Vive le Roy
David Ponsford plays the 1990 Peter Collins organ in Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh
Catalogue number: NPC 002
Price: £6.00
This CD features a well-constructed programme of music by JS Bach and three of the French Classical composers who influenced him, played on an appropriately-voiced instrument.
"Ponsford's Bach performances have a natural simplicity of approach that is as enjoyable as the flamboyance of a Koopman. The simple registration of the C minor Fantasia is very effective; the gently varied colours of the Passacaglia work beautifully, and this piece receives a fine interpretation with some telling rubato. The French works are given dignified performances, appropriate to their sacred ethos, and there's some stylish ornamentation" (Gramophone)
"David Ponsford's programme is exciting" (BBC Music Magazine)
"This is a splendid disc which shows off the many colours of the Peter Collins organ and its versatility in conveying the essential tone character both of French and German organ traditions" (Classic FM Magazine)
- Fantasia in G major BWV 572 (J.S. Bach)
- Elevation: Tierce en Tailie (F. Couperin)
- Offertoire sur les grands jeux (F. Couperin)
- Fantasia in C minor BWV 562 (J.S. Bach)
- Gloria in Excelsis (Premier Livre d'Orgue, 1699) (N. de Grigny)
- Gloria in Excelsis: Gloria
- Gloria in Excelsis: Benedicimus te
- Gloria in Excelsis: Glorificamus te
- Gloria in Excelsis: Gloria domine deus
- Gloria in Excelsis: Agnus dei
- Gloria in Excelsis: Gloria qui tollis suscipe
- Gloria in Excelsis: Quoniam tu solus sanctus
- Gloria in Excelsis: Gloria tu solus altissimus
- Gloria in Excelsis: Amen
- Am wasserflussen Babylon BWV 653 (J.S. Bach)
- Le Vive le Roy des Parisiens (A. Raison) Listen
- Trio en passacaille (A. Raison)
- Passacaglia in C minor BWV 582 (J.S. Bach)
