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Toccata In F Major / Eleven Variations On "Sei Gegrüsset, Jesu Gutig" / Fugue in G Major (Gigue) / Tocatta And Fugue In F Major

Charles-Marie Widor, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ralph Downes

Label: Pye Golden Guinea Records
Catalog number: GGC.4024
Format: LP · Reissue · Mono
Country: UK
Released: 1964
Genre: Classical

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This recording features Ralph Downes performing on the organ of the London Oratory, a notable instrument that Downes himself helped design. The pairing of Bach’s complex contrapuntal works with the Romantic sensibilities of Widor offers an excellent example of mid-century organ repertoire and the high-fidelity sound standards promoted by the Pye Golden Guinea label during the 1960s.

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Toccata In F Major / Eleven Variations On "Sei Gegrüsset, Jesu Gutig" / Fugue in G Major (Gigue) / Tocatta And Fugue In F Major has 4 tracks. Open a track to see who wrote, played on and produced it.

A1Toccata In F Major (Organ Symphony No. 5)
Composed By
Charles-Marie Widor
A2Eleven Variations On "Sei Gegrüsset, Jesu Gutig" (Peters Vol. V, Part 2, No. 3)
Composed By
Johann Sebastian Bach
B1Fugue In G Major (Gigue) (Peters Vol. IX, No. 2)
Composed By
Johann Sebastian Bach
B2Toccata And Gugue In F Major (Peters Vol. III, No. 2)
Composed By
Johann Sebastian Bach

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Released in 1964 by Pye Golden Guinea Records, this recording features the organist Ralph Downes performing works by Bach and Widor on the organ of the Royal Festival Hall in London. The Pye Golden Guinea series was established to offer high-quality classical performances at an accessible price point, bringing virtuosic organ repertoire to a wider audience during the mid-century boom in home high-fidelity listening.

The organ at the Royal Festival Hall, designed by Ralph Downes himself and installed in 1954, was a landmark instrument in British organ building. It represented a departure from the heavy, romantic organ tradition toward a clearer, more versatile aesthetic influenced by the Orgelbewegung movement. Downes’ performance on this record was intended to showcase the clarity and mechanical precision of this neo-classical design through the complex contrapuntal textures of Bach and the grand scale of Widor.

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