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Schneider & Kirnberger: Organ Music
Brilliant Classics

Schneider & Kirnberger: Organ Music

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Details

Composer
Johann Philipp Kirnberger, Johann Schneider
Artist
Walter Gatti
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
May 26, 2023
Catalog #
BRI96752
UPC
5028421967523

About

Johann Schneider was a German organist, violinist and composer (1702, Lautertal–1788, Leipzig). He was a pupil of Nicolas Mueller in his hometown and continued his studies with Johann Hartmann Reinmann in Saalfeld between 1717 and 1720. Around 1720, he became Johann Sebastian Bach's organ and harpsichord pupil in Köthen. In conjunction with his keyboard work with Bach, he studied violin with Johann Gottlieb Graun in Merseburg and with Johann Graf in Rudolstadt. In 1721, Johann Schneider became court organist and first violinist (concertmaster) in Saalfeld in his native Coburg. From 1726 he was employed as violinist in the court chapel in Weimar (Weimarer Hofkapelle), and he was later appointed organist of the Nicolaikirche in Leipzig in 1729, holding this position for the rest of his career. Schneider achieved a commendable reputation as a truly great organist, as Lorenz Mizler quotes: 'His organ preludes are of such good taste in this field, with the exception of Mr. Bach, whose pupil he was, that one cannot hear better in Leipzig'. A small number of his works are contained in the manuscript Mus. Ms. 30377, preserved in the Berlin State Library. His style shows a correlation with that of J.S. Bach, but the influence of the Galant style is also detected in various moments of his music. Johann Philipp Kirnberger was born in Saalfeld in 1721 and died in Berlin in 1783. He received his first training in harpsichord and violin within his family and then continued his studies with the organist Johann Peter Kellner in Gräfenroda. In 1738, he was an organ pupil under Heinrich Nikolaus Gerber in Sondershausen, then pursued further studies with Johann Sebastian Bach in Leipzig between 1739 and 1741, which proved pivotal to his development. More than a composer, he is remembered as a 'witness' to Bach's work: he took charge of copying much of his master's music. He kept the manuscript of the Brandenburg Concertos and collected several chorales known today as the 'Kirnberger Chorales' in which we find BWV numbers 690 to 731a – sincerely feeling himself vested with the mission of divulging Johann Sebastian Bach's greatness. His personality was that of a didact, and his compositions are predominantly the consequence of his treatises (L'arte di comporre bene, 1774/79). This attitude is exemplified in the Clavierübung compiled between 1762 and 1766 containing pieces structured in order of increasing difficulty and carefully fingered according to the precepts of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. He wrote only a handful of pages for organ: a few sporadic preludes to chorales, the eight fugues for organ or harpsichord (featured on this CD) and a 'Clavierfuge mit dem Contrapunct in der Oktava'. His figure is thus summed up not so much in an innovative spirit as in that of a person careful to pass on the inheritance he received.

Tracklist 22 tracks

  1. 1 Praeludium und alla breve in G Minor 04:24
    Track
    1
    Title
    Praeludium und alla breve in G Minor
    Duration
    04:24
    Composer
    Johann Schneider
    Performer
    Walter Gatti
  2. 2 Trio in A Minor 02:55
    Track
    2
    Title
    Trio in A Minor
    Duration
    02:55
    Composer
    Johann Schneider
    Performer
    Walter Gatti
  3. 3 Alla breve in F Major 01:30
    Track
    3
    Title
    Alla breve in F Major
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Johann Schneider
    Performer
    Walter Gatti
  4. 4 Vater unser im Himmelreich 01:48
    Track
    4
    Title
    Vater unser im Himmelreich
    Duration
    01:48
    Composer
    Johann Schneider
    Performer
    Walter Gatti
  5. 5 Praeludium und alla breve in D Major 04:03
    Track
    5
    Title
    Praeludium und alla breve in D Major
    Duration
    04:03
    Composer
    Johann Schneider
    Performer
    Walter Gatti
  6. 6 Vater unser im Himmelreich 03:51
    Track
    6
    Title
    Vater unser im Himmelreich
    Duration
    03:51
    Composer
    Johann Schneider
    Performer
    Walter Gatti
  7. 7 Praeludium und Fuge in G Major 03:47
    Track
    7
    Title
    Praeludium und Fuge in G Major
    Duration
    03:47
    Composer
    Johann Schneider
    Performer
    Walter Gatti
  8. 8 Mein Gott, das Herze bring ich dir 03:02
    Track
    8
    Title
    Mein Gott, das Herze bring ich dir
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Johann Schneider
    Performer
    Walter Gatti
  9. 9 Praeludium und alla breve in G Major 03:54
    Track
    9
    Title
    Praeludium und alla breve in G Major
    Duration
    03:54
    Composer
    Johann Schneider
    Performer
    Walter Gatti
  10. 10 Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten: Verse 1 01:42
    Track
    10
    Title
    Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten: Verse 1
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    Johann Philipp Kirnberger
    Performer
    Walter Gatti
  11. 11 No. 1. Prelude and Fugue in C Major 02:07
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 1. Prelude and Fugue in C Major
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    Johann Philipp Kirnberger
    Performer
    Walter Gatti
  12. 12 No. 2. Fugue in A Minor 02:12
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 2. Fugue in A Minor
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    Johann Philipp Kirnberger
    Performer
    Walter Gatti
  13. 13 Komm Gott Schöpfer heilger Geist 02:06
    Track
    13
    Title
    Komm Gott Schöpfer heilger Geist
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    Johann Philipp Kirnberger
    Performer
    Walter Gatti
  14. 14 No. 3. Fugue in B-Flat Major 04:40
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 3. Fugue in B-Flat Major
    Duration
    04:40
    Composer
    Johann Philipp Kirnberger
    Performer
    Walter Gatti
  15. 15 No. 4. Fugue in F Minor 02:09
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 4. Fugue in F Minor
    Duration
    02:09
    Composer
    Johann Philipp Kirnberger
    Performer
    Walter Gatti
  16. 16 Ach Gott und Herr! 02:15
    Track
    16
    Title
    Ach Gott und Herr!
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    Johann Philipp Kirnberger
    Performer
    Walter Gatti
  17. 17 No. 5. Fugue in E-Flat Major 02:48
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 5. Fugue in E-Flat Major
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Johann Philipp Kirnberger
    Performer
    Walter Gatti
  18. 18 No. 6. Fugue in D Major 02:38
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 6. Fugue in D Major
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Johann Philipp Kirnberger
    Performer
    Walter Gatti
  19. 19 Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten: Verse 2 01:29
    Track
    19
    Title
    Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten: Verse 2
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    Johann Philipp Kirnberger
    Performer
    Walter Gatti
  20. 20 No. 7. Fugue in D Minor 06:01
    Track
    20
    Title
    No. 7. Fugue in D Minor
    Duration
    06:01
    Composer
    Johann Philipp Kirnberger
    Performer
    Walter Gatti
  21. 21 No. 8. Fugue in C-Sharp Minor 04:15
    Track
    21
    Title
    No. 8. Fugue in C-Sharp Minor
    Duration
    04:15
    Composer
    Johann Philipp Kirnberger
    Performer
    Walter Gatti
  22. 22 Herzlich tut mich verlangen 02:11
    Track
    22
    Title
    Herzlich tut mich verlangen
    Duration
    02:11
    Composer
    Johann Philipp Kirnberger
    Performer
    Walter Gatti