Matthew Owens – Christmas Bells: Organ Music from Belfast Cathedral (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Matthew Owens – Christmas Bells: Organ Music from Belfast Cathedral (2021)
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For this recording Organist Matthew Owens presents a diverse recital of some of the greatest Christmas music ever written for the instrument. Traditional tunes, whether Lutheran chorales, plainchant, French noëls, or medieval carols, have provided the inspiration for much Christmas organ music throughout the years, with much of this programme made up of pieces based on such tunes, from J.S. Bach’s Canonic variations on Vom Himmel hoch to Louis-Claude Daquin’s Noël Suisse.

This recital also draws on more contemporary sources and presents several world premiere recordings including Howard Skempton’s Christmas Bells and Gary Davison’s Seven Versets on Divinum Mysterium, both of which were written specially for this recording.

Tracklist:
1-01. Matthew Owens – Canonic Variations on ‘Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her’, BWV 769a: I. Variation I (01:50)
1-02. Matthew Owens – Canonic Variations on ‘Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her’, BWV 769a: II. Variation II (01:33)
1-03. Matthew Owens – Canonic Variations on ‘Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her’, BWV 769a: III. Variation III (03:02)
1-04. Matthew Owens – Canonic Variations on ‘Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her’, BWV 769a: IV. Variation IV (02:57)
1-05. Matthew Owens – Canonic Variations on ‘Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her’, BWV 769a: V. Variation V (03:27)
1-06. Matthew Owens – Livre de Noëls, Op. 60: II. Introduction et Variations sur un Ancien Noël Polonais (04:16)
1-07. Matthew Owens – A Fugal Flourish on Personent Hodie (03:52)
1-08. Matthew Owens – Nouveau Livre de Noëls: XII. Noël Suisse (04:50)
1-09. Matthew Owens – Prelude on ‘Yorkshire’ (03:58)
1-10. Matthew Owens – Partita ‘Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich’: I. Partita I (00:51)
1-11. Matthew Owens – Partita ‘Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich’: II. Partita II (01:07)
1-12. Matthew Owens – Partita ‘Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich’: III. Partita III (01:02)
1-13. Matthew Owens – Partita ‘Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich’: IV. Partita IV (00:50)
1-14. Matthew Owens – Partita ‘Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich’: V. Partita V (00:55)
1-15. Matthew Owens – Partita ‘Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich’: VI. Partita VI (01:24)
1-16. Matthew Owens – Partita ‘Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich’: VII. Partita VII (01:16)
1-17. Matthew Owens – Partita ‘Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich’: VIII. Partita VIII (00:56)
1-18. Matthew Owens – 30 Chorale Preludes, Op. 70: III. Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her (02:16)
1-19. Matthew Owens – Prelude on Irby (03:20)
1-20. Matthew Owens – Ding Dong! Merrily on High (02:02)
1-21. Matthew Owens – Seven Versets on Divinum Mysterium: I. Verset I (00:55)
1-22. Matthew Owens – Seven Versets on Divinum Mysterium: II. Verset II (01:19)
1-23. Matthew Owens – Seven Versets on Divinum Mysterium: III. Verset III (02:34)
1-24. Matthew Owens – Seven Versets on Divinum Mysterium: IV. Verset IV (01:32)
1-25. Matthew Owens – Seven Versets on Divinum Mysterium: V. Verset V (00:51)
1-26. Matthew Owens – Seven Versets on Divinum Mysterium: Verset VI (03:56)
1-27. Matthew Owens – Seven Versets on Divinum Mysterium: VII. Verset VII (02:23)
1-28. Matthew Owens – Livre de Noëls, Op. 60: I. Noël Écossais (04:24)
1-29. Matthew Owens – Weinnachtsbaum, S.186: III. Die Hirten an der Krippe (In dulci jubilo) (03:48)
1-30. Matthew Owens – Ten Chorale Preludes, Op. 68: VII. Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (03:39)
1-31. Matthew Owens – Christmas Bells (02:13)
1-32. Matthew Owens – Christus Advenit (Second Christmas Suite): IV. Toccata on Vom Himmel hoch (04:53)

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