Matthew Owens - Pachelbel: Organ Works, Vol. 4 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

A close contemporary of Buxtehude, Johann Pachelbel was, by all accounts,an outstanding keyboard player himself, and his compositions provide afascinating stylistic bridge between early-Baroque composers such asFrescobaldi and Froberger (both of whom influenced him) and the later musicof J.S. Bach and his contemporaries.Organist Matthew Owens continues his major exploration of the many extantorgan works of Pachelbel with this third volume, recorded on the Flentroporgan of Dunblane Cathedral, Scotland. This album explores Johann Pachelbel's improvisational techniques and compositions, highlighting his use of variation, counterpoint, and chorale preludes. It features preludes, fugues, ricercars, and variations that showcase his mastery and educational methods.

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This 3-CD collection presents the collaboration between Kurt Masur and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in three of their unique Beethoven performances from the 1980s. The centrepiece is the recording of the Ninth Symphony, made on the occasion of the opening concert of the new Gewandhaus in Leipzig on 8 October 1981. It is largely thanks to the efforts of Kurt Masur, conductor of the orchestra from 1970 onwards, that a new, 'third' Gewandhaus was built on Augustusplatz in the city centre after the Second World War. The opening concert of the new Gewandhaus on 8 October 1981 therefore marked the beginning of a new era for the orchestra under it's then principal conductor. The CD collection also includes recordings of the MASS IN D MAJOR, OP. 123 'MISSA SOLEMNIS' and the CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA IN D MAJOR, OP. 61.