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Drischer: Sonnenhymnus - Organ Work / Flamme
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Drischer: Sonnenhymnus - Organ Work / Flamme

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Composer
DRISCHNER, MAX
Artist
Friedhelm Flamme
Format
SACD
Label
CPO
Released
Aug 13, 2021
Catalog #
555376-2
UPC
761203537624

About

Max Drischner’s “Neobaroque” music is best understood when it is viewed in its context shaped by the youth music movement and the organ revival. Drischner composed most of his works for church performance in simple circumstances. He wanted to write appealing music that would reach »the people« and receive a positive response from its audiences – and even today his music attracts quite a few genuinely enthusiastic fans. The selection of compositions recorded here on a magnificent, richly colored symphonic organ consists of free pieces and pieces set to chorales that can also be played on small organs or in some cases even on the piano.

Among the free organ works, the impressive Passacaglia in E major occupies a special place in Drischner’s self-understanding because of his detailed comments on it and his suggestions for interpretation. Its title, Sonnen-Hymnus (Sun Hymn), owes to several factors: Drischner incorporates his experiences of sunrises in the mountains of his native Silesia into it and forms associations with creation hymns such as Psalm 104: 27-28 (verses with parallels in an ancient Egyptian hymn ascribed to the pharaoh Akhenaten) and St. Francis of Assisi’s Canticle of the Sun (“Cantico di Frate Sole,” 1224 / 25). Drischner renders this into music based on a theme of eight measures developed from an E major chord and cited a total of thirty-four times. It typically occurs in triple rhythm and is elaborated in registers, degrees of textural complexity, and forms of rhythmization. Drischner’s chordal doubling of the voices produces a hymnic character in the concluding part, and the registration with cimbelstern bells lends a special radiance to this segment.

Tracklist 23 tracks

  1. 1 Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in A Major 04:41
    Track
    1
    Title
    Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in A Major
    Duration
    04:41
    Composer
    Max Drischner
    Performer
    Friedhelm Flamme
  2. 2 Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern 07:06
    Track
    2
    Title
    Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
    Duration
    07:06
    Composer
    Max Drischner
    Performer
    Friedhelm Flamme
  3. 3 Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme 07:43
    Track
    3
    Title
    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
    Duration
    07:43
    Composer
    Max Drischner
    Performer
    Friedhelm Flamme
  4. 4 Norwegische Volkstonsuite: I. — 06:45
    Track
    4
    Title
    Norwegische Volkstonsuite: I. —
    Duration
    06:45
    Composer
    Max Drischner
    Performer
    Friedhelm Flamme
  5. 5 Lofot Variations 08:38
    Track
    5
    Title
    Lofot Variations
    Duration
    08:38
    Composer
    Max Drischner
    Performer
    Friedhelm Flamme
  6. 6 Nordic Fantasy in A Minor 04:38
    Track
    6
    Title
    Nordic Fantasy in A Minor
    Duration
    04:38
    Composer
    Max Drischner
    Performer
    Friedhelm Flamme
  7. 7 Lobe den Herren den mächtigen König der Ehren 03:27
    Track
    7
    Title
    Lobe den Herren den mächtigen König der Ehren
    Duration
    03:27
    Composer
    Max Drischner
    Performer
    Friedhelm Flamme
  8. 8 No. 1. Dir, dir, Jehova will ich singen 02:16
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 1. Dir, dir, Jehova will ich singen
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Max Drischner
    Performer
    Friedhelm Flamme
  9. 9 No. 2. Es ist das Heil uns kommen her 01:20
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 2. Es ist das Heil uns kommen her
    Duration
    01:20
    Composer
    Max Drischner
    Performer
    Friedhelm Flamme
  10. 10 Prelude and Fugue in A Minor 03:38
    Track
    10
    Title
    Prelude and Fugue in A Minor
    Duration
    03:38
    Composer
    Max Drischner
    Performer
    Friedhelm Flamme
  11. 11 No. 1. Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier 01:26
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 1. Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier
    Duration
    01:26
    Composer
    Max Drischner
    Performer
    Friedhelm Flamme
  12. 12 No. 2. Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten 03:09
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 2. Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten
    Duration
    03:09
    Composer
    Max Drischner
    Performer
    Friedhelm Flamme
  13. 13 No. 3. Sieh, hier bin ich, Ehrenkönig 01:02
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 3. Sieh, hier bin ich, Ehrenkönig
    Duration
    01:02
    Composer
    Max Drischner
    Performer
    Friedhelm Flamme
  14. 14 No. 4. Komm, o komm, du Geist des Lebens 01:31
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 4. Komm, o komm, du Geist des Lebens
    Duration
    01:31
    Composer
    Max Drischner
    Performer
    Friedhelm Flamme
  15. 15 No. 5. Die güldne Sonne voll Freud und Wonne 00:51
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 5. Die güldne Sonne voll Freud und Wonne
    Duration
    00:51
    Composer
    Max Drischner
    Performer
    Friedhelm Flamme
  16. 16 No. 6. Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir 00:36
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 6. Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir
    Duration
    00:36
    Composer
    Max Drischner
    Performer
    Friedhelm Flamme
  17. 17 No. 7. Herz und Herz vereint zusammen 01:00
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 7. Herz und Herz vereint zusammen
    Duration
    01:00
    Composer
    Max Drischner
    Performer
    Friedhelm Flamme
  18. 18 No. 8. Verleih uns Frieden gnädiglich 01:59
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 8. Verleih uns Frieden gnädiglich
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    Max Drischner
    Performer
    Friedhelm Flamme
  19. 19 No. 9. Die Sonn hat sich mit ihrem Glanze 01:01
    Track
    19
    Title
    No. 9. Die Sonn hat sich mit ihrem Glanze
    Duration
    01:01
    Composer
    Max Drischner
    Performer
    Friedhelm Flamme
  20. 20 No. 10. Befiehl du deine Wege 00:53
    Track
    20
    Title
    No. 10. Befiehl du deine Wege
    Duration
    00:53
    Composer
    Max Drischner
    Performer
    Friedhelm Flamme
  21. 21 No. 11. Fröhlich soll mein Herze springen 00:45
    Track
    21
    Title
    No. 11. Fröhlich soll mein Herze springen
    Duration
    00:45
    Composer
    Max Drischner
    Performer
    Friedhelm Flamme
  22. 22 No. 12. Schönster Herr Jesu 01:35
    Track
    22
    Title
    No. 12. Schönster Herr Jesu
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    Max Drischner
    Performer
    Friedhelm Flamme
  23. 23 Sonnenhymnus 11:12
    Track
    23
    Title
    Sonnenhymnus
    Duration
    11:12
    Composer
    Max Drischner
    Performer
    Friedhelm Flamme