The new CPO edition featuring Gerhard Weinberger playing organ works of Max Reger (1873-1916) on great organs that survive from his times has reached it's second volume.Reger's chorale fantasias above all occupy the focus, the instruments once again very well chosen. Not only the FurtwÃ¤ngler & Hammer organ in the Verden Cathedral seems to be especially predestined for MaxReger's organ music; the 1912 Stahlhuth organ too enables the greatest possible differentiation with it's rich tonal palette... a very decisive factor in rendering the nuanced sound structures in this composer's organ music.

Tracklist:

2 Chorale Fantasias, Op. 40: No. 1a, Wie Schön Leucht't Uns Der Morgenstern. Introduzione "Pesante"
2 Chorale Fantasias, Op. 40: No. 1b, Wie Schön Leucht't Uns Der Morgenstern. Allegro Vivace
9 Organ Pieces, Op. 129: No. 1, Toccata In D Minor
No. 2, Fugue In D Minor
No. 3, Canon In E Minor
9 Organ Pieces, Op. 129: No. 4, Melodia In B-Flat Major
9 Organ Pieces, Op. 129: No. 5, Capriccio In G Minor
9 Organ Pieces, Op. 129: No. 6, Basso Ostinato In G Minor
9 Organ Pieces, Op. 129: No. 7, Intermezzo In F Minor
9 Organ Pieces, Op. 129: No. 8, Prelude In B Minor
No. 9, Fugue In B Minor
Fantasia And Fugue In D Minor, Op. 135b: Fantasia
Fantasia And Fugue In D Minor, Op. 135b: Fugue
Chorale Fantasia On "Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott", Op. 27
30 Little Chorale Preludes, Op. 135a: No. 5, Ein' Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott
Chorale Preludes, Op. 79b: No. 2, Ein' Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott
52 Chorale Preludes, Op. 67: No. 6, Ein' Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott
Chorale Fantasia On "Freu Dich Sehr, O Meine Seele", Op. 30
30 Little Chorale Preludes, Op. 135a: No. 9, Freu' Dich Sehr, O Meine Seele
52 Chorale Preludes, Op. 67: No. 37, Straf' Mich Nicht In Deinem Zorn
2 Chorale Fantasias, Op. 40: No. 2, Straf' Mich Nicht In Deinem Zorn

UPC: 761203771820
Label: Cpo Records
Release Date: 6.9.15
Format: CD

Reger / Gerhard Weinberger - Organ Works 2 (2 CD)