Sonata Nice #1209
…invented by the Italians and transformed by composers everywhere ever since, the Organ Sonata encourages different strokes from different folks.
Hour 1
ADRIANO BANCHIERI: Organ Sonatas, from Opus 13 –Paul Kenyon (1526 Facchetti/Chiesa di San Michele in Bosco, Bologna, Italy) Tactus CD-560202
TARQUINIO MERULA: Sonata cromatica –Francesco Cera (1526 Facchetti/Chiesa di San Michele in Bosco, Bologna, Italy) Tactus CD-591301
JOHANN KUHNAU: Sonata Number 5, The Saviour of Israel: Gideon –Luc Beausejour (1993 Wolff/Presbyterian College Chapel, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada) CBC CD-1086
W.A. MOZART: Sonata in C, K. 545 –Ulf Norberg (1976 Grönlunds/Hedvig Eleonora Church, Stockholm, Sweden) Orgelanders 001
FRYGIES HIDAS: Organ Sonata [1956]–Matthias Grünert (1934 Walcker/Sankt Marien Stadtkirche, Weida, Germany) OrgelArena 2008
Filler –W.A. MOZART (see above)
Hour 2
VINCENZO PETRALI: Suonata per l’Offertorio –Eiko Maria Yoshimura (2002 Fischer & Krämer/St. Martin, Menzenschwand, Germany) Unda Maris UM-20411
AUGUST GOTTFRIED RITTER: Sonata Number 2 in e, Opus 19 –Ludger Lohmann (1844 Walcker/Sankt Maria Pfarrkirche, Schramberg, Germany) Organ 7207
J.S. BACH: Sonata Number 3 in g, BWV 1029 –Emilia Baranowska, cello; Jean-Paul Imbert (1978 Kleuker/Église Notre-Dame-de-Neiges, L’Alpe d’Huez, France) Festivo 6941 742
PAUL DAMJAKOB: Sonata da Chiesa –Gergen Mourik (2000 van den Heuvel/Katarina Church, Stockholm, Sweden) AAVV Organ 20081
Filler –W.A. MOZART (see above)
For the curious, we'll link you to a YouTube excerpt from a beguiling neo-romantic Organ Concerto by Frigyes Hidas, whose vibrant Organ Sonata is featured in hour one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2j6sEdQ0XY
