Organ: Greatest works

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BACH / BUXTEHUDE / POULENC / REUBKE / WIDOR / etc
Organ: Greatest works
Edward Power Biggs, Hans Heintze, Michael-Christfried Winkler, Michael Pohl (organs) with various accompaniments

[ Berlin Classics / 2 CD ]

Release Date: Thursday 31 January 2008

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A new series from Berlin Classics which provides an overview of the character of each classical instrument, featuring a cross-section of both well-known and more unusual pieces from solo works to chamber and orchestral music. Wonderfully presented in a 2CD digipack.

Tracks:

CD1
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
- Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV565 (c. 1706)
- Prelude and Fugue in G major BWV541 (c. 1730)

Nicolaus Bruhns (1665-1697)
Prelude in E minor

Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
- Passacaglia in D minor BuxWV161
- Prelude and Fugue in F sharp minor BuxWV146

Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
Toccata in C minor POP279

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
from: Consolations S172 (1849) - Adagio (Consolation no. 4 in D flat major) arranged for organ

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)
from: Three Preludes and Fugues op. 37 (1837) - No. 1 in C minor

Vincent Lübeck (1654-1740)
Prelude and Fugue in E major

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
from: Studies for the pedal piano: six pieces in canon op. 56 (1845) - No. 1 in C major: Nicht zu schnell

Johannes Brahms (1833-1896)
Fugue for organ in A flat minor WoO 8 (1856)

Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)
from: Organ Symphony no. 5 in F minor op. 42/1 - Fifth movement: Toccata in F major

CD2
George Frideric Händel (1685-1759)
Concerto for organ and orchestra in A major op. 7/2 HWV307 (completed 1743)

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Concerto for organ, strings and timpani in G minor (1938)

Max Reger (1873-1916)
from: Seven Organ Pieces op. 145 (1915-16) - Nr. 4: Passion

Julius Reubke (1834-1858)
Sonata on the 94th Psalm in C minor (1857)

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
from: Organ Symphony no. 3 in C minor op. 78 (1886) - Fourth movement