Improvisación de órgano

There are numerous contemporary accounts attesting to the fact that Bruckner often drew on themes from his symphonies in his magnificent organ improvisations, and these improvisations are said to have...

Die Reihe 'Synagogalmusik' präsentiert ein wichtiges und bislang vernachlässigtes Kapitel der Musikgeschichte: Kompositionen, in denen sich die Traditionen der abendländischen Kunstmusik und der jüdis...

The Homage to Handel for Organ was composed 'as an expression of thanks for having been elected as an honorary member of the Royal College of Organists in 1914. Karg-Elert responded to the honour with...

'Song of Hope', composed by Kay Johannsen the Kantor of the Stiftskirche in Stuttgart in 2016, is a Fantasia in G minor based on a six-measure melody. It is improvisatory in style and has a melancholy...

Sunrise was composed in August 2016 from a concert improvisation. The work is structured as a great crescendo. Although the title refers to the image of a sunrise, the music was not primarily conceive...

Ergänzt von Rudolf Lutz nach dem Fragment von Mendelssohn in der Bodleian Library in Oxford Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy war ein begnadeter Improvisator auf der Orgel, doch gibt es nur wenige Spuren se...

I. Improvisation - II. Invocation - III. Introduction und Fuge

Vol. 5: Reformation Day, Day of Repentance, Holy Communion, Memorial Day

Der Choral Le don des larmes des belgischen Organisten und Komponisten Benoît Mernier ist als symphonisches Werk für eine Grand Orgue vom Typ Cavaillé-Coll konzipiert. Der 'Choral' ist mehr Chaconne a...

Zu Lebzeiten war Tournemire insbesondere als hervorragender Orgelspieler und -improvisator bekannt. Die vorliegenden Improvisationen sind durch Schallplatteneinspielungen von 1930/31 überliefert und w...

Die 14 Improvisationen wurden zwischen 1982 und 1992 komponiert in der Absicht, Organisten kurze Stücke in einer gemässigt modernen Klangsprache zur Verfügung zu stellen. Keines der Werke basiert auf...

The Great Wall' developed out of an improvisation, a homage to the Great Wall of China. Two motifs dominate in the work, which requires a three-manual organ: a two-measure ostinato in the pedal, and a...

Georgi Mushel's Toccata, edited for publication by Noel Rawsthorne, is very much in the spirit and style of a Ukrainian Cossack dance; the feel is improvisatory, with contrasting sections allowing dif...

Bednall's creation, rooted in the tradition of French organ improvisation, tenderly evokes the mysterious beauty of Wells Cathedral's remarkable 'Jesse Window'. The radiant music ebbs and flows calmly...

The composer, organist, music teacher and pianist Rolande Falcinelli (1920-2006) studied composition with Henri Busser, among others, as well as organ with Gaston Litaize and Marcel Dupré. In 1941 she...

Cosmogonie was written after an improvisation of the composer at the Haarlem International Organ Improvisation Competition, Rotterdam 1981. The given theme was an abstract graphic by Enrique Raxach. T...

Jean Guillou is one of the most eminent organists of our time. His compositions make use of the full range of colours which the organ is capable of producing and handle the instrument with virtuoso sk...

Julien Gracq's novel Au château d'Argolo includes a chapter in which one of the heroes, Herminien, discovers a chapel hidden deep within a forest. Soon ... through the branches, twisted in fantastic a...

Für Orgel, herausgegeben von Andreas Rockstroh. Der gebürtige Schweizer Komponist war in Magdeburg als Domkantor Nachfolger von A. Ritter. Forchhammer galt als 'Orgelspieler und Improvisator von hohem...

Revised by Maurice Duruflé.

Unpublished Improvisation of Louis Vierne transcribed by Jean-Michel Louchart.

Born in 1965, Thierry Escaich studied in Paris where he obtained eight first prizes for Organ and Composition. His performances and works during his professional career have also received variousdisti...