Gottfried Silbermann as the greatest organ builder of the Baroque, with a conservative sound ideal, alongside the Romantic era, filled with lush tones and emotional exuberance - a contradiction in itself? No, because in the intensive study of Silbermann's organs, Freiberg's Cathedral Organist Albrecht Koch always found a great affinity for these instruments in romantic music. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy or Robert Schumann as it's representatives knew and appreciated the "excellent Silbermann Organ." The program on this album thereby takes up two paths: on the one hand, works by Johann Sebastian Bach, which in their pathos, their musical intensity, tonal density, and emotional statement can be associated with the Romantic era and it's emotional approach. On the other hand, Romantic organ works by Niels Wilhelm Gade, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger, which can be performed on the Great Silbermann Organ of the Freiberg Cathedral without any problems, as the range of the keyboard allows it.

Tracklist:

Toccata And Fugue In D Minor, Bwv 565: I. Toccata
Toccata And Fugue In D Minor, Bwv 565: II. Fugue
Tre Tonestykker, Op. 22: No. 1, Moderato
Tre Tonestykker, Op. 22: No. 2, Allegretto
Tre Tonestykker, Op. 22: No. 3, Allegro
Prelude And Fugue, Bwv 545: No. 1, Prelude
Organ Sonata No. 5 In C Major, Bwv 529: II. Largo
Prelude And Fugue, Bwv 545: No. 2, Fugue
6 Organ Sonatas, Op. 65, No. 6 In D Minor, Mwv W61: II. Fuga. Sostenuto E Legato
6 Organ Sonatas, Op. 65, No. 6 In D Minor, Mwv W61: III. Finale. Andante
Fantasia And Fugue In G Minor, Bwv 542: I. Fantasia
Fantasia And Fugue In G Minor, Bwv 542: II. Fugue
Organ Sonata No. 3 In G Major, Op. 88 "Pastoral-Sonate": I. Pastorale. Con Moto
Organ Sonata No. 3 In G Major, Op. 88 "Pastoral-Sonate": II. Intermezzo. Andante Con Moto
Organ Sonata No. 3 In G Major, Op. 88 "Pastoral-Sonate": III. Fuge. Non Troppo Allegro

UPC: 4025796017168
Label: Querstand Records
Release Date: 5.3.19
Format: CD

Albrecht Koch - Begegnungen (CD)