Martin Schmeding

Four become one? What initially sounds like an impossible task (especially as the string ensemble still has to be counted as "five") turns out to be a stroke of luck for the organ literature in the ca...

Urtext edition of Twelve Pieces, Op. 59 by Max Reger. This cyclical work was Reger’s first composition to be published by Edition Peters in 1901 in two publications, EP3008a and EP3008b. This Urtext e...

The seven chorale fantasias by Max Reger are among the most important of organ repertoire – masterpieces blending chorale melody and programmatic music based on the text of the chorales. Published on...

The seven chorale fantasias by Max Reger are among the most important of organ repertoire - masterpieces blending chorale melody and programmatic music based on the text of the chorales. Published on...

Having been sceptical towards the church and religion all his life, Edvard Grieg composed only a few works with sacred influence. There exist some study fugues from his student days which are reminisc...

This work is based on an aria from Handel's Suite I in B-flat major for harpsichord HWV 434. The 25 variations with final fugue in their ornate polyphonic design lend themselves excellently to the org...

It all started with a pedal-board which the Schumanns rented for their grand piano. Enthused by the new tonal qualities and performing opportunities offered by the new instrument, Schumann composed hi...

Having been sceptical towards the church and religion all his life, Edvard Grieg composed only a few works with sacred influence. There exist some study fugues from his student days which are reminisc...

This work is based on an aria from Handel's Suite I in B-flat major for harpsichord HWV 434. The 25 variations with final fugue in their ornate polyphonic design lend themselves excellently to the org...

Es gibt nicht viele Komponisten, die Werke schufen, von denen sich eine Vielzahl vortrefflich für Orgeltranskriptionen eignet. Das mag auch daran liegen, dass diese Komponisten selber Orgel spielten o...

It all started with a pedal-board which the Schumanns rented for their grand piano. Enthused by the new tonal qualities and performing opportunities offered by the new instrument, Schumann composed hi...