Dupre / Guggenmos - Organ Music 4 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The main organ of the St. Gallen Cathedral (Switzerland) was built in 1968 and has since delighted numerous concertgoers and churchgoers. The exquisitely selected program of this recording bears witness to it's outstanding tonal qualities. The following composition merits special attention InchFantaisie-OrageInch by Swiss cathedral organist Jacques Vogt. The version recorded here was reconstructed by Paul Haas based on handwritten fragments. In this fantasy, already the beginning captures the listener with it's beautiful echo passages. After the presentation of several popular Swiss folk songs, a gloomy storm starts brewing, culminating in a passage reminiscent of Beethoven. According to the performance instructions, the organ is to be played with the entire palm of the hand and the elbow in order to imitate the storm and the lightning strikes as closely as possible. After the storm, the rural population gratefully joins in with the hymn InchHoly God, We Praise Thy NameInch. International reviews attested cathedral organist Willibald Guggenmos Inchfantastic technique and dazzling musicianshipInch (Bernhard Holland - New York Times). His enormous repertoire includes the complete works of Bach, Franck, Liszt, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Boollmann, Stehle, Durufle and the great works of Max Reger. Album Tracks 1. Hymne Héroique 2. Fantaisie-Orage 3. Fantasie Über Ein Kirchenlied, Op. 70/4 4. Légende 5. Final 6. Echoes Parce Domine 7. Toccata Sobre Un Tema Gregoriano 8. Sequentia Sobre Victimae Paschali 9. Vision Apocalyptique la Cité Céleste 10. Lux Aeterna Op. 135/3 11. VI (Épiphanie) 12. Regina Coeli Op. 64 13. Poème Héroique Op. 33