The Eule Organ of Magdalen College, Oxford – new recording

On the Convivium label (CR109), Organist Alexander Pott performs repertoire that showcases the distinctive voice, colour, breadth and sensitivity of the Eule Organ of Magdalen College, Oxford, featuring a wide range of music from Wagner to Delius, showcasing the instrument’s German Romantic heritage as well as its suitability for English 20th-Century transcription, thanks to its distinctive voice, colour, breadth and sensitivity. Compositions include a number of composers associated with Delius:

Funérailles – Franz Liszt
Pilgrims’ Chorus from Tannhäuser, S. 676ii – Wagner arr. Liszt
Organ Sonata in G minor, Op. 284 – Carl Reinecke
Prelude & Fugue on ‘O Traurigkeit, O Herzeleid’ – Ethel Smyth
The Reed-grown Waters – Sigfrid Karg-Elert
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring – Delius arr. Fenby
Carol (Four Extemporisations, No. 1) – Percy Whitlock
The Immovable Do – Percy Grainger
Folk-Song Preludes: – Peter Warlock arr. Pott
Organ Sonata in G major – Frederic Austin