Organ Landscape - Pomerania

Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel, Buxtehude, Dietrich, różni kompozytorzy, Scheidemann, Heinrich

Rost, Martin

MDG 319 1214-2

This is a feast for organ enthusiasts: 36 composers, 73 pieces of music and 21 historical organs. The purpose of the set is to document 350 years of Pomeranian organ history. Where is Pomerania? It is split by the Oder River into two regions. Eastern Pomerania is in Poland, Western Pomerania in Germany, and both regions are at the southern coast of the Baltic Sea. Pomerania's organ history is a rich one as detailed in the exceptional liner notes, and the fabulous sounds emanating from the 21 organs are proof of a legacy second to none.

The composers featured in the set either lived in Pomerania or had influence on its organ culture through teacher-student relationships or the circulation of their music. Most of the composers are virtual unknowns, but don't let that fact deter you from acquiring the set. With very little exception, all the music is either highly rewarding or outstanding. For the most part, all the works are 'free' compositions of the preludium type or musical settings of religious text.

An den Orgeln Marienkirche Stralsund, Schloßkapelle Griebenow, Dorfkirche Wartin, Dorfkirche Deyelsdorf, Dorfkirche Zettemin, Gertraudenkapelle Rügenwalde, Jacobikirche Gingst, Schloßkirche Stolp, Dorfkirche Saal, Nicolaikirche Gützkow, Margarethekirche Patzig, Marienkirche Belgard, Pfarrkirche Stolpmünde; Dorfkirche Kenz, Marienkirche Greifswald, Dorfkirche Steglin, Trinitatiskirche Stettin, Dorfkirche Gristow, Marienkirche Köslin, Dorfkirche Nehringen, Bartholomeikirche Demmin

CD x 3

MDG

3/15/04

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