Weckmann: Complete Organ Music
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MATTHIAS WECKMANN
Weckmann: Complete Organ Music
Matteo Venturini (organ)
[ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Friday 14 February 2020
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Weckmann's organ music is remarkable for its originality above all: richly textured with a sophisticated use of harmony and counterpoint, occasionally quirky but infused with an expressive intensity matched by few of his contemporaries. There are nine surviving sets of chorale variations for organ and they count among his masterpieces, ranging in texture from thick, six-voice imitative polyphony with double pedal to effusive soloistic figurations over sustained, sensuous backgrounds.
Interspersed with the variation sets here are shorter Canzons, Toccatas, Preludes and Fugues which present Weckmann at his most intimate, exuberant and inventive.
With only one rival set of Weckmann's organ music presently available, this new recording from Matteo Venturini will command the attention of all organ-lovers. His previous Brilliant Classics album of the organ music by Daniel Magnus Gronau (BC94843) was made record of the month by MusicWeb International: 'Matteo Venturini's performances leave nothing to be desired. They are technically impressive, but also stylistically convincing. His phrasing and articulation are very good, and his performances really breathe.'
This 3CD set presents the complete organ works by Weckmann, a collection of Canzonas, Toccatas, Preludes and Fantasias.
Matthias Weckmann (1616-1674) was an organist and composer of the North German School. His musical training took place at the Dresden court, where he was a pupil of Heinrich Schütz, studying organ and singing. In 1633 he went to Hamburg to study with the famous organist Jacob Praetorius. He influenced by Schütz as well as pupils of Sweelinck who settled in Hamburg. The rest of his life he held important posts in Hamburg (organist of the Jacobskirche) and at the Dresden Court.
Weckmann follows in the steps of both Schütz and Sweelinck, fusing the Italian characteristics of Frescobaldi and Monteverdi with the North German principles of Scheidemann and Praetorius.
Played on the Dell'Orto & Lanzini organ of the parish Church in Pinerolo, Italy, built in the German Baroque Style of Arp Schnitger, the specifications of which are included in the booklet. Organist Matteo Venturini already successfully recorded organ works by Mühtel and Gronau for Brilliant Classics.
"On all three CDs, Matteo Venturini proves himself to be an assured and perceptive guide through this enriching and deeply satisfying music. ...I don't believe that any organ lover who invests in this fine issue will be disappointed by it." MusicWeb
Tracks:
CD1 60'50
1. Præambulum primi toni a 5 in D minor 4'06
2. Fantasia Ex D in D minor 5'03
Ach wir armen Sünder
3. Versus I. - choral in tenor 1'59
4. Versus II. - à 2 Clav. è Ped. 2'42
5. Versus III. - à 2 Clav. 2'27
6. Fuga ex D pedaliter primi Toni in D minor 5'22
Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ (I)
7. Primus versus - à 4 1'34
8. Secundus versus - Auff 2 Clavir 6'40
9. Tertius versus - Auff 2 Clavir à 4 2'06
10. Quartus versus - à 3 1'34
11. Toccata dall 12 Tuono [V] in C 4'08
12. Canzon dall istesso Tuono [I] in C 2'46
Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ (II)
13. Primus versus - à 4 1'27
14. Secundus versus - Auff 2 Clavir 1'24
15. Tertius versus - à 3 voc. 1'02
16. Toccata [II] in E minor 4'21
Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein
17. [Primus] versus 2'13
18. Secundus versus - Auff zwey Clavier 3'15
19. Tertius versus 2'39
20. Toccata [III] in E minor 3'49
CD2 63'38
1. Toccata in D minor 3'56
Es ist das Heil uns kommen her
2. Primus versus - à 5 Voc. Im vollen Werck 4'05
3. Secundus versus - Manualiter, Canon in hyperdiapente post minimam 2'56
4. Tertius verus - Vff 2 Clavir 4'09
5. Quartus versus - à 3. Pedaliter, Canon in sub diapason post semiminimam 2'28
6. Quintus versus - à 3. Pedaliter, Canon in disdiapente post semiminimam 3'01
7. Sextus versus - Vff 2 Clavier 14'51
8. Septimus et ultimus versus -
Im vollen Werck, Coral im Tenor, Manualiter et pedaliter 4'39
9. Toccata [IV] in A minor 5'45
10. Canzon [III] in D minor 3'37
Magnificat II. Toni
11. Primus versus - à 5 1'35
12. Secundus versus - à 4, Auff 2 Clavir 2'53
13. Tertius versus - à 5 2'07
14. Quartus versus - à 6 1'20
15. Canzon [II] in C minor 6'07
CD3 60'03
1. Præludium - à 5 Vocum 5'03
Gott sei gelobet und gebenedeiet
2. Primus versus - à 4 2'56
3. Secundus versus - Auff 2 Clavir 4'28
4. Canzon [IV] in C 3'14
Komm, heiliger Geist, Herre Gott
5. [1. versus] 2'36
6. 2. versus - Auff 2 Clavir 4'18
7. 3. versus - à 3 3'51
8. Canzon [V] in G 3'15
9. Toccata vel præludium [I]
1mi Toni in D minor 2'41
O lux beata trinitas
10. Primus versus - à 5, Im vollen Werck 3'01
11. Secundus versus - à 4. Choral in Cantu, manualiter vel si placet pedaliter 3'15
12. Tertius versus - à 4 Voc. 2'37
13. Quartus versus
- 1. Variatio, Manualiter 9'46
- 2. Variatio
- 3. Variatio a 3 Voc., Canon in Hypodiapason post Semiminimam, Manualiter
- 4.
Variatio Canon in Hypodiapason post Semiminimam, Manualiter vel pedaliter
14. Quintus versus - Auff 2 Clavier 6'18
15. Sextus versus -à 5 Im vollen Werck 2'40
