Organ
SKU:
HL.49045845
10
Organ Works from 4
Centuries Organ.
Composed by Various.
Edited by Gerhard Gnann.
Organ Collection.
Classical. Softcover. 76
pages. Schott Music
#ED22915. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49045845).
UPC:
841886033801.
New
music on old instruments
and new organ literature
in dialogue with
historical Iberian works.
The present edition
contains a collection of
works, composed for an
authentically rebuilt
historical Spanish organ
and covering a wide range
of styles, which adds new
sounds to the purely
Baroque repertoire. With
works by Jose Blasco de
Nebra, Francisco Correa
de Arauxo, Antonio de
Cabezon, Pedro de Araujo,
Antonio de Cabezon and
new compositions by Guy
Bovet, Michael Kapsner,
Pavel Klimashevsky,
Zsigmond Szathmary and
Alfred Muller-Kranich.
The new Spanish organ of
the Hochschule fur Musik
Mainz as an authentically
rebuilt historical
instrument from the
workshop of the organ
builder Joaquin Lois from
Tordesillas in Castile
shall both adequately
reproduce early music and
be a source of
inspiration for
contemporary music. For
this reason, the
Hochschule fur Musik
Mainz commissioned five
composers to write modern
compositions according to
the motto 'Early music in
dialogue with New Music'
which are a valuable
addition to the
repertoire of historical
instruments of the 'Siglo
de Oro'. Certain
specifications had to be
taken into account: e. g.
a limited pitch range,
half stops for treble and
bass registers, the short
octave as well as a
mean-tone temperament. In
addition, each
composition is based on a
work of the Iberian organ
literature; sometimes,
the work found its way
into the new composition,
sometimes, it only served
as an inspiration. The
pieces can also be played
on a modern organ,
although there is a
special charm in playing
and hearing them played
on an appropriate
historical instrument.
Encompassing a broad
range of styles, the
resulting collection adds
new sounds to the purely
Baroque repertoire.
Jo Araujo
