Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)
Sigfrid Karg-Elert: Ultimate Organ Works Vol.8
Elke Völker
The Steinmeyer Organ at the Christ Church of Mannheim
| Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933) : |
| Festmusik from "The Mastersingers of Nuremberg" C major |
| Sunset A flat major [op.108, 1] |
| Starlight E major [op.108, 2] |
| Elegaic Poem E flat minor [op.108, 3] |
| Voices of the night D flat major [op.142, 1] |
| Valse mignonne E major [op.142, 2] |
| Romantic retrospective view F sharp major [op.142, 2] |
| Harmonies du soir D flat major [op.72, 1] |
| Clair de lune B major [op.72, 1] |
| La nuit D flat major [op.72, 3] |
| Pastel No.1 B major [op.92, 1] |
| Pastel No.2 E minor [op.92, 2] |
| Pastel No.3 F sharp major [op.92, 3] |
Elke Völker, Organ
Playing time: 1:15 (h:m)
Booklet: 28p., English German
Order Nr. AE 11001
EAN 4026798110017
Product category: SACD
Release date: 03/05/2015
- play_circle_outline Prelude from "The Mastersingers of Nuremberg"
- play_circle_outline Sunset
- play_circle_outline Starlight
- play_circle_outline Elegaic Poem
- play_circle_outline Voices of the night op.142, 1
- play_circle_outline Valse mignonne op.142, 2
- play_circle_outline Romantic retrospective view op.142, 3
- play_circle_outline Harmonies du soir op.72, 1
- play_circle_outline Clair de lune op.72, 2
- play_circle_outline La nuit op.72, 3
- play_circle_outline Pastel No.1, op.92, 1
- play_circle_outline Pastel No.2, op.92, 2
- play_circle_outline Pastel No.3, op.92, 3
We from Aeolus are proud to present one of the most famous late romantic organs of Germany on our new SACD Volume 8 of our edition "Sigfrid Karg-Elert:Ultimate Organ Works": the G.F.Steinmeyer Organ in the Christ Church in Mannheim, built in 1911.
On this new SACD Elke Voelker plays several triptyques under the term of "Impressions", a genre of characteristic tone pictures, frequently favoured by the composer. The almost unlimited possibilities of tonal colours and nuances of the famous Steinmeyer Organ leave nothing to be desired by the performer... from the most tender Aeoline, over an original celesta stop until the thunderous fortissimo. The composer himself once described the instrument in a letter to a friend as the "Mannheim marvel"...
As a matter of course our recording purely restitues the huge original dynamic range of this instrument without using any limiting or compression tools!
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