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Power of Life: Organ Showpieces on the Metzler in Poblet Monastery, Spain

7/28/2023, 12 Tracks, 1:07:04

Featuring

  • Christoph Herrick
  • Mons Leidvin Takle
  • George Shearing
  • Sir William Walton
  • Heitor Villa-Lobos
  • Marius Monnikendam
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Hans-Andre Stamm
  • Marcel Dupré
  • Camille Saint-Saëns
  • Vincenzo Antonio Petrali
  • Peter Warlock
  • Franz Wagner

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Interpretation

The organist's intention for this album, which features unusual repertoire and arrangements of well-known pieces, is to stir, move, and entertain the listener.

Source: Booklet

Instruments

The Metzler organ at Poblet Monastery, built in 2012, has a style influenced by central German and Alsatian traditions, but also accommodates French, Iberian, and late Baroque music with its diverse stops.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Christopher Herrick, the organist on this album, was a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral and later served for ten years at Westminster Abbey, playing for many Royal and State occasions.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This album was recorded on the Metzler organ at Poblet Monastery in Tarragona, Spain, an instrument built in 2012 by the family business Orgelbau Metzler AG.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Christopher Herrick has recorded over forty albums as an exclusive Hyperion artist, including fourteen 'Organ Fireworks' programs on organs worldwide and the complete organ works of Bach on Metzler organs in Switzerland.

Source: Booklet

Historical Context

Poblet Monastery, where this album was recorded, is a Cistercian abbey founded in 1150 in Spanish Catalonia and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1991.

Source: Booklet

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