MERKEL: Organ Works Vol. 1

Catalog Number: PSC1273
Label: Simax
Format: CD

Available: 6
Price: $15.99

Categories: Instrumental Music
Classical Periods: Romantic

Composers: Gustav Merkel
Performers: Bjørn Boysen, Halgeir Schiager

Gustav Merkel (1827-1865)

Organ Works Volume 1

Fantasia et Fuga a 5 voci in C Major
Zwei ausgeführte Choräle und Fuge mit Choral
Sonate zu vier Händen und Doppelpedal in D Minor
3 grosse Choralvorspiele
Fuge BACH in Bb Major
Zweite Sonate in G Minor
Sonate Nr. 3 in C Minor

Halgeir Schiager, organ
Bjørn Boysen, organ (secondo)
Orglene i Dresden Hofkirche and Elsterberg Stadtkirche St. Laurentius

Gustav Merkel was one of the truly great romantic composers and virtuosos of the organ in the 1800s, but his name is virtually forgotten today. The organist Halgeir Schiager, particularly known for his complete recordings of Petr Eben, want to change this situation. Schiager has followed in the footsteps of the organ virtuoso, and here presents the first of four releases recorded on instruments like the ones the composer himself used.

	Track Listing	Time
	Fantasia et Fugue a 5 voci, Op. 5 (C major)
1	l. Allegro maestoso	6:09
2	ll. Andante	3:00
3	lll. Fuga	4:02
	Zwei ausgefuhhrte Chorale und Fuge mit Choral, Op. 12
4	l. "I Straf mich nicht in deinem Zorn"	3:43
	Sonate in D minor zu veir Handen und Doppelpedal, Op. 30
5	l. Allegro moderato	4:20
6	ll. Adagio	3:40
7	lll. Allegro con fuoco - Fuga	5:31
	3 Grosse Choralvorspiele, Op. 32
8	ll. "Nun sich der Tag"	3:19
9	lll. Vom Himmel hoch"	2:16
10	Fuge uber BACH in B-major, Op. 40	3:33
	Sonate No. 2 in G minor, Op. 42
11	l. Maestosa	6:04
12	ll. Adagio	5:12
13	lll Introduktion - Fuge	7:30
	Sonate No. 3 in C minor, Op. 80
14	l. Moderato assai	8:23
15	ll. Andante sostenuto	4:51
16	lll. Allegro - Un poco piu lento	4:43