According to the testimony of several contemporaries, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an excellent organist. Be that as it may, he composed only a few works for the "king of instruments." This is because organ compositions were intended for concrete occasions and only roughly sketched on paper. Some of...more
"Ein Exempel Mozart'scher Kammermusik vom Feinsten. Mit viel Liebe zum Detail kostet Martin Sander auch die kleinsten Nuancen der Musik aus. Dazu kommen ein zarter und facettenreicher Anschlag sowie artikulatorische Vielfalt und Angemessenheit. Sein natürlich fließender spielerischer Gestus rundet das Bild schließlich ab. Es sei auf die vorbildliche aufnahmetechnische Seite der CD hingewiesen. Ausgezeichnet und sehr informativ ist auch Sanders selbst verfasstes Booklet." (Organ)
Details
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Organ Works | |
article number: | 97.484 |
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EAN barcode: | 4022143974846 |
price group: | BCA |
release date: | 1. October 2002 |
total time: | 72 min. |
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According to the testimony of several contemporaries, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an excellent organist. Be that as it may, he composed only a few works for the "king of instruments." This is because organ compositions were intended for concrete occasions and only roughly sketched on paper. Some of these sketches and fragments were completed by pupils or friends after Mozart's death. The so-called flute clock, a kind of mechanical slot-machine with organ pipes, was a specialty of the classical period. Mozart wrote for this popular apparatus because he was well paid for it; at the same time he complained of its limited sonic possibilities, also creating "genuine" organ pieces that could only be optimally realised on a large instrument. The Metzler organ used here (Hopfgarten, Tyrol) is, with its South German-influenced sound aesthetic and extensions in the Silbermann style, perfectly suited to these works.
Martin Sander - prize winner at competitions such as the Prague Spring, Bach Competition in Leipzig, ARD and others - unites them to form a conclusive complete recording.
Reviews
France Catholique | N°3068, 20 Avril 2007 | François-Xavier Lacroux | April 20, 2007
Amours, Delices...
Musiques d'Orgues
La majesté des grandes orgues est l'expression de la splendeur de laMehr lesen
Kirchenmusikalische Mitteilungen für das Erzbistum Paderborn | 2/2006 | Gregor Schwarz | July 1, 2006
Diese CD sammelt nicht nur die echten Orgelwerke Mozarts (zwei extrem kurzeMehr lesen
Organ | 2/2005 | Hans-Henning Schütt | June 1, 2005
Genuine Orgelmusik von W. A. Mozart gibt es (fast) nicht. Mozart, der sichMehr lesen
Musica | Aprile 2004 | Mario Manzin | April 1, 2004
Questa antologia di composizioni per organo di Mozart riunisce in unaMehr lesen
American Record Guide | 2/2004 | Mulbury | March 1, 2004
The inescapable implication arises that this recording will include all of Mozart’s organ works. In reality, Mozart left us no genuine solo organMehr lesen
Non of this diminishes the interest of these works recorded by Martin Sander or should detract from his impeccable performances. In fact, several are substantial masterworks from Mozart’s last year (Fantasias K 594 & 608 and Andante in F, K 617), as well as the magnificent, dark Adagio and Fugue in C minor, best known in its version for strings.
Sander is one of the finest young virtuoso organists of Europe. He is on the teaching staff of the conservatories in Heidelberg and Frankfurt. He plays here the Metzler organ in the Parish Church at Hopfgarten im Brixental (Tyrol), a recent and beautiful instrument of 44 stops. All of his registrations are listed in the brochure.
There is an unmistakable authority in his playing – a combination of rhythmic integrity, intensity of expression, clarity of articulation and absolute evenness and polish of technique.
Recorded sound is natural and luminous, and the notes are excellent.
Magazine de l'Orgue | Numéro 78 | Jean Ferrard | February 1, 2004
Mozart n'a jamais fait partie de mes compositeurs préférés pour l'orgue:Mehr lesen
Kirchenmusikalische Mitteilungen für das Erzbistum Paderborn | 2/2003 | Gregor Schwarz | July 1, 2003
Bei Orgelwerken von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart oder anderen klassischenMehr lesen
Early Music Review | #91 - June 2003 | Andrew Benson-Wilson | June 1, 2003
One of the many frustrations for organists is that Mozart, the designator of the organ as the ‘King of Instruments’ and noted for his virtuosoMehr lesen
Musik und Kirche | Mai/Juni 2003 | Martin Weyer | May 1, 2003
Mit Mozarts Orgelwerken geht's etwa so wie mit Nessie, dem sagenhaftenMehr lesen
Stereoplay | 4/2003 | Alfred Beaujean | April 1, 2003
Mozart war zwar erzbischöflicher Organist in Salzburg, hat aber, von denMehr lesen
Kölner Stadtanzeiger | 22.03.2003 | March 22, 2003
Mozarts Orgelwerke sind wohl in der Zahl, nicht aber in der BedeutungMehr lesen
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