Listen & tracks
10 works · 41:57
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1 Fantasia del 6º tono Giovanni Gabrieli 3:06
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2 Ricercare del 10º tono Giovanni Gabrieli 4:39
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3 Ocelino, bel ocelino / Le forze d'hercole / Fusi pavana piana / Saltarello del Re Anonymous 3:35
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4 Toccata All'Elevazione Domenico Zipoli 4:29
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5 Hymnus - Christe Redemptor omnium Girolamo Cavazzoni 2:59
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6 Toccata del x tono Andrea Gabrieli 2:29
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7 Pastorale Domenico Zipoli 3:48
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8 Aria detto Balletto Girolamo Frescobaldi 4:44
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9 Canzon Francese deta Martin Menoit Andrea Gabrieli 3:41
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10 Toccata per il "Deo Gratias" Giovanni Battista Martini Largo, Toccata in C 8:27
The organ of the Toorak Uniting Church, Melbourne, is heard here for the first time on record. Peter Collins of Redbourn, St Albans, built it in 1978–9.
The instrument is divided on either side of the south window. The pedal organ, with its 32 foot reed stop, stands behind the left-hand case; the swell sits at the base and the great at the top of the right-hand case. There are two manuals, 34 stops, 46 ranks, and mechanical action. Casework in Brazilian cedar carries pipe shades carved in sugar pine to a design by English artist John Brennan.
Reviews
The pieces to give these reviewers most pleasure were a set of anonymous 16th century dances which showed fine use of contrasting stops, the imitative Italian bagpipe sound of Zipoli's Pastorale and the only 18th century piece (also the longest), the Toccata on Deo Gratias by Martini. This Toccata is vigorously played and contains an especially attractive middle 'largo' section.
... a most enjoyable and authoritative account by a master, Sergio de Pieri ... we are treated to a wide range of emotional contrasts – from happy 16th century dances, through reflective canzonas to the more austere ricercari, via a chirpy Zipoli pastorale and the ever-popular Aria detto Balletto of Frescobaldi. This recording can be thoroughly recommended as an excellent introduction to early Italian organ music.
Artists
Sergio de Pieri
organ
Born in Treviso, Italy, well-known organist Sergio de Pieri emigrated to Australia in the 1960s and was chiefly responsible for reviving local interest in the organ and its true repertoire. He was organist at the Basilica of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, Chief Study Organ Lecturer at the University of Melbourne and still regularly performs throughout Australia, Europe, USA and Canada.
Girolamo Frescobaldi
composer
Girolamo Frescobaldi's keyboard music moves between flamboyant improvisatory toccatas and strict counterpoint, with sudden shifts of tempo and mood that still challenge performers. His canzonas, partitas and sacred organ works shaped Baroque keyboard writing for generations.
Giovanni Gabrieli
composer
Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1554/1557–1612) was a Venetian composer and organist of the late Renaissance, a central figure of the Venetian School at the turn toward early Baroque sacred and instrumental music.
Girolamo Cavazzoni
composer
Andrea Gabrieli
composer
Andrea Gabrieli wrote sacred vocal music and instrumental works for the resonant spaces of late Renaissance Venice: ceremonial motets, madrigals, and organ pieces that trade dense counterpoint for clear, antiphonal sonority.
Giovanni Battista Martini
composer
Domenico Zipoli
composer
Domenico Zipoli (1688–1726) was an Italian Baroque composer and organist, remembered for his keyboard music and for the sacred works he wrote as a Jesuit missionary in South America.
Digital booklet
Digital booklet Notes, texts and credits — read online or download the PDF Download the PDFPerformers
- Sergio de Pieri · organ
Technical credits
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Producer
Douglas Lawrence
Martin Wright
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Venue
Toorak Uniting Church, Melbourne
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Credit
Howard Birnstihl
Peter Collins
Details
- List price
- $20.00 AUD
- Total playing time
- 41 minutes 57 seconds
- Release date
- 1982
- Category
- Classical
- Genres
- Organ, Early Music, Baroque
- Musical work copyright
- © 1982 Move Records
- Sound recording copyright
- ℗ 1982 Move Records
- Catalogue
- MD 3042
- EAN
- 9314574304220
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