In his debut solo organ recording, Christopher Allsop demonstrates the extensive capabilities of the recently installed Kenneth Tickell quire organ of Worcester Cathedral. Allsop’s performance is dynamic and engaging, and encompasses a wide variety of repertoire. Track Listing: Charles Tournemire (1870–1939) Improvisation sur le Te Deum Claude Debussy (1862–1918) Deuxième Arabesque (trans. Léon Roques) Jehan Alain (1911–1940) Deux Fantaisies Première Fantaisie, JA 072 Deuxième Fantaisie, JA 117 Arthur Somervell (1863–1937) Air in C major (arr. A. G. Mathew) Joseph Bonnet (1884–1944) In Memoriam – Titanic, Op. 10, No. 1 William Mathias (1934–1992) Toccata Giocosa Louis Vierne (1870–1937) Feux Follets (from Pièces de fantaisie, 2nd suite, Op. 53, No. 4) Frank Bridge (1879–1941) Minuet (from Three Pieces for Organ, H. 190) Dimitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) Passacaglia (from the opera Katerina Ismailowa, Op. 114c) Hugo Distler (1908–1942) Four Spielstücke, Op. 18 Donald Hunt (b. 1930) Tomkins’ Trifle Dimitri Shostakovich Festive Overture, Op. 96 (trans. Christopher Allsop) Total Playing Time: 70:49 2014, Regent Records Review “A brilliant recital of organ music...very well recorded, and fully capturing the splendour of the Kenneth Tickell Quire organ of 2008.” - International Record Review (November 2014)