David Briggs plays his own transcriptions of Elgar's 2 completed symphonies on the Tickell organ in Worcester Cathedral - DOUBLE ALBUM
An enormous undertaking by any standards, these two transcriptions are played with consummate style and insight by David Briggs, teasing an extraordinary sound-world from the magnificent 2008 Kenneth Tickell instrument in Worcester Cathedral
2CD - Elgar Symphonies 1 & 2 - David Briggs
£16.00Price
- Disk 1 - Symphony No.1 in A flat Op.55 (transcribed for organ by David Briggs)
1 Andante. Nobilmente e semplice23:21
2 Allegro molto8:22
3 Adagio12:22
4 Lento - Allegro12:55
Total 57:02
Disk 2 - Symphony No.2 in E flat Op.63 (transcribed for organ by David Briggs)
1 Allegro vivace e nobilmente20:05
2 Larghetto14:35
3 Rondo - Presto10:40
4 Finale - Moderato e maestoso17:40
Total 63:02