Complete Organ Sonatas

1. Overture in C minor, for organ, Op 123
Composed by Gustav Adolf Merkel
with Adrian Partington

2. Sonata for organ, No 5 in D minor, Op 118
Composed by Gustav Adolf Merkel
with Adrian Partington

3. Fantasie for organ, No 4 in E minor, Op 133
Composed by Gustav Adolf Merkel
with Adrian Partington

4. Fantasie for organ in D major, Op176
Composed by Gustav Adolf Merkel
with Adrian Partington

5. Sonata for organ, No 4 in F minor, Op 115
Composed by Gustav Adolf Merkel
with Adrian Partington

6. Adagio in E major, for organ, Op 35
Composed by Gustav Adolf Merkel
with Adrian Partington

7. Sonata for organ, 4-hands in D minor, Op 30
Composed by Gustav Adolf Merkel
with Adrian Partington , Mark Shepherd

Tracks:

Son: I. Mit Kraft/II. Wie Vorher - Hannes Laubin/Kalle Randalu
Son: I. Massig Bewegt/II. Lebhaft/III. Wie Vorher - Hannes Laubin/Kalle Randalu
Son: Trauermusik: I. Sehr Langsam/II. Ruhig Bewegt/II. Wie Am Anfang... - Hannes Laubin/Kalle Randalu
Son No.1: I. Massig Schnell/II. Lebhaft
Son No.1: I. Sehr Langsam/II. Phantasie, Frei/III. Ruhig Bewegt
Son No.2: Lebhaft
Son No.2: Ruhig Bewegt
Son No.2: Fuge. Massig Bewegt, Heiter
Son No.3: 'Ach Gott, Wem Soll Ich's Klagen', Massig Bewegt
Son No.3: 'Wach Auf, Mein Hort', Sehr Langsam
Son No.3: 'So Wunsch Ich Ihr', Ruhig Bewegt
Son: Ruhig Bewegt - Radovan Vlatkovic/Kalle Randalu
Son: Lebhaft
Son: Sehr Langsam
Son: Lebhaft

Customer Reviews:

Great compositions, great interpretations!.......2001-01-30

If you like Hindemith, you should have this CD. The sonatas may not be the most important works compared to his oeuvre as a whole, but I like especially the 'Sonata for B-Trumpet and Piano' (from 1939). I am no musician, but it reminds me in a certain way of Miles Davis' style (especially the third movement 'Trauermusik', which means 'mourning music'). I guess it's probably the almost complete absence of vibrato in the trumpet. However, Paul Hindemith is not mentioned in Miles' autobiography, although I find it hard to believe that Miles never heard Hindemith's sonata.

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Mozart: Complete Church Sonatas

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Binding: Audio CD

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C. P. E. Bach: Complete Organ Sonatas

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Louis Vierne: Complete Organ Symphonies

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Schumann: Complete Organ Sonatas

Manufacturer: MD&G Records
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000IYO5
Release Date: 1999-05-18

Tracks:

Son No.1 in d, Op.12: Allegro Appassionato
Son No.1 in d, Op.12: Andante Con Pieta
Son No.1 in d, Op.12: Allegretto Quasi Pastorale
Son No.1 in d, Op.12: Finale: Andante Sostenuto-Allegro Animato
Son No.2 in B flat, Op.16: Allegro Maestoso
Son No.2 in B flat, Op.16: Andante
Son No.2 in B flat, Op.16: Intermezzo. Allegro Con Brio
Son No.2 in B flat, Op.16: Fuge Uber BACH. Allegro Moderato
Son No.3 in c, Op.29: Allegro Ma Non Troppo
Son No.3 in c, Op.29: Un Poco Adagio Cantabile
Son No.3 in c, Op.29: Intro Und Fuge Grave-Allegro Moderato

Tracks:

Son No.4 in F, Op.67: Allegro Maestoso
Son No.4 in F, Op.67: Andante-Allegro Energico-Andante
Son No.4 in F, Op.67: Allegro Appassionato
Son No.4 in F, Op.67: Fuge Uber-'Lobe Den Herren'. Allegro Moderato
Son No.5 in g, Op.40 (Ms.: Op.87): Moderato
Son No.5 in g, Op.40 (Ms.: Op.87): Adagio Religioso
Son No.5 in g, Op.40 (Ms.: Op.87): Un Poco Animato
Son No.5 in g, Op.40 (Ms.: Op.87): Fuge. Allegro Ma Non Troppo
Son No.6 in a, Op.110: Andante Sostenuto-Allegro Con Brio
Son No.6 in a, Op.110: Andante Cantabile
Son No.6 in a, Op.110: Intermezzo-Moderato
Son No.6 in a, Op.110: Toccata

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August Gottfried Ritter. Complete Organ Sonatas
Pitiful This Is Almost Forgotten Music

Ritter: Complete Organ Sonatas

Manufacturer: MD&G Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000JIP0
Release Date: 1999-07-20

Tracks:

Son Op.11 in d: Allegro
Son Op.11 in d: Andante
Son Op.11 in d: Allegro
Son Op.11 in d: Andante Con Moto
Son Op.11 in d: Allegro
Son Op.19 in e: Rasch Und Entschlossen
Son Op.19 in e: Ruhige Bewegung
Son Op.19 in e: Rasch Und Feurig
Son Op.23 in a: Rasch
Son Op.23 in a: Nicht Schleppend
Son Op.23 in a: Rasch
Son Op.23 in a: Fuge
Son Op.31 in A: Ruhig Und Heiter
Son Op.31 in A: Frisch Und Kraftig

Customer Reviews:

August Gottfried Ritter. Complete Organ Sonatas.......2006-08-17

A.G. Ritter (1811 - 1885) is not an easy one in classical style of romantic organ music. These Sonatas sound like a summer storm but it worth the attention. Ritter was a sort of purist in his genre. He composed an organ method ( Zur Geschichte des Orgelspiels 1884 ), which was inspired by the classical approach of organ music inherited from Frescobaldi and Muffat specially, because of his methodical inspiration. But first of all, he appreciates the unavoidable Bach but most of all, Haendel of which he often directed the oratorios.

The four Sonatas are in the pure classical style of the Ritter's masters and the brightness of both organ and organist serve this interesting approach.

This CD shows the deep character of Ritter's music and the performer serves that specific goal magnificently.

Pitiful This Is Almost Forgotten Music.......2006-03-21

When one turns to Romanticism for the Organ, inevitably one comes upon the genius organ builder, Aristede Coll-Cavaille and the host of French artists that composed for that symphonic instrument: Widor, Franck, Vierne, Dupre, Guilmant, Dubois. There is a great divide between the German and French Romanic Organ in terms of style, composition, instrument and intention.

First, one notices the overwhelming spiritualism of the French school - from Guilmant forward. There's was a conservative, muscular, national Catholicism that has long since departed the Continent but it served as appropriate background for the glory that once was France. Germany, late in uniting into a single state, never had the nationalistic drive that affected her neighbor. But that is not to say there was not a Germanic style or school. It was based, of course, on Bach - his influence too strong to even pretend to ignore. The Romantic German school starts with Mendelssohn, rises throught Lizst, Reubke, the glorious Rheinberger and Reger. Square in the middle of it is Gottfried Ritter encompassing if you will, both worlds.

The First Sonata (A Min) is energetic, ponderous, somewhat bombastic - perfect in other words for the organ lover. The second (D Min) is slightly more complex but the Third (A Min) is in the Lizstian mode, very technically challenging. The Fourth (A Major) surprises because it does not follow further up this path but instead seems to look backward. It is not surprising that Ritter was also a church organist and three of his gentle Chorales separated the Sonatas. The playing was excellent, as much color as one could expect from a German organ which had, by the way, a very trumpetlike sound. This is a good one for your collection.