Edgar Krapp, Ingolf Turban Organ Works by Marteau, Wolfrum, Reger & Höller

The combination of organ and violin dates back to the Baroque era. Many of the sonatas for violin and basso continuo can be performed on the organ just as well or even more colorfully than on the harpsichord. Henri Marteau builds entirely on this tradition with his Fantasy for organ and violin op. 27, recorded here for the first time. The violin virtuoso and pedagogue, celebrated worldwide, was also a very prolific composer and, in addition to chamber music, wrote two violin concertos, a cello concerto, a symphony, an opera and several organ works, for which he was inspired by the soft romantic registers of the pneumatic organ of the time in his adopted home of Lichtenberg in Upper Franconia let.