HAVPCD338 – Organ Works by Buxtehude & Jackson

At the forefront of British organ builders is the world-renowned N P Mander Ltd of London. Noel Mander, the firm’s founder, installed his first Cathedral organ in Sheffield Cathedral in 1966. The instrument was substantially completed to the agreed specification, but for its planned Nave Division, following almost ten years of discussion and vacillation. The final scheme was drawn up in November 1964 by Dr Francis Jackson, Master of the Music at York Minster, forwardlooking for its day, with features which were more common on continental instruments than could be found on English Cathedral organs of the time. The separate Nave division, playable on the Great or on the Positive manual, was added in 1969. This proved to be a superbly effective addition, with its excellent voicing by Ian Bell. The action throughout was electric; the pipework was voiced generally on low wind-pressure but for a somewhat anachronistic high-pressure Tuba rank.