Love So Amazing: The Hymn Arrangements of Stuart Forster

Featuring

Michael Murray
Joseph Foley
Dana Oakes
Zebediah Upton
Hans Bohn
Gregory Spirodopoulos

Kenneth Amis
Robert Schulz
Church of the Redeemer Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Choir
Christ Church Cambridge, Massachusetts Choir
Anonymous
Jacob Hintze
Anonymous (Spiritual)
Louis Bourgeois
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Joachim Neander
Christopher Dearnley
Robert Williams
Anonymous (Traditional)
Cyril Vincent Taylor
Charles Villiers Stanford
Edwin George Monk
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry

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Instruments

The Schoenstein organ at the Church of the Redeemer features two 32' stops, which is unusual for a smaller organ and provides a 'singular nobility' characteristic of great cathedral organs.

Performer Biography

A previous recording conducted by Michael S. Murray, "Vivat Regina! The Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II," received complimentary notes of appreciation from Buckingham Palace and Balmoral Castle.

Performer Biography

Stuart Forster, the organist and arranger on this album, has been Director of Music and Organist at Christ Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1999.

Performer Biography

Michael S. Murray, the conductor, has directed the music at the Church of the Redeemer in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, since September 2001.

Composer's Artistic Vision

The album's hymn arrangements were developed over decades of working with choirs and congregations, with the belief that hymn singing is the backbone of church ministry.

Performer Biography

Stuart Forster has published a book titled "Hymn Playing: A Modern Colloquium," which documents expert techniques of hymn leadership and accompaniment with the organ.

Instruments

The organ used on this recording, built by Schoenstein & Co. and installed in 2018, is heralded as 'one of the best new organs of our time' and contains 1,878 pipes.