Orgelpunkt: The Rieger Organ of St. Martin Kassel

Release Date: 16th Jul 2021
Catalogue No: MDG9512226
Label: MDG

Opus Klassik

2022

Winner - Solo Instrumental Recording

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Bach, J S: Fantasia super 'Komm, heiliger Geist, Herre Gott', BWV651

Eckhard Manz (organ)

Büsing: Der Wind nur druber wehet

Eckhard Manz (organ)

Messiaen: Messe de la Pentecote

Eckhard Manz (organ)

Böhm, G: Nun bitten wir den heil'gen Geist

Eckhard Manz (organ)

Praetorius, H: Hymnus Veni creator spiritus: Versus II

Eckhard Manz (organ)

Grigny: Hymnus Veni creator Spiritus

Eckhard Manz (organ)

Cabezón, A: Tiento sobre el Cum Sancto Spiritu de beata virgine de Jusquin

Eckhard Manz (organ)

Kwon: Zweisam II

Eckhard Manz (organ)

Sowa, A: SOS

Eckhard Manz (organ)

Walter, C J: Unbestimmbares Bild

Eckhard Manz (organ)

Orendain: Settled Vagabond

Eckhard Manz (organ)

Cook, S: Ultreia et Suseia

Eckhard Manz (organ)

Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV667 'Komm, Gott Schöpfer, heiliger Geist'

Eckhard Manz (organ)

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MDG is delighted to present the very first recording on the new experimental organ in the church of St. Martin in Kassel which was finally completed in 2021.

The main organ in the church of St. Martin in Kassel, consecrated in 2017, already boasts numerous innovations; now the experimental organ turns the laws of organ building that have applied for centuries on their head.

With a technically highly innovative trick, the traditional Rieger company has succeeded in having the wind flowing into the organ pipe controlled by the touch of the key, stop slide and bellows system.

The new sound cosmos of swelling and dying tones that opens up inspires young composers to experiment, documented for the first time on a brand-new Super Audio CD that presents both instruments as a convincing unit in an overwhelming spatial sound.

St. Martin has been known for its innovative spirit for centuries, and Johann Sebastian Bach was drawn to Kassel in 1732 to examin the organ. Bach is both the beginning and the end of Manz's programme, which is extraordinary in every respect, with Messiaen's Pentecost Mass at its centre.

Works by Cabezon, Praetorius, Bohm and de Grigny represent the Renaissance and Baroque, while pieces from Caspar Johannes Walter's composition class represent contemporary, youthful music.

Orgelpunkt: The Rieger Organ of St. Martin Kassel

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