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The first nine live recordings from Robert's summer tour are now available on YouTube: Maria-Magdalenen-Kirche, Templin, Brandenburg Organ: Alexander Schuke (1994)
Fürstenwalde Cathedral (Dom St. Marien), Brandenburg Organ: Alexander Schuke (1966/2005) St.-Gertraud-Kirche, Frankfurt (Oder), Brandenburg Organ: Wilhelm Sauer (1878)
St.-Marien-Kirche, Pirna, Saxony Organ: Friedrich Nikolaus Jahn/Hermann Eule (1842/1979) Christuskirche, Dresden-Strehlen, Saxony Organ: Jehmlich (1904)
Another track is currently being edited and will be added to the channel over the course of the next few months.
In June Robert played the 1913 Walker organ at St Saviour’s Church, Richmond Hill, Leeds, for the Eoferwic Consort's new recording of the complete sacred choral works of Alice Mary Smith (1839-1884), one of the most prolific female composers from the Victorian period.
The recording is based on newly published scholarly edition of Alice Mary Smith's choral music by Leonard Sanderman. The project was funded the AHRC, through the White Rose College of Arts and Humanities. For further information as well as PDF files of the scores, please see Leonard Sanderman's website. Robert accompanied the following three tracks: The complete album is also available for streaming on SoundCloud. Live recordings from Robert's fourth recital tour to Germany are now available on YouTube: St.-Jacobi-Kirche, Sangerhausen, Saxony-Anhalt Organ: Zacharias Hildebrandt (1728) St.-Georgen-Kirche, Glauchau, Saxony Organ: Gottfried Silbermann (1730) A selection of live recordings from Robert's summer tour has now been uploaded to YouTube:
The first two live recordings from Robert's summer tour are now online: Bach's Pièce d'orgue, played on the 1872 Ladegast organ in Köthen, and Alastair Putt's Toccata, played on the Jahn/Eule organ in Pirna. Please see the video page for more of Robert's live recordings. Today Robert's first solo CD, a portrait of the Franz Liszt Memorial Organ at the Herz-Jesu-Kirche in Weimar, was released by the classical CD label JUBAL. A more detailed article about the album and an interview with Robert can be found on the Somerville College website. Click here for more information and full track listings. The CD is available for purchase from Amazon UK.  The first live recording from Robert's summer tour has been uploaded to YouTube: Bach's Prelude in C minor played on the 1735 Silbermann organ of the St.-Petri-Kirche, Freiberg (Saxony). Additional recordings (including works by Mendelssohn, Sweelinck, Boyce, Byrd and Gowers) will be added to the YouTube channel over the next few weeks. A live recording of the fourth movement of Vierne's Organ Symphony No. 3 in F-sharp minor (op. 28) has just been uploaded to YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGMcukPiDTQ. The video was recorded at Merton College Chapel last week and features the Merton's new Dobson organ. Today at 4pm BBC Radio 3 will broadcast a live recording of Daniel Saleeb's Psalm which features Robert playing the Metzler organ of the University Church. The programme will be available for download or streaming via iPlayer.
Robert can be heard playing the new Kenneth Tickell organ at Keble College Chapel on Somerville College Choir's new CD. This musical advent calendar from Oxford University's leading mixed-voice college choir is the ensemble's second release on the Stone Records label, following a highly successful recording of Duruflé’s Requiem and Milford’s Mass for Five Voices. The beautifully-presented album is a countdown to Christmas of 24 tracks (with a bonus track for Christmas Day) featuring wonderful performances of some of the best-loved carols of all time, and a handful of première recordings that will delight all classical music lovers. Each Advent Sunday is marked by a Bach chorale, and the listener is guided through Advent, as the excitement builds for the arrival of Christmas Day. The track list includes favourite carols by Rutter, Warlock, Poston, Gardner, Cornelius, Goldschmidt and Wood as well as newly commissioned works by Toby Young, Raymond Head and Paul Sartin (member of the folk band Bellowhead). The Choir of Somerville College, conducted by David Crown, is joined by guest soloists Mary-Louise Aitken (soprano) and Jeremy Carpenter (baritone), who was most recently seen in the Royal Opera House's production of Britten's Gloriana. The CD also features Douglas Knight (organ) and Keith Fairbairn (percussion). The album will be released on 4 November 2013 (UK) and 12 November 2013 (USA and all other countries). Advent Calendar is available for purchase from Amazon UK, Amazon US, Presto Classical, Stone Records and Blackwell's Music (Broad Street, Oxford). Please see Robert's discography for a full track list.  |
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