{"product_id":"benjamin-nicholas-plays-the-new-dobson-organ-of-merton-college-oxford","title":"The Merton Organ: The New Dobson Organ of Merton College, Oxford - Benjamin Nicholas","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Nicholas is a highly competent player and one as prepared as anyone to display virtuosity...It's a wonderful instrument, happily meeting the demands of any repertoire\" --Gramophone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a golden age of organ-building, Merton College’s new Dobson instrument stands out as exceptional. It is only the third American-built organ sent to the UK since the Second World War, a bold commissioning choice which Benjamin Nicholas, Reed Rubin Organist and Director of Music in Merton’s recently established choral foundation, and his colleagues made after considering three factors. The College required an instrument that could sympathetically accompany its daily choral services – with sufficient flexibility to accommodate the works of many eras – and that honoured the Chapel’s ancient architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe instrument also had to be equipped to perform a large part of the solo repertoire, and it is the success of this third aim that Benjamin Nicholas sought to demonstrate when putting together the programme for the instrument’s first recorded outing. From the pre-pedalboard sophistication of native Stanley, to the mesmerising hues of Messiaen – and encompassing snapshots from the instrument’s vast literature in between – no inquisitive listener will feel short-changed by the gluttony of textures and colours on display here. In his debut appearance on disc as a soloist, Benjamin Nicholas combines flair and intelligence as he presents the stunning instrument he helped mastermind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/official_TRACK_LISTING_WITH_WORLD_0dc0c6c8-3485-4867-8aa8-a09c520223c1.png?v=1668436329\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1        Sinfonia (From Cantata No. 29 ('Wir Danken Dir, Gott'), BWV29)\u003cbr\u003eArranged By – Marcel Dupré\u003cbr\u003eComposed By – J.S. Bach*\u003cbr\u003e5:05\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2        Ertöt Uns Durch Dein' Güte (From Cantata No. 22 ('Jesus Nahm Zu Sich Die Zwölfe'), BWV22)\u003cbr\u003eArranged By – Maurice Duruflé\u003cbr\u003eComposed By – J.S. Bach*\u003cbr\u003e3:32\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3        Pièce Héroïque\u003cbr\u003eComposed By – César Franck\u003cbr\u003e9:11\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4        Voluntary In A Minor, Op.6 No.2\u003cbr\u003eComposed By – John Stanley (2)\u003cbr\u003e5:39\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5        Prière Après La Communion (No. XVI From Livre Du Saint Sacrement)\u003cbr\u003eComposed By – Olivier Messiaen\u003cbr\u003e6:36\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6        Toccata And Fugue In D Minor, BWV565\u003cbr\u003eComposed By – J.S. 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