Album

The first volume of Joseph Payne's survey of early English organ music is divided between late Renaissance pieces (both sacred and secular), most of which were compiled in the Mulliner Book by 1560, and Baroque works with a continental flavor written after the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660. To illuminate these dramatically different styles and periods, Payne plays two modern organs located in Massachusetts that were built to specifications that give a fair approximation of the older English organ sound and character. The organ at St. Paul's Church, Brookline, has bright reed and flute stops that lend an intimate quality to the short Mulliner pieces. Yet the instrument's registration is broad enough for Payne to render Giles Farnaby's Fantasy with splendid colors. The Baroque works are served well by the organ at the Annisquam Village Church, Cape Ann, which has the wide assortment of stops necessary for Payne's varied tonal palette. This rich registration is most apparent in the Voluntaries by Purcell, Boyce, and Croft, and the character pieces taken from the anonymous collection The Dancing Master. Also outstanding is Payne's jubilant performance of John Blow's Suite in C. The recorded sound is fine, with only occasional clicking of the Annisquam organ's mechanisms.

© Blair Sanderson, All Music Guide

CD 1
Anonymous, Mulliner Book Composer Galliard Work Recorded 1989 Joseph Payne Organ
1	Galliard	2:31			$0.99
Anthony Newman (16th c.) Composer A Fansye Work Recorded 1989 Joseph Payne Organ
2	A Fansye	1:30			$0.99
Anonymous, Mulliner Book Composer La Bounette; la doune cella Work Recorded 1989 Joseph Payne Organ
3	La Bounette; la doune cella	2:13			$0.99
John Redford Composer O lux, with a meane (from the Mulliner Book) Work Recorded 1989 Joseph Payne Organ
4	O lux, with a meane (from the Mulliner Book)	1:04			$0.99
John Redford Composer Exultet Cellum Laudibus, with a meane (from the Mulliner Book) Work Recorded 1989 Joseph Payne Organ
5	Exultet Cellum Laudibus, with a meane (from the Mulliner Book)	0:51			$0.99
John Redford Composer Christe Qui Lux Work Recorded 1989 Joseph Payne Organ
6	Christe Qui Lux	0:43			$0.99
John Redford Composer Lucem Tuam (from the Mulliner Book) Work Recorded 1989 Joseph Payne Organ
7	Lucem Tuam (from the Mulliner Book)	1:47			$0.99
John Redford Composer Christe Qui Lux, with a meane (from the Mulliner Book) Work Recorded 1989 Joseph Payne Organ
8	Christe Qui Lux, with a meane (from the Mulliner Book)	0:46			$0.99
John Redford Composer Sermone Blando Angelus (from the Mulliner Book) Work Recorded 1989 Joseph Payne Organ
9	Sermone Blando Angelus (from the Mulliner Book)	0:50			$0.99
John Redford Composer Eterne Rerum Conditor (from the Mulliner Book) Work Recorded 1989 Joseph Payne Organ
10	Eterne Rerum Conditor (from the Mulliner Book)	0:44			$0.99
John Redford Composer Iam Lucis Orto Sidere (from the Mulliner Book) Work Recorded 1989 Joseph Payne Organ
11	Iam Lucis Orto Sidere (from the Mulliner Book)	1:02			$0.99
William Blitheman Composer Te Deum for organ Work Recorded 1989 Joseph Payne Organ
12	Te Deum for organ	5:21			$0.99
Anthony Newman (16th c.) Composer Pavan for keyboard from the Mulliner Book Work Recorded 1989 Joseph Payne Organ
13	Pavan for keyboard from the Mulliner Book	2:12			$0.99
Giles Farnaby Composer Fantasy for organ (unspecified) Work Recorded 1989 Joseph Payne Organ
14	Fantasy for organ (unspecified)	3:36			$0.99
Giles Farnaby Composer Bonny Sweet Robin Work Recorded 1989 Joseph Payne Organ
15	Bonny Sweet Robin	4:49			$0.99
Giles Farnaby Composer The Old Spagnoletta (Fitzwilliam Virginal Book), for keyboard Work Recorded 1989 Joseph Payne Organ
16	The Old Spagnoletta (Fitzwilliam Virginal Book), for keyboard	1:49			$0.99
Anonymous Composer Trumpet Voluntary in D Work Recorded 1991 Joseph Payne Organ
17	Trumpet Voluntary in D	3:10			$0.99
Henry Purcell Composer Voluntary in G, Z.720 Work Recorded 1991 Joseph Payne Organ
18	Voluntary in G, Z.720	1:41			$0.99
Anonymous Composer Verse in G Work Recorded 1991 Joseph Payne Organ
19	Verse in G	1:31			$0.99
William Boyce Composer 10 Voluntaries, for organ Work Recorded 1991 Joseph Payne Organ
20	10 Voluntaries, for organ	3:37			$0.99
Christopher Gibbons Composer Voluntary for organ in A Work Recorded 1991 Joseph Payne Organ
21	Voluntary for organ in A	2:00			$0.99
William Croft Composer Work(s) Work Recorded 1991 Joseph Payne Organ
22	Unspecified Voluntary in D-	1:45			$0.99
Anonymous, English Composer Greensleeves and Yellow Lace (from the Dancing Master, 1719) Work Recorded 1991 Joseph Payne Organ
23	Greensleeves and Yellow Lace (from the Dancing Master, 1719)	1:24			$0.99
Anonymous, English Composer The Constant Lover (from the Dancing Master, 1719) Work Recorded 1991 Joseph Payne Organ
24	The Constant Lover (from the Dancing Master, 1719)	1:04			$0.99
Anonymous, English Composer The British Toper (from the Dancing Master, 1719) Work Recorded 1991 Joseph Payne Organ
25	The British Toper (from the Dancing Master, 1719)	0:46			$0.99
Anonymous, English Composer The Happy Clown (from the Dancing Master, 1719) Work Recorded 1991 Joseph Payne Organ
26	The Happy Clown (from the Dancing Master, 1719)	0:39			$0.99
Anonymous, English Composer Salley's Fancy (from the Dancing Master, 1719) Work Recorded 1991 Joseph Payne Organ
27	Salley's Fancy (from the Dancing Master, 1719)	0:35			$0.99
Anonymous, English Composer The Maiden's Blush (from the Dancing Master, 1719) Work Recorded 1991 Joseph Payne Organ
28	The Maiden's Blush (from the Dancing Master, 1719)	0:47			$0.99
Anonymous, English Composer London's Glory (from the Dancing Master, 1719) Work Recorded 1991 Joseph Payne Organ
29	London's Glory (from the Dancing Master, 1719)	0:58			$0.99
William Walond Composer Introduction and Voluntary, in G Work Recorded 1991 Joseph Payne Organ
30	Introduction and Voluntary, in G	3:42			$0.99
John Blow Composer Suite in C Work Recorded 1991 4:36 Joseph Payne Organ
31	1.Prelude	1:02			$0.99
32	2.Courante	1:28			$0.99
33	3.Fugue	2:06			$0.99
William Croft Composer Work(s) Work Recorded 1991 Joseph Payne Organ
34	Unspecified Voluntary in D-	4:33			$0.99