam Walker, Daniel Wyman
Bass – Matthew Kerr, Stephen O'Driscoll, Robert Pecksmith, Christoph Schnedermann, Stefan Schwarz, Toby Young
Producers: Alexander Van Ingen and Matthew Bennett
Balance Engineer: Alexander Van Ingen
Technical Engineer: Dave Rowell
Editing: Matthew Bennett
Mixing and Mastering: Dave Rowell
Recorded 23-25 June 2013 at Keble College Chapel, Oxford, UK
Organ: Kenneth Tickell and Company – IV/P, 2011