Merikanto: Organ Music / Lehtola

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Label
Toccata
Release Date
February 16, 2024
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Oskar Merikanto, Felix Mendelssohn
    • PERFORMER
      Jan Lehtola
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 16, 2024
    • UPC
      5060113447159
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      TOCC0715
    • LABEL
      Toccata
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Solo Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. Fantasia chromatica

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    2. Trauermarsch

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    3. I. Moderato energico

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    4. II. Moderato

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    5. III. Lento: Moderato con moto

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    6. IV. Moderato (alla Barcarola)

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    7. V. Allegretto (quasi veloce)

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    8. No. 7 in C Major

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    9. No. 17 in G Major

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    10. No. 18 in G Major

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    11. No. 19 in G Major

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    12. No. 20 in G Major

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    13. No. 22 in E Minor

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    14. No. 24 in E Minor

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    15. No. 25 in E Minor

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    16. No. 26 in E Minor

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    17. No. 28 in D Minor

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    18. No. 30 in D Major

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    19. No. 33 in D Major

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    20. No. 34 in D Major

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    21. No. 37 in B-Flat Minor

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    22. No. 38 in B-Flat Minor

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    23. No. 44 in F-Sharp Minor

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    24. No. 45 in F-Sharp Minor

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    25. No. 47 in E Major

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    26. No. 48 in E Major

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    27. No. 52 in F Major

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    28. No. 55 in F Major

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    29. No. 59 in D Minor

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    30. No. 61 in D Minor

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    31. No. 63 in D Minor

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    32. No. 65 in B Major

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    33. No. 67 in B Major

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    34. No. 68 in B Major

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    35. No. 69 in B Major

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    36. No. 73 in G Minor

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    37. No. 74 in G Minor

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    38. No. 75 in G Minor

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    39. No. 77 in G Minor

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    40. No. 79 in E-Flat Major

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    41. No. 83 in E-Flat Major

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    42. No. 85 in E-Flat Major

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    43. No. 87 in C Minor

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    44. No. 90 in C Minor

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    45. No. 91 in A-Flat Major

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    46. No. 94 in A-Flat Major

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    47. No. 95 in A-Flat Major

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    48. No. 96 in F Minor

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    49. No. 97 in F Minor

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    50. No. 98 in F Minor

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    51. No. 99 in F Minor

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    52. No. 100 in F Minor

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    53. Prelude No. 1 in E Minor, MWV U116

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    54. Fugue No. 1 in E Minor, MWV U66

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Jan Lehtola


Oskar Merikanto (1868–1924) made an enormous contribution to music-making in Finland, and to organ music in particular, as teacher, virtuoso performer and authority on performance practice, reforming the approach to the organ in both church and concert-hall. It was thought that all of his organ music was known and recorded, but recent discoveries have added a number of previously unknown works to his catalogue: a striking concert fantasia, an early funeral march, some pedal studies, a vast series of chorale preludes – some of them beautifully crafted miniatures, others only aphoristic ideas – and an organ transcription of a piano piece by Mendelssohn.

REVIEW:

Finnish organist and composer Oskar Merikanto made significant contributions to the musical life of Finland. He initiated reforms in the approach to organ music, playing, and building in both the church and concert hall. It was thought that most of his organ music had been published, but recent discoveries have unearthed a number of pieces that remained in manuscript. This program includes 4 of them as well as a selection of the 100 Chorale Preludes Op. 59, published in 1906.

The Fantasia and Trauermarsch are substantial pieces of emotional power and originality, infused with the spirit of Max Reger. Of particular interest are the 5 Concert Etudes for pedal solo. Although they are meant to develop pedal technique, they come across not as mere technical exercises, but as character pieces much in manner of Chopin and Liszt’s etudes for piano.. The Mendelssohn is part of a collection of arrangements that Merikanto assembled in 1915 but never published. Most are under a minute long and are extremely interesting in their variety and emotional content. Organists take note.

This is another recording in Lehtola’s extensive series exploring unknown and forgotten composers. He plays on a 3-manual, 70-stop 1929/2021 Kangasala organ in Tampere Cathedral, Finland, one of the most important and largest romantic organs preserved in its original state. Extensive and informative notes by the performer on the composer and music. A fascinating recording.

— American Record Guide