Complete Organ Works - Vol. I
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PACHELBEL
Complete Organ Works - Vol. I
Michael Belotti, James David Christie, Jürgen Essl, Christian Schmitt (organ)
[ CPO SACD / 5 Hybrid SACD ]
Release Date: Saturday 16 August 2014
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This release marks the beginning of a new series of the complete organ works of Johann Pachelbel - one of the most important composers of the Southern German organ tradition.
The works will all be recorded in surround sound, with top organists performing at specially selected instruments.
"I have generally admired the way Pachelbel's music is played here. The four organists are excellent interpreters who know how to bring out the qualities of his various works. One can always have differences of opinion about registration. The change in registration within single pieces is questionable. In some cases I found the articulation not clear enough, and that goes especially for Michael Belotti's playing. James David Christie tends to be a little mechanical: more breathing spaces and a bit more liberty in the interpretation would have been nice. However, these are only small reservations about a remarkable, impressive and very important project. In fact, this seems to me one of the most important projects in recent times as it is a monument to one of the greatest composers of the baroque era. That is reason enough to label it Recording of the Month." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb July 2014)
Tracks:
Das Kirchenjahr: Ostern bis Michaelis
Psalmlieder I
Katechismuslieder und andere I & II
Hexachordum Apollinis
