Tobias / Maidre / Teemets - Complete Organ Works - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

In his short life (1839-72) Eduard Adolf Tod garnered a reputation as one of the finest organists of the day Liszt praised his playing, and he gave a recital in the Royal Albert Hall in the very year of it's opening. Most of Tod's handful of works for the organ - solo and as a duo partner - have not been recorded before; here they are joined by three other little-known German organ sonatas to give an overview of the genre as it evolved from it's well-behaved Mendelssohnian origins into late-Romantic grandeur. International organ virtuoso Dr Jan Lehtola is one the most successful and progressive Finnish organists of his generation. He has appeared with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tapiola Sinfonietta, the Lahti Symphony, Tampere Philharmonic and Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestras and the St. Michel Strings. He has performed at many international festivals, including the Lahti Organ Festival, Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, and the annual Festival of New Organ Music in London. He has worked with conductors including Kent Nagano, Juha Kangas, Sakari Oramo, Muhai Tang and Osmo Vänskä, amongst others. Dr Lehtola has also given recitals in leading European concert halls such as Gewandhaus in Leipzig and cathedrals and churches such as La Trinité in Paris, St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, St Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey in London. Album Tracks 1. Sonata in a Minor, Op. 2 2. Sonata in G minor, Op. 284 3. Fantasie Wie SCHÖN Leucht't Uns Der Morgenstern for Clarinet and Organ, Op. 4 4. Introduction Und Fuge Über Das Benedicamus Domino 5. Sonata in B Flat Major, Op. 3 6. Andante Religioso for Horn and Organ, Op. 10 7. Sonata in a Minor, Op. 23

Album Tracks 1. Fantasy and Fugue Op. 31 2. Green Fresco Op. 65 No. 1 3. Red Fresco Op. 65 No. 2 4. Blue Fresco Op. 65 No. 2 5. Oreleelo Op. 54 6. Orelend Op. 57 7. Oreloits Op. 53 8. A Late Tribute to Duke de Croy Op. 71 9. Organ Notes Op. 37

This new features organist Stephen Bryant performing works by Andriessen, Bach, Bohm, Brahms, and more on the Cathedral organ at Clifton Cathedral. The Cathedral organ is a three-manual pipe organ built by Rieger Orgelbau of Austria for the opening of the Cathedral in June 1973. The specification was drawn up by Joseph von Glatter-Götz, then managing director of Rieger, in conjunction with John Rowntree of the Society of Saint Gregory Organ Advisory Group. It has 1,830 pipes. Stephen Bryant has been Organist of Clifton Cathedral since September 2000, a post he combines with his full-time teaching position. He has undertaken various recordings, broadcasts and tours with the cathedral choir, including broadcasting live on BBC1 as well as various broadcasts on BBC Radio 4. He is in demand as an organist, having already performed throughout the UK, Europe and America. He was a prizewinner at the Oundle International Summer School and a finalist in the Royal College of Organists' Performer of the Year competition in 2002.