Gustav Merkel - Organ Works Vol.3
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Label: Simax
Cat No: PSC1275
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 27th February 2012
Contents
Works
Choral-Studien, op.116: Zehn Figurationen uber den Choral 'Wer nur den lieben Gott lasst walten'Fantasie in D minor, op.176
Postludiums (4), op.44
Sonata no.5 in D minor, op.118
Sonata no.6 in E minor, op.137
Artists
Halgeir Schiager (organ)About
Although Gustav Merkel was a significant composer and organist in the 1800s, his name is virtually forgotten today. He was born in 1827 in Oberoderwitz near Zittau in Germany and, after some early lessons from Robert Schumann, moved to Dresden, where he concentrated his time on writing and performing on the organ. His compositions include nine solo sonatas, a separate sonata for two organists, and several dozen miniatures. In these works his style is strongly influenced by Mendelssohn, and the music is similar in many ways to his younger contemporary Josef Rheinberger.
Halgeir Schiager has produced a number of highly acclaimed CDs in recent years, including a series of releases covering the complete organ works of Petr Eben for the renowned British label Hyperion. His doctoral thesis at the Norwegian Academy of Music was on aspects of interpretation in the organ music of Gustav Merkel. In 2001 he received the Norwegian Critics Annual Prize.
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