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MELBOURNE SOUNDS GRAND
THOMAS HEYWOOD (organ)

The superb Concert Organ in Melbourne Town Hall is put through its paces in a programme of popular showcase pieces.

playing time: 77.53 
direct sale price:  $18.99
audio sample: Toccata di Concerto (extract)
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tracks:

Edwin LEMARE: Toccata di Concerto, op.59
Henry BISHOP: Home, Sweet Home (trans. Lemare)
Wolfgang MOZART: Sonata in D, KV144
William McKIE: Romance in G
Johann S. BACH: Fantasia & Fugue in G minor, BWV542
Percy GRAINGER: Colonial Song
William BEST: Concert Fantasia on a Welsh march
Norman COCKER: Tuba Tune
Roland DIGGLE: A Song of Sunshine
George THALBEN-BALL: Elegy
William WALTON: Coronation March "Orb & Sceptre"
 
review extracts :
“Thomas Heywood plays the works with great drive and youthful zest ... the quality of the recording sound, the balance and the overall ambience are uniformly excellent.” - Organ Historical Trust of Australia
“Heywood's playing is in the venerable tradition of Town Hall recitalists and includes a certain amount of bravura necessary to bring off the many Edwardian and Victorian works on the program” - The Age - Green Guide
“the CD is worth having ... [Thomas] shows off this huge organ effectively ... [and] is an excellent performer ...” - The Delian, USA