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Louis Vierne (1870-1937) brought symphonic French organ music to its stylistic climax. Besides being a productive composer, he also gained a reputation as a brilliant improviser at his place of employ...

Bärenreiter has joined forces with the International César Franck Society to produce a five-volume complete edition of the organ works of César Franck. In addition to all accessible sources, it draws...

Hasslers Liedsammlung 'Lustgarten Neuer Teutscher Gesäng' (1601) war so beliebt, dass sie um 1640 vollständig für Tasteninstrumente eingerichtet wurde. Martin Böcker hat für den Erstdruck 25 wirkungsv...

In his Preludes and Fugues, Johann Sebastian Bach made decisive contributions to the development of this genre tradition. The importance of this work group in his own organ oeuvre is confirmed by the...

In his Preludes and Fugues, Johann Sebastian Bach made decisive contributions to the development of this genre tradition. The importance of this work group in his own organ oeuvre is confirmed by the...

Although the 'fantasia' was already considered as old-fashioned around 1700, this genre exerted a particular fascination on the very young Bach - he had since relocated to Köthen - and the experienced...

Although the 'fantasia' was already considered as old-fashioned around 1700, this genre exerted a particular fascination on the very young Bach - he had since relocated to Köthen - and the experienced...

In this volume with the Toccatas (and Fugues) as well as individual works the Swiss organist Jean-Claude Zehnder has amply proven his mettle as a Bach specialist here. Of particular interest in this b...

Genres such as sonata, trio and concerto were initially uncommon in the keyboard music of the early 18th century. Thus it comes as no surprise that many of the pieces in this volume are arrangements b...

The basic repertoire of the 45 choral preludes of the Orgelbüchlein is hard to get by for any organist. Edited by Sven Hiemke, the volume offers the best possible prerequisites for everyday use. The m...

Volume 8 presents the work group called the 'Leipziger Choräle.' Next to the late versions compiled and entered by Bach himself in the manuscript 'P 271', all of the early versions with their sometime...

The now-published volumes 9 and 10 have presented a special challenge, for particularly in the field of the chorale arrangements the transmissions are more complex than in any other group of works. Th...

The now-published volumes 9 and 10 have presented a special challenge, for particularly in the field of the chorale arrangements the transmissions are more complex than in any other group of works. Th...

Wihin the extensive œuvre for organ left behind by Camillo Schumann, his 6 Organ Sonatas form an independent corpus. Although living and composing at a time when the music of Webern and Schönberg had...

This edition is the result of Harald Vogel's many years of practice as an organist and musicologist. The music text is based on a reevaluation of 17th- and 18th-century manuscripts containing the free...

With the "Six Fugues on the Name B-A-C-H, Op. 60", a profound and monumental homage was created for the Baroque genius Johann Sebastian Bach. This masterpiece of Romantic organ and contrapuntal litera...

Johannes Brahms's organ works in a sense 'frame' his whole oeuvre. He wrote several preludes and fugues and the chorale prelude 'O Traurigkeit, o Herzeleid' in the mid-1850s, at a time when he was mak...

Robert Schumann revered Johann Sebastian Bach and his polyphonic style throughout his life. Thus the 'Six Studies in Canonic Form' op. 56 and 'Four Sketches' op. 58 for pedal piano, which are reminisc...

'For me, Sebastian Bach is the be-all and end-all of music; true progress lies and resides in him alone.' It was with these programmatic words that Max Reger prefaced his answer to a survey 'What does...

Max Reger, the creator of forbiddingly difficult organ music, could also take a different tack. His 'Thirty Little Chorale Preludes' are intended for semiprofessional organists always on the lookout f...

This volume brings together central works to Reger's output for the organ, such as the popular 'Introduction and Passacaglia' in d minor, which Reger wrote as a benefit-work to assist towards the rebu...

Immerse yourself in the magnificent world of organ music with Volume 1 of the "Complete Organ Works". Published by the renowned Wiener Urtext Edition, this premium edition is dedicated to the groundbr...

The Wiener Urtext Edition is the first new edition of Cesar Franck's collection of pieces for organ or harmonium entitled 'L'Organiste' since the first edition published posthumously in 1892. The musi...

Immerse yourself in the magnificent soundscapes of Romantic organ music with Volume 3 of the "Complete Organ Works". Dedicated to the captivating "Trois Pièces pour Grand Orgue", this volume presents...