Schumann: Orgelwerke

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Ars Produktion
Release Date
January 17, 2025
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      Robert Schumann
    • PERFORMER
      Henry Fairs
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 17, 2025
    • UPC
      4260052383766
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ARS38376
    • LABEL
      Ars Produktion
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. No. 1 in C Major: Nicht zu schnell

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Henry Fairs

    2. No. 2 in A Minor: Mit innigem Ausdruck

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Henry Fairs

    3. No. 3 in E Major: Andantino - Etwas schneller

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Henry Fairs

    4. No. 4 in A-Flat Major: Innig

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Henry Fairs

    5. No. 5 in B Minor: Nicht zu schnell

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Henry Fairs

    6. No. 6 in B Major: Adagio

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Henry Fairs

    7. No. 1 in C Minor: Nicht schnell und sehr markiert

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Henry Fairs

    8. No. 2 in C Major: Nicht schnell und sehr markiert

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Henry Fairs

    9. No. 3 in F Minor: Lebhaft

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Henry Fairs

    10. No. 4 in D-Flat Major: Allegretto

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Henry Fairs

    11. No. 1 in B-Flat Major: Langsam

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Henry Fairs

    12. No. 2 in B-Flat Major: Lebhaft

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Henry Fairs

    13. No. 3 in G Minor: Mit sanften Stimmen

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Henry Fairs

    14. No. 4 in B-Flat Major: Mäßig, doch nicht zu langsam

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Henry Fairs

    15. No. 5 in F Major: Lebhaft

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Henry Fairs

    16. No. 6 in B-Flat Major: Mäßig, nach und nach schneller

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Henry Fairs

    17. Albumblätter, Op. 124: No. 20. Canon (arr. for organ)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Henry Fairs


Building a new organ is always an exciting journey for an organ builder. What should a new organ look like, how should it sound, how should it fit into the church interior, what traditional reference points are there, what should be played on this new organ in addition to the important church music, how historical, how modern may the action, wind system and finally the entire pipework be built. In the Church of the Four Evangelists in the Protestant parish of Berlin-Pankow, the requirements were clear. An organ by the famous Berlin organ builder Carl August Buchholz (1796 - 1884) no longer existed in the church. Is it possible to rebuild a Buchholz organ in such a way that it seems possible that C.A. Buchholz would have built this new organ in exactly the same way in 1840, for example? We organ builders at the Wegscheider organ workshop set ourselves this special task, having already restored and reconstructed several Buchholz organs, visited and examined other surviving Buchholz organs and were very familiar with this particular organ sound language of the first half of the 19th century in the Prussian lands. A suitable specification with 27 stops was created, an early Schwellwerk with side doors (entirely in the Buchholz style) was designed, the metal and wooden pipes as well as the reed stops were built according to the models and the voicing was adapted to the church interior in terms of response, sound volume and dynamics. Particular emphasis was placed on the feel of the keys, which must harmonise with what the player hears. The aim was not to build a particularly light action, but rather one that harmonised with the early romantic sound. The historical keyboard aesthetics with the stop action, the music desk, the swell lever, the historical proportions between the manual pianos and the pedal keyboard also serve to immerse the performer completely in the early romantic tonal spirit. Kristian Wegscheider, master organ builder Dresden, Henry Fairs, Professor of Artistic Organ Playing at the Berlin University of the Arts, plays the complete works for organ by Robert Schumann.