Friedhelm Flamme, known for his seven successful releases in our
Northern German Organ Baroque Edition, now takes a change of pace for
cpo and on SACD with the complete organ works of Carl Nielsen and five
organ pieces by Rued Langgaard. Of all the potential influences on
Nielsen, the Danish offshoot of the German »organ movement« must have
been the most important one; this pathbreaking return to old baroque
principles left its imprint on organ design during the twentieth
century, and its ideals met with great resonance in Nielsen, whose
anti-romantic vein likewise made itself noticeable in his contributions
to the National Symphony Orchestrang tradition and to the revival of the
symphony. A little piece entitled »Melody, « first published in the
complete edition of his piano and organ works in 2006, now has its place
in his organ oeuvre and is presented here as a recording premiere.
Flamme interprets these organ compositions of high art and imagination
on the Mühleisen organ in the Bad Gandersheim Monastery Church. jpc
CARL NIELSEN (1865-1931) - Complete Organ Works
1. Festival Prelude To The New Century 1:28
2-30. 29 Short Preludes Op. 51 (29:56)
31-32. Two Posthumous Preludes
33. Melody 0:44
34. Commotio Op. 58 20:15
RUED LANGAARD (1893-1952) - Selected Organ Works
35. Kristi Himmelfartsdag 2:02
36. Begravet 2:40
37. Hostpraeludium 4:19
38. Ved Axel Gades 2:16
39. Bryllupsmarsch 1:49
Credits :
Organ [Mühleisen-Orgel] – Friedhelm Flamme
Cover artwork: Piccadilly Circus by George Hyde Pownall (1876-1932)
Recording: Stiftskirche zu Bad Gandersheim, May, 1 & 2, 2008
