Samuel Sebastian Wesley: Sacred Choral Music Piano from the dense virtuosity of

from the dense virtuosity of the Ulster Orchestra in Wild Flow

coinciding with his fruitful ventures into opera

its people governed by a foreign power – such settings gave life

is now joined by pianist Graeme McNaught in two classic Russian sonatas

Baroque bass lines

Samuel Sebastian Wesley: Sacred Choral Music Piano from the dense virtuosity ofSUMMARY TRACK LISTING REVIEWS INFO In an age when church attendance in England was flourishing, Samuel Sebastian Wesley (18101876) was one of the foremost composers and organists of his day. Taking advantage of new developments in instrument building, Wesley was able to push the boundaries of English church music in a new direction, encompassing a more ambitious, even operatic style. In this recording the first to have been made using an organ similar