Bridge’s early works those written before the first World War were more late Romantic in style warmly expansive than his mature works. The Adagio is a four-Voice fugue of poetic expressiveness that makes full use of the instrument’s tonal resources.British composer Frank Bridge was active in the early decades of the 20th century and was a highly respected conductor violist and teacher his sole composition student having been Benjamin Britten. Britten honoured his former teacher in his work Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge based on a theme from one of Bridge’s pieces for String quartet.

Par SENFTER JOHANNA. Johanna Senfter (1879–1961) is one of the most interesting composers of the late Romantic period. She studied piano and composition at the Frankfurt Conservatoire 1895–1903 and thereafter in Leipzig with Max Reger 1908/9. Her most significant legacy is her organ music, which takes up the contrapuntal, highly chromatic composition techniques used by her teacher. These ten chorale preludes Op. 73 were written in 1930 and are suitable for concert or liturgical performance./ Répertoire / Orgue

A Treasury of European Service Music for Manuals is a generous collection of music by many of the fine organist-composers who flourished in the 18th 19th and early 20th centuries.The style is romantic and ideallysuited for Service use: the pieces are just the right length sight-readable and delightful to the ear.Richard Lloyd has edited them expertly for playing on modern instruments.Contents:Andante by Arthurde HovreAntiphon by Georges Debat-PonsanChorale by Louis BottazzoCommunion by Louis BottazzoCommunion by Adolphe d'HulstCommunion by Alfred MarichelleCommunion by Edouard TorresCoro Religioso by OrlandoA. MansfieldDeux Canons by Ludvig Mathias LindemanDeux Interludes by Eugène GigoutElévation by Domenico BellandoElévation by Adolphe d'HulstElévation by Jean HuréElévation by Edouard TorresFughetta byOscar DepuydtFugue in E minor by Guillaume LasceuxFugue in E minor by Jean-Nicolas MarriguesFugue in G minor by Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-CharpentierImprovisation by Gustaf HäggInterlude by SantiagoTafallInvocation by Alexandre WinkelLarghetto by J. SurzynskiLe Carillon de Balleroy by A. ManciniMeditation by A. ManciniNoël by Alphonse Mailly Noël Lorrain by Guillaume LasceuxNorwegian Song by PeterLindemanOffertoire by Louis BottazzoOffertoire by Gaetano FoschiniOffertoire by Ernest GrosjeanOffertoire by Adolphe d'HulstOffertoire by Charles LefebvrePastorale by Paul FauchettPastorale by P. L.HillemacherPax by Giovanni BolzoniPiece in C by Emile PessardPrelude by Oscar DepuydtPrelude by Adolphe d'HulstPrelude by Augusto MachadoPrelude by Orlando A. MansfieldPrelude in E minor by ErnestGrosjeanPrelude on 'Iste Confessor' by Lucien BourgeoisPrelude on 'Pange Lingua' by Lucien BourgeoisPrière by Bruce SteanePrière by Johann Gustav Eduard StehleSong of Joy by Bruce SteaneVerset on 'Sacris

4 Interludes-The music of small forms was what the French composer Gabriel Fauré (1845 1924) focused on. In 1874 after many years spent in the 'provinces' the teacher of Camille Saint-Saëns took the position of organist in Paris; later he not only worked as a church musician but also as a teacher.In the summer of 1887 Fauré wrote his Pavane Op. 50 originally intended for a concert providing light entertainment which soon gained wide popularity as an orchestral setting with and without the chorus added by Fauré. The romantic slightly melancholic melody is a catchy tune which thanks to the present arrangement can now also be performed soloistically with piano accompaniment.

Widely regarded as the culmination of French romanticism on the organ Widor's symphonies include some of the most frequently performed and recorded works in the modern organ repertoire. Most of these 'symphonies' - so called to emphasise the orchestral wealth of timbres offered by the new French organs - were written specifically to exploit the capacities of the modern Cavaille-Coll organ especially the rich-toned five-keyboard instrument at St-Sulpice in Paris. Presented here in two inexpensive (this being the first) well-made volumes they offer a splendid resource for organists and all music lovers.

Par RINCK JOHANN CHRISTIAN HEINRICH. Rinck’s organ works were oriented toward the needs of the church music of this time, when short and relatively simple pieces were required. This genre of music is exemplified by the Chorale Preludes op. 105, most of which occupy only one printed page, and which are reminiscent of Bach’s Orgelbüchlein. With his imaginative pieces Rinck successfully created a transitional style between baroque linear organ artistry and the sensibility of classicism and early romanticism./ Répertoire / Orgue

The composer wrote of this work ‘Although purely abstract in design the work attempts to give musical expression to the individual’s struggle fo belief in the miracle of the resurrection…The form of the piece could be described as continuous variation.’Composer and pianist Kenneth Leighton is one of Britian’s most distinguished post-War composers whose works for Piano and Organ in particular manifest his intellectual rigour and Romanticism with virtuosic solo writing.

From Rococo To Romanticism 1-An anthology from four centuries in ten volumes. Edited by Robin Langley.

Book 3-This album for the Organ includes three pieces set on the syllabus for Grades 6-7 ABRSM Organ exams from 2011.

[Orgelmusik der Klassik und Frühromantik - Band 1] / Classique / Editeur : Eberhard Hofmann / Partition / Agrafé /

A collection of popular organ music for weddings. Includes 'Bridal Chorus' (Wagner), 'Wedding March' (Mendelssohn) and 'Alla Marcia' (Ireland). / Orgue