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Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Skizzen für den Pedalflügel opus 58 (1846)
1. I. Nicht schnell und sehr markiert 02:53
2. II. Nicht schnell und sehr markiert 03:20
3. III. Lebhaft 04:47
4. IV. Allegretto 03:40
Arne Eggen (1881-1955)
5. Ciaconna in g-minor (1917) 16:16
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Studien für den Pedalflügel - Sechs Stücke
in kanonischer Form opus 56 (1845)
6. I. Nicht zu schnell 02:23
7. II. Mit innigem Ausdruck 04:15
8. III. Andantino 01:47
9. IV. Innig 04:01
10. V. Nicht zu schnell 02:37
11. VI. Adagio 03:52
Fartein Valen (1887-1952)
12. Pastorale opus 34 (1939) 05:32
Prelude and Fugue opus 33 no.1/2 (1939)
13. Prelude – Andante 03:45
14. Fugue – Allegro 05:42
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
15. Choralfantasie über “Wo Gott der
Herr nicht bei uns hält” BWV 1128 06:38
INSPIRED BY BACH
ORGAN WORKS OF SCHUMANN, EGGEN, VALEN, AND BACH
PERFORMED BY CANTOR ANDERS EIDSTEN DAHL
AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME ON CD — THE COMPLETE
ORGAN WORKS OF VALEN! ONE OF THE FIRST
RECORDINGS EVER OF RECENTLY DISCOVERED CHORALE
FANTASIAS BY BACH!
In March, 2008, parts of St. Thomas cantor Wilhelm Rust's
manuscripts were turned over to the University and State Library
of Sachsen-Anhalt in Halle, and it was then that Stephan Blaut
and Michael Pacholke discovered that the collection contained a
complete copy of Johann Sebastian Bach's chorale fantasia on
"Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält." Until then, only a few
measures of the work, dated to between 1705 and 1710, were
known to exist.
This discovery, as well as the high quality of the music, has
caused something of a sensation. In this short period of time, the
work has been circulated and performed in many parts of the
world. Now, one of the first recordings of the piece can be heard
on this CD by a young Norwegian organist, Anders Eidsten Dahl.
Entitled "Inspired by Bach," it includes music by Robert
Schumann, Arne Eggen, Fartein Valen, and Johann Sebastian
Bach.
What these composers have in common is Bach's influence and
their own creative impulse. In Robert Schumann's "Skizzen für
den Pedalflügel" and "Studien für den Pedalflügel – Sechs Stücke
in kanonischer Form," written for the now relatively unusual pedal
grand piano, the aim was to create a strong bond between a
contrapuntal way of thinking and poetic expression. Schumann
himself believed that the pedal grand piano, which did enjoy
some degree of popularity during the 1800s, would become the
piano of the future. But today it is associated primarily with the
core Romantic organ repertoire.
Arne Eggen, who was organist at Bragernes Church in Drammen
from 1908 to 1924, wrote his magnificent "Ciaconna" in 1917.
When the present organ was built in 1998, the decision was made
to use seven or eight central voices from the Claus Jensen organ
from 1872, which had been rebuilt several times. Thus the current
organ has a number of the most important voices which were in
use when Eggen was church organist there. This work by Eggen,
certainly one of the major Norwegian organ works from the
Romantic tradition, is now available on CD for the first time.
Although Fartein Valen, like most composers of his generation,
had completed a degree in organ, he wrote only two organ works,
"Prelude and Fugue, op. 33" and "Pastorale, op. 34." Both works,
now available on CD for the first time, are good examples of
Valen's characteristic dissonant counterpoint, in which he has left
much of the musical colouring to the performer.
The main organ in Bragernes Church was built in 1998 by a
Dane, Carsten Lund, regarded today as one of Scandinavia's
leading organ builders. The organ and sanctuary of Bragernes
Church are among Norway's finest, and the instrument is
particularly well suited for Romantic organ music.
INSPIRED BY BACH
Artist:
Anders Eidsten Dahl - organ
Releast date:
2009
Duration:
71:36
Producer:
Vegard Landaas
Balanse engineer:
Thomas Wolden
Design:
Blunderbuss
Location:
Bragernes Church, Drammen
Catalogue no:
LWC1007
EAN
7090020180076
NORSK // ENGLISH
