| Composer | Samuel Wesley |
|---|---|
| Artist | Jennifer Bate |
| Instruments | organ |
| Label | SOMM (SOMM CD036) |
Samuel Wesley is considered to be one of the most important and individual voices in British music. His output was prodigious encompassing great vocal works, symphonies, concertos and many solo instrumental pieces.His expertise as an instrumentalist and singer was counterbalanced by erudition in classical studies.
Many musicinas dedicated work to Samuel Wesley and he in turn wrote for his musical friends and fellow composers William Drummer, William Linley, Thomas Adams, William Harding and others. His organ works mark a high point in English organ music and an evolution away from the baroque to the romantic. From 1770, composers transformed the English voluntary but no-one approached Wesley's poritively orchestral panache.
Variations
Voluntaries
Preludes
Arrangement with Variation of 'Rule Britannia'
| Samuel Wesley Eight Variations in B flat on 'God Save the King' | |
|---|---|
| 1. | Thème |
| 2. | Variation 1 |
| 3. | Variation 2 |
| 4. | Variation 3 |
| 5. | Variation 4 |
| 6. | Variation 5 |
| 7. | Variation 6 |
| 8. | Variation 7 |
| 9. | Variation 8 |
| Samuel Wesley Voluntary in D | |
| 10. | Largo |
| 11. | Fuga (Allegro Moderato) |
| 12. | March (Andante Maestoso) |
| Samuel Wesley A Short and Familiar Voluntary | |
| 13. | Slow |
| 14. | Lively |
| Samuel Wesley Preludium, Arietta and Fuga in C Minor | |
| 15. | Maestoso |
| 16. | Allegretto ma non troppo |
| 17. | Moderato |
| Samuel Wesley Preludium and Fuga in G | |
| 18. | Allegro Brilliante |
| 19. | Moderato con Spirito |
| Samuel Wesley Arrangement, with Variation, of 'Rule Britannia' | |
| 20. | Arrangement |
| 21. | Variation |
| Samuel Wesley Voluntary in G Minor | |
| 22. | Largo |
| 23. | Moderato |
| Samuel Wesley Voluntary VI in B flat | |
| 24. | Spirited |
| 25. | Moderately Slow |
| 26. | Lively |
| Samuel Wesley Voluntary in G | |
| 27. | Moderately Slow |
| 28. | Lively |
| 29. | With Spirit |
| Samuel Wesley Three Variations in D on 'God Save the King' | |
| 30. | Theme |
| 31. | Variation 1 |
| 32. | Variation 2 |
| 33. | Variation 3 |
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