Josef Gabriel Rheinberger

With the 2nd Organ Sonata in A flat major of 1871, we encounter a masterpiece which is already fully formed. The first movement, only loosely related to sonata form in the sense of the title 'Fantasie...

The 6th Organ Sonata, composed in 1880 in E flat minor, was the first of a series of sonatas in Rheinbergers output which are more strongly symphonic. One of the features they display is the expansion...

Die dreisätzige Orgelsonate Nr. 7 in f-Moll op. 127 stammt aus dem Jahr 1881. Auf ein Präludium mit fünf markanten Themen folgt ein Andante, das Rheinberger selbst Jahre später als Rhapsodie für Violi...

Die 1891 komponierte Orgelsonate zeichnet sich durch ihre kontrastreiche Gestaltung aus. Der 1. Satz trägt den Titel 'Phantasie' und besteht auf einem Andante amabile, auf den ein Agitato in freier So...

Karl Straube wrote to Rheinberger about his penultimate Organ Sonata, published in 1899: 'Your 19th Sonata made a tremendous impression on my audience. The first ballade-like movement in particular wa...

As well as 20 organ sonatas and seven collections of stand-alone organ pieces with opus numbers, Rheinberger composed a whole range of smaller works for organ methods or organ collections for his favo...

As well as 20 organ sonatas and seven collections of stand-alone organ pieces with opus numbers, Rheinberger composed a whole range of smaller works for organ methods or organ collections for his favo...

As well as 20 organ sonatas and seven collections of stand-alone organ pieces with opus numbers, Rheinberger composed a whole range of smaller works for organ methods or organ collections for his favo...

Before Rheinberger came to public attention as an organ composer with the publication of his first Organ Sonata op. 27, he had already written a few shorter works for his favorite instrument. These in...

Nach Abschluss der Rheinberger-Gesamtausgabe in 48 Hauptbänden erscheint nun als Supplementband eine Zusammenstellung der besten kleineren Orgelwerke ohne Opuszahl. Neben Jugendwerken und Auftragsarbe...