DVDs
A Legend Reborn: The Voice of King’s
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2 DVDs (Duration: 260 minutes); 2 CDs (Duration: 110 minutes); 1 booklet (16 p.) It’s one of the most famous organs in the world: the 1934 Harrison & Harrison organ at King’s College, Cambridge. This documentary offers a rare glimpse behind the scenes in the workshop of the famous organ builder and a step-by-step presentation of the restoration of the majestic instrument. Director Steven Benson spent more than a year following the work of the organ builders, from the dismantling of the many thousands of components to their restoration and re-installation. In addition to the documentary, the box set includes a series of extraordinary audio and video recordings of organists like Robert Quinney, Ashley Grote, Tom Winpenny and Richard Gowers playing works by 13 composers as well as an improvisation (David Briggs) on the newly restored organ. 2 DVDs: Documentary film detailing the restoration of the iconic 1934 Harrison & Harrison organ of King’s College, Cambridge. Recordings of works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Max Reger, Louis Vierne, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Marcel Dupré and others plus two bonus films with recordings by Daniel Moult. 2 CDs: Audio versions of the filmed recordings from the DVD. Booklet: Photos and disposition of the organ of King’s College, Cambridge. Content: DVD 1: Dokumentary: A Legend Reborn: The Voice of King’s (120 minutes). DVD 2 (140 minutes) as well as CD1 and CD2: Recorded works: • Judith Bingham: Incarnation with Shepherds Dancing • Marcel Dupr´: Deux Esquisses: No. 2 in B minor • Frank Bridge: Adagio in E • Louis Vierne: Toccata from „Pièces de Fantaisie“ • Jehan Alain: Deuxième Fantaisie • Olivier Messiaen: Transports de Joie • Marcel Dupr´: Cortège et Litanie • Herbert Murrill: Carillon • Herbert Howells: Rhapsody No. 1 in D flat • J. S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in G BWV 550 • Louis Vierne: Carillon de Westminster • Ralph Vaughan Williams: Prelude on Rhosymedre • J. S. Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue BWV 582 • Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Prelude and Fugue in B (arr. Quinney) • Max Reger: Toccata and Fugue in d minor/major • Improvised Variations and Toccata on the Great Advent Antiphons (O Sapientia) Plus two bonus films from The English Organ: Demonstration of the King’s Organ by Daniel Moult (18 minutes) Percy Whitlock: Fantasie Choral no. 2 played by Daniel Moult
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