Heinrich Scheidemann: Organ Works (Arp Schnitger Organ)

the playing is stylistically sure-footed and the organ imaginatively presented — Choir & Organ, October 2019, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 14th Jun 2019
Catalogue No: MDG9062113
Label: MDG

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Scheidemann: Praeambulum in D, WV 33

Hilger Kespohl (organ)

Scheidemann: Verbum caro factum est (after Hassler)

Hilger Kespohl (organ)

Scheidemann: Canzon in F

Hilger Kespohl (organ)

Scheidemann: Lobet den Herrn

Hilger Kespohl (organ)

Scheidemann: Betruebet ist zu dieser Frist

Hilger Kespohl (organ)

Scheidemann: Alleluia, Laudem Dicite Deo Nostro, WV 45

Hilger Kespohl (organ)

Scheidemann: Praeambulum in D minor, WV 34

Hilger Kespohl (organ)

Scheidemann: Mensch, willst du leben seliglich

Hilger Kespohl (organ)

Scheidemann: Pavana Lachrymae in D minor

Hilger Kespohl (organ)

Scheidemann: Jesu, wollst uns weisen

Hilger Kespohl (organ)

Scheidemann: Mio cor, se vera sei salamandra

Hilger Kespohl (organ)

Scheidemann: Dic nobis Maria, WV 51

Hilger Kespohl (organ)

Scheidemann: Ballett

Hilger Kespohl (organ)

Scheidemann: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott WV 76

Hilger Kespohl (organ)

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Heinrich Scheidemann was highly esteemed already during his lifetime and so famous that he could afford to have a copperplate engraving made of his portrait. During the transition between the Renaissance and the Early Baroque he founded his fame above all on the elegant writing style of his compositions, which even today appeals to a broad public.

Organist Hilger Kespohl has selected works from the comprehensive oeuvre of this Hamburg master for the present Super Audio CD, and performs on the incomparable Arp Schnitger organ in Hamburg-Neuenfelde which enables this richly varied musical portrait to shine in all its glory.

Scheidemann learned his trade from Sweelinck. Back in Hamburg, he combined his teacher's secular tradition - in Calvinist Amsterdam, Sweelinck mostly performed concerts outside the liturgy - with the requirements of the Lutheran religious service. It is therefore not surprising that Scheidemann produced works with liturgical associations.

These chorale variations number among the first great highpoints in this genre and are performed here with the fine sense of sound which Hilger Kespohl is able to show "his" Schnitger organ from its very best side.

All the registrations are informatively documented in the booklet, and the meticulously produced 2+2+2 sound on this top quality Super Audio CD comes with a guarantee of listening pleasure for all those who love and enjoy audiophile recordings.

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October 2019

the playing is stylistically sure-footed and the organ imaginatively presented

March/April 2020

Here Kespohl has a superior instrument at his disposal...he demonstrates a complete understanding of and total sympathy for Scheidemann’s compositional idiom, as well as masterly technical proficiency and a keen ear for colorful stops and registrations. This is simply the best recording of Scheidemann’s organ music I have been privileged to hear

Heinrich Scheidemann: Organ Works (Arp Schnitger Organ)

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