Charles Villiers Stanford: Fantasia and Toccata in D minor: Organ: Instrumental

In recent years Stanford's music has undergone a major reassessment and revival as a new generation of musicians has discovered its format strengths and attractive classical qualitites. These are precisely the virtues of the Fantasia and Toccata a short yet dramatic pair of movements that begins with quiet melodic paragraphs and swiftly builds to a powerful conclusion.