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Principal recordings

2010 24 Preludes for Piano
Charles's recording of Francis Routh's 24 Preludes for Piano is to be released shortly.
Four of these preludes can be freely listened to or downloaded here
[Redcliffe: available soon, see Redcliffe Recordings for details]

2008 Spire Live - Fundamentalis
A 2 LP (only) set of live tracks recorded at Spire events in 2005 and 2006:
Charles plays Giacinto Scelsi's mesmeric In Nomine Lucis, recorded at a concert in Brussels Cathedral in May 2006 (with other performances by Marcus Davidson, B J Nilsen, Philip Jeck and Christian Fennesz)
[Touch: Tone 28 - available from TouchShop]

2005 Spire Live in Geneva Cathedral St Pierre
A 2 CD set of the first concert of the Spire organ and electronics project: Charles plays four organ solo pieces by Marcus Davidson, André Jolivet and Liana Alexandra (with other performances by Marcus Davidson, B J Nilsen, Philip Jeck and Christian Fennesz)
[Touch: Tone 21 - available from TouchShop]

2003 Oratio: 20th Century Sacred Music from Spain & Latin America
Seventeen pieces of 20th century Spanish organ music and choral works, sung by Coro Cervantes, under the direction of Carlos Fernández Aransay
[Guild: GMCD 7266 - available from GuildMusic Shop]

2001 Great European Organs, No 65
Organ music by André Jolivet, Darius Milhaud and other French composers, played on the Cavaillé-Coll organ of La Madeleine, Paris
[Priory: PRCD 772 - available from Priory Records and TouchShop]

1994 Arnold Bax: Viola and Piano Music
Works for piano solo and for viola and piano (with Richard Crabtree)
[Olympia: OCD 454 - now deleted, but may be available through Amazon]

Compositions

2006 Signs of the Zodiac
Fourteen pieces for flute and piano (intermediate standard: grades 3 - 5).  Part of Schott's Elena Durán collection.  Includes CD
[ISBN 1-902455-36-3; ISMN M-2201-2460-0 - available from Schott Music]

1994-2007
Introits for the Church's Year
[Unpublished]

1985-1995
Various parody compositions for the Miles and Millner Show,
many of them broadcast on BBC Radio 4, with repeats on BBC 7
[Unpublished]

Book

1989 The Organs and Organists of the Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick
Written while Assistant Director of Music to the Parish of Warwick, in collaboration with Alan Baker 
[pp. 56; inc photos & line drawings]
[Available from St Mary's Church; 21 Church St, Warwick CV34 4AB; 01926 403940]