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Ralph Downes
org, 1904-1993 GB, Derby
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Ralph William Downes CBE (16 August 1904–24 December 1993) was an English organist, organ designer, teacher and music director and was Professor of Organ in the Royal College of Music.Downes was born in Derby and studied at the Royal College of Music from 1922 to 1923 under Walter Alcock, Henry Ley, and Edgar Cook.He was then assistant organist at Southwark Cathedral from 1923 until 1925, before moving to Keble College, Oxford (where he was also Organ Scholar to continue his education (1925 to 1928). He was then musical director and organist of the new chapel at Princeton University between 1928 and 1935, before returning to London.
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| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ein Deutsches Requiem / Alto Rhapsody / Tragic Overture | Johannes Brahms, Otto Klemperer, Reinhold Schmid, Wilhelm Pitz, Philharmonia Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Christa Ludwig, Ralph Downes | 1989 | Album |
| Palestrina / Victoria | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Tomás Luis De Victoria, The London Oratory Choir Organist Ralph Downes Conducted By John Hoban | 1975 | Album |
| A German Requiem (Op. 45) / Metamorphosen | Johannes Brahms, Philharmonia Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer, Reinhold Schmid, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Ralph Downes, Richard Strauss | 1973 | Album |
| Messiah Record 2 | Georg Friedrich Händel, Heather Harper, Helen Watts, Duncan Robertson, Roger Stalman, Ralph Downes - Christopher Wood, The London Philharmonic Orchestra - Frederick Jackson | 1972 | Album |
| Messiah Record 1 | Georg Friedrich Händel, Heather Harper, Helen Watts, Duncan Robertson, Roger Stalman, Ralph Downes - Christopher Wood, The London Philharmonic Orchestra - Frederick Jackson | 1972 | Album |
| Messiah Record 3 | Georg Friedrich Händel, Heather Harper, Helen Watts, Duncan Robertson, Roger Stalman, Ralph Downes - Christopher Wood, The London Philharmonic Orchestra - Frederick Jackson | 1972 | Album |
| Lataniae De Venerabili Altaris Sacremento, K. 243 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, St. Anthony Singers, The Boyd Neel Orchestra, Anthony Lewis, Jennifer Vyvyan, Nancy Evans, William Herbert, George James, Ralph Downes | 1971 | Album |
| Litaniae Lauretanae, K. 195 - Lataniae De Venerabili Altaris Sacremento, K. 243 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, St. Anthony Singers, The Boyd Neel Orchestra, Anthony Lewis, Jennifer Vyvyan, Nancy Evans, William Herbert, George James, Ralph Downes | 1971 | Album |
| The Eighteen Chorales, Record Two | Ralph Downes, Johann Sebastian Bach | 1968 | Album |
| The Eighteen Chorales, Record One | Ralph Downes, Johann Sebastian Bach | 1968 | Album |
| Clavierübung Part 3 (Mass Organ) | Johann Sebastian Bach - Ralph Downes | 1967 | Album |
| A Choral Fantasia, Psalm 86 / Dies Natalis | Gustav Holst / Gerald Finzi, Janet Baker (Soprano), Wilfred Brown (Tenor), Ralph Downes (Organ), English Chamber Orchestra Conducted By Imogen Holst And Christopher Finzi | 1964 | Album |
| A German Requiem (Op. 45) | Johannes Brahms - Otto Klemperer Conducting Philharmonia Orchestra And Philharmonia Chorus, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Ralph Downes | 1962 | Album |
| An Organ Recital | Ralph Downes | 1958 | Album |
| An Organ Recital | Ralph Downes | 1958 | Album |
| The First International Congress of Organists, Volume IV | Ralph Downes, Gordon Jeffery, Francis Jackson | 1957 | Album |
| Concertos For Organ And Orchestra | Georg Friedrich Händel, Ralph Downes, The London Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Bernard | Album | |
| Messa Tedesca Per Organo | Johann Sebastian Bach, Ralph Downes | Album |
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