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Schumann: Orgelwerke

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Details

Composer
Robert Schumann
Artist
Henry Fairs
Format
SACD
Label
Ars Produktion
Released
Jan 17, 2025
Catalog #
ARS38376
UPC
4260052383766

About

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.

Tracklist 17 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1 in C Major: Nicht zu schnell 02:46
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1 in C Major: Nicht zu schnell
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Henry Fairs
  2. 2 No. 2 in A Minor: Mit innigem Ausdruck 04:14
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2 in A Minor: Mit innigem Ausdruck
    Duration
    04:14
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Henry Fairs
  3. 3 No. 3 in E Major: Andantino - Etwas schneller 01:50
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3 in E Major: Andantino - Etwas schneller
    Duration
    01:50
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Henry Fairs
  4. 4 No. 4 in A-Flat Major: Innig 04:00
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4 in A-Flat Major: Innig
    Duration
    04:00
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Henry Fairs
  5. 5 No. 5 in B Minor: Nicht zu schnell 02:41
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 5 in B Minor: Nicht zu schnell
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Henry Fairs
  6. 6 No. 6 in B Major: Adagio 04:05
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 6 in B Major: Adagio
    Duration
    04:05
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Henry Fairs
  7. 7 No. 1 in C Minor: Nicht schnell und sehr markiert 03:19
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 1 in C Minor: Nicht schnell und sehr markiert
    Duration
    03:19
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Henry Fairs
  8. 8 No. 2 in C Major: Nicht schnell und sehr markiert 03:53
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 2 in C Major: Nicht schnell und sehr markiert
    Duration
    03:53
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Henry Fairs
  9. 9 No. 3 in F Minor: Lebhaft 04:58
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 3 in F Minor: Lebhaft
    Duration
    04:58
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Henry Fairs
  10. 10 No. 4 in D-Flat Major: Allegretto 03:37
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 4 in D-Flat Major: Allegretto
    Duration
    03:37
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Henry Fairs
  11. 11 No. 1 in B-Flat Major: Langsam 05:53
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 1 in B-Flat Major: Langsam
    Duration
    05:53
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Henry Fairs
  12. 12 No. 2 in B-Flat Major: Lebhaft 05:53
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 2 in B-Flat Major: Lebhaft
    Duration
    05:53
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Henry Fairs
  13. 13 No. 3 in G Minor: Mit sanften Stimmen 03:58
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 3 in G Minor: Mit sanften Stimmen
    Duration
    03:58
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Henry Fairs
  14. 14 No. 4 in B-Flat Major: Mäßig, doch nicht zu langsam 05:09
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 4 in B-Flat Major: Mäßig, doch nicht zu langsam
    Duration
    05:09
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Henry Fairs
  15. 15 No. 5 in F Major: Lebhaft 02:20
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 5 in F Major: Lebhaft
    Duration
    02:20
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Henry Fairs
  16. 16 No. 6 in B-Flat Major: Mäßig, nach und nach schneller 07:16
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 6 in B-Flat Major: Mäßig, nach und nach schneller
    Duration
    07:16
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Henry Fairs
  17. 17 Albumblätter, Op. 124: No. 20. Canon (arr. for organ) 01:16
    Track
    17
    Title
    Albumblätter, Op. 124: No. 20. Canon (arr. for organ)
    Duration
    01:16
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Henry Fairs