Erich, Saxer & Druckenmüller: Complete Organ Music (Full Album)

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While J.S. Bach, along with Buxtehude, has long been considered the father of Baroque organ music in northern Germany, organ music connoisseurs today have started to look beyond the established canon of this time to the great composer’s contemporaries. Particularly interesting are three German composers who were also active around the same time as Bach: Erich, Saxer and Druckenmüller, whose complete works (as discovered in manuscript form) feature on this release.
All three were unusual in that they came from provincial areas of Germany rather than being based in a thriving cultural centre like Hamburg or Lübeck. Druckenmüller - just two years younger than Bach - was highly unusual in publishing completely original Concertos for organ solo, in contrast to Bach’s settings of established chorale tunes that were the norm. The Concertos - all fast-slow-fast - are written in the style that was fast becoming the established one in Germany, the Italian Style. Slightly younger was Georg Saxer, whose style was starting to reflect the new galant Rococo. His Preludes, followed by a long Fugue, reflect new tensions with dominant seventh chords that seem to hang in the air, creating moments of suspense. Daniel Erich - more of Buxtehude’s time than Bach’s - wrote chorale preludes, of which only four survive. They reveal a composer full of expressivity and elegance in the way he embellishes the theme, whether in the soprano or the pedal. His original compositions show a remarkable originality as well as knowledge of the idiomatic writing of the time.
Italian organist Manuel Tomadin’s passion for these undiscovered composers comes across clearly in this release. He has specially chosen a Baroque organ by Arp Schnitger, the most important organ builder of the period, who worked closely with both Saxer and Druckenmüller during his life, making this a wonderfully authentic recording.
This new recording features the magnificent Schnitger organ of the St. Michael Church in Zwolle, the Netherlands. It was built in 1721 by Arp Schnitger and his sons, and after careful restoration over the last decades by Flentrop the organ is restored in its full glory, one of the finest examples of the Golden Age of organ building, the Baroque.
The works on this recording are derived from the Husumer Orgelbuch (Husum organ book), a collection of organ works by North German major and minor masters. Presented are substantial Preludes by Georg Wilhelm Saxer, Choralvorspiele by Daniel Erich and two Concertos by Wolfgang Druckenmüller, written in the Italian style, as original compositions and not as transcriptions of Italian Concerti grossi, as was the custom of that period.
Manuel Tomadin is one of the foremost Italian organists, a scholar, teacher and passionate musician. He won the Grand Prix of the Schnitger Organ Competition of Alkmaar in 2011, and recorded several CD’s for Brilliant Classics, among which the complete keyboard works by Alberti (BC95161). He wrote the excellent liner notes for the booklet, which also contains all information on the organ.
 
00:00:00 Christum wir sollen loben schon
00:02:48 Es ist das Heil uns kommen her
00:05:10 Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ
00:10:00 Praeludium et Ciaccona in D Major: I. Praeludium
00:12:30 Praeludium et Ciaccona in D Major: II. Ciaccona
00:18:53 Concerto in A Major: I. Allegro
00:22:03 Concerto in A Major: II. Siciliana
00:23:23 Concerto in A Major: III. Vivace
00:26:35 Concerto in F Major: I. Allegro
00:28:36 Concerto in F Major: II. Adagio
00:30:10 Concerto in F Major: III. Vivace
00:32:41 Concerto in D Major: I. Allegro
00:35:54 Concerto in D Major: II. Largo
00:37:48 Concerto in D Major: III. Vivace
00:39:14 Concerto in G Major: I. Allegro
00:42:19 Concerto in G Major: II. Adagio
00:44:00 Concerto in G Major: III. Allegro
00:45:52 Praeludium in D Major
00:54:43 Praeludium in B-Flat Major
01:00:20 Praeludium in F Major
01:06:51 Praeludium in D Major
01:13:17 Praeludium in E Minor
Artist
Manuel Tomadin (organ)

[@M.Smith1]

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[@frederickletterblair]

I wish more of Northen German Baroque organ music could survive to this day, a great deal of them were lost during the course of time is really tragic.

[@urkole]

Many many thanks!

[@Orgelfan62]

Manuel Tomadin is a Expert for old Organmusic. I like it

[@nickburningham5143]

Many thanks for uploading this. Could you append the names of the composers to the list of tracks. It's not easy to infer with certainty from the notes which track is by which composer. For example two concerti by Druckenmuller are mentioned, but there are four concerti presented. Substantial Preludes by Saxer are also mentioned - are all the Praeludium by Saxer?

[@dirkbrodling4230]

The preludes by Saxer start after the concertos.

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