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Stefan Kozinski:
The Grand German Organ Tradition:
Bach, Reger, Karg-Elert |
 A tribute to three great
masters of the organ whose careers centered on Leipzig —
Max Reger, J S Bach, and Sigfrid Karg-Elert — performed
by Stefan Kozinski, a formidable exponent of some of the
most daunting and challenging organ literature and someone
to be reckoned with.
Bach’s Fantasy and Fugue,
completed in 1717, was written by the master composer on
return from a trip to Dresden, after challenging French
virtuoso Louis Marchand to a keyboard contest from which
the latter fled. Reger’s
Sinonische Phantasie und Fuge from 1901, recorded
only once before in its history, is said to be inspired by
Dante’s Inferno.
Karg-Elert’s Passacaglia and Fuge on B-A-C-H
(1932) was written for an American tour and is the last
and culminating work of the composer’s life.
The performance is on ‘The Great Organ’
in Methuen Memorial Music Hall in Methuen, Massachusetts,
originally built for the Boston Music Hall.
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Kozinski, organ |
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| PROGRAM |
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Max
Reger: Symphonic Fantasy & Fugue, Opus 57
(1901) |
20:40 |
| 1. |
I. |
Fantasy |
10:02 |
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| 2. |
II. |
Fugue |
10:37 |
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S Bach: Fantasy & Fugue in G Minor, BMV 542
(1708-1717) |
13:40 |
| 3. |
I. |
Fantasy |
6:31 |
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| 4. |
II. |
Fugue |
7:09 |
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Sigfrid
Karg-Elert: Passacaglia, Variations & Fugue on
B-A-C-H, Opus 150 (1932) |
19:51 |
| 5. |
I. |
Fantasy |
13:12 |
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| 6. |
II. |
Fugue |
6:39 |
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| Recorded
at Methuen Memorial Music Hall in Methuen,
Massachusetts, on 19-20 April 1994. |
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| Producer:
Gunther Schuller |
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