Bruhns / Hanff / Porter - Complete Organ Works - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The shadow of Johann Sebastian Bach looms large over the few compositions for organ by Johannes Brahms which escaped their composer's destructive hand around 1880. Several date back to Brahms' youth when in 1856 he studied the organ in Dusseldorf as a self-taught player. They also show the influence of the contrapuntal writing which had been his daily bread when he was hard at his craft as an apprentice composer. The other works for the instrument belong to Brahms' mature years when he plumbed the depths of the spiritual. On this , Johannes Brahms' organ works are performed by Italian organist, conductor, and musicologist Arturo Sacchetti. Sacchetti studied at the Conservatorio di Milano. He has given more than 2,300 concerts as a choral conductor, orchestral conductor, organist, harpsichord, and pianist. He has performed in public the complete works of Bach, Buxtehude, Mozart, Telemann, and others, and has made no less than 150 recordings.

The young Belgian organist Stephane Mottoul has already received several awards not only as an outstanding performer but also as a remarkable organ improviser. On AEOLUS he presents the complete organ works of Maurice Durufle (1902-1986). He plays on the excellent Thomas organ of St. Laurentius Church in Diekirch (Luxembourg), built in 2016. Stephane Mottoul was born in 1990 in Belgium and began his higher organ studies in Namur, at the Higher Institute of Music and Pedagogy, in the class of Benoît Mernier. Eager to enrich his musical background, he went to Paris to discover the art of improvisation with Pierre Pincemaille, at the Conservatoire de Saint-Maur les Fossés and at the Conservatoire de Reims with Pierre Méa. He continued his training in Germany, and was also accepted to the National Conservatory of Music and Dance of Paris both in organ and improvisation as well as advanced composition. Album Tracks 1. 'Prélude Et Fugue Sur Le Nom D'alain' Op. 7 2. Scherzo Op. 2 3. Fugue Sur Le Carillon Des Heures de la Cathédrale de Soissons Op. 12 4. 'Prélude, Adagio Et Choral Varié Sur Le Thème Du 'Veni Creator Op. 4 5. Prélude À L'introït de L'épiphanie Op. 13 6. Méditation 7. 'Suite' Op. 5 8. 'Chant Donné' en Hommage À Jean Gallon

Rudolf Tobias (1873-1918) Founded the Classical-Music Tradition in Estonia Almost Single-Handedly, Writing the First Estonian Orchestral Piece, the First Estonian String Quartet, First Estonian Piano Concerto and the First Estonian Oratorio, the Monumental Des Jona Sendung, from Which Ines Maidre Has Now Transcribed for Organ the Blazingly Powerful Sanctus. Although Tobias Was Himself An Outstanding Organist, He Wrote Little Music for His Own Instrument and Most of It Is Modest in Scale, But It's Quirky Craftsmanship Reveals the Hand of a Master. Album Tracks 1. Largo Wisset Ihr Nicht 2. Vom Himmel Hoch 3. Schmücke Dich, O Liebe Seele - Ines Maidre/Arete Teemets 4. Loberpriester Der Du Dich 5. Ach, Bleib Mit Deiner Gnade - Ines Maidre/Arete Teemets 6. Wie SCHÖN Leuchtet Der Morgenstern 7. Ciacona Macht' Hoch Die TÜR 8. Prelude 9. Fughetta 10. Prelude Lobt Gott Ihr Christen Allzugleich 11. Agnus Dei - Ines Maidre/Arete Teemets 12. Des Jona Sendung Chorus Mysticus and Sanctus 13. Ach, Was Soll Ich Sünder Machen 14. O, Du Liebe, Meiner Liebe 15. Es Ist Gewisslich An Der Zeit 16. Sollt' Ich Meinem Gott Nicht Singen I 17. Mit Fried Und Freud' Fuhr' Ich Dahin 18. Wer Nur Den Lieben Gott LÄSST Walten 19. Jesu, Meines Lebens Leben 20. Sollt' Ich Meinem Gott Nicht Singen II 21. Were Munter Mein Gemüthe 22. Nun Ruhen Alle Wälder (Nachtstück) 23. Fröhlich Soll Mein Herze Springen 24. Komm Heil'ger Geist, O Herre 25. Prelude in D Major 26. Fugue in D minor