Organ solo
SKU:
CA.5022800
Composed
by Josef Gabriel
Rheinberger. Edited by
Wolfgang Hochstein. This
edition: Complete
edition, linen cover.
Josef Gabriel Rheinberger
- Complete Works. German
title: Orgelkonzerte
Hochstein. Josef Gabriel
Rheinberger. Complete
Works. Full score
(complete edition /
selected edition). 232
pages. Carus Verlag #CV
50.228/00. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.5022800).
ISBN
9790007091842.
The
two organ concertos are
marked by somewhat
unusual instrumentation.
Hector Berlioz warned
about a certain antipathy
between the organ and
orchestral instruments,
but with the use of three
horns in op. 137 proves
to be a fine piece of
artistry: Rheinberger
supplied tone colors
which he had perceived
the organ to lack. The
trio version of the Suite
op. 149 adds to the
repertoire of sacred
chamber music.
Rheinberger's later
addition to the work of
an ad libitum string
orchestra takes this
Suite into the world of
the triple concerto and
the concerto grosso,
without exactly
corresponding to those
genres.