Henry Purcell

Henry Purcell spent almost half his life as Organist of Westminster Abbey but surprisingly wrote very little organ music himself. Bryan Hesford has rectified this with this volume of pieces arranged a...

Seven wonderful pieces from the great English composer, Henry Purcell.

As an essential part of English music-making, organ music developed completely independently of the continent until the middle of the 19th century. Until then, even large English organs had no indepen...

Arranged for Organ by O. H Peasgood

Henry Purcell (1659-1695) held numerous appointments at the Royal Court and Westminster Abbey, and is considered by many to be the greatest ever English-born composer. His prolific work covered all fi...

Henry Purcell had a marvelous natural ability for counterpoint, which was especially evident when combining pungent English counterpoint with expressive, flexible, and dramatic word settings. His Orga...

Purcell's 'Voluntary For Double Organ' has two stops. The opening is very intricate in a rhythmical sense as it mixes scotch snaps with dotted rhythms, followed up with some very free and ornate music...

From the Anthology of Organ Music

Arranged and edited by Desmond Ratcliffe.

Second Act Tune is a piece of incidental music by Henry Purcell (1659-1695), one of the greatest masters of the English Baroque. Purcell shows here his innate sense of melody, elegant harmonies and fi...

Second Act Tune is a piece of incidental music by Henry Purcell (1659-1695), one of the greatest masters of the English Baroque. Purcell shows here his innate sense of melody, elegant harmonies and fi...