Two Concertos For Organ

Andrius Puskunigis, Vincent Bernhardt, Klaipeda Chamber Orchestra & Mindaugas Backus - Handel: Oboe Concertos (2022) [24/48]

Andrius Puskunigis, Vincent Bernhardt, Klaipeda Chamber Orchestra & Mindaugas Backus - Handel: Oboe Concertos (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 64:55 minutes | 720 MB
Classical | Label: Brilliant Classics, Official Digital Download

This album is devoted to Handel's concertante music for solo oboe, of which only a few concertos have survived. He was particularly fond of the instrument and assigned many solos to it in his oratorios, operas, concerti grossi and sonatas. He is even reported to have said of his early oboe works: 'I used to write like the D-v [Devil] in those days, but chiefly for the oboe, which was my favourite instrument.'
Andrius Puskunigis, Vincent Bernhardt, Klaipeda Chamber Orchestra & Mindaugas Backus - Handel: Oboe Concertos (2022)

Andrius Puskunigis, Vincent Bernhardt, Klaipeda Chamber Orchestra & Mindaugas Backus - Handel: Oboe Concertos (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 346 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 149 Mb | 01:04:55
Classical | Label: Brilliant Classics

This album is devoted to Handel's concertante music for solo oboe, of which only a few concertos have survived. He was particularly fond of the instrument and assigned many solos to it in his oratorios, operas, concerti grossi and sonatas. He is even reported to have said of his early oboe works: 'I used to write like the D-v [Devil] in those days, but chiefly for the oboe, which was my favourite instrument.'
Olivier Fortin, Emmanuel Frankenberg, Ensemble Masques - Bach: Concertos for Two Harpsichords (2020) [24/96]

Olivier Fortin, Emmanuel Frankenberg, Ensemble Masques - Bach: Concertos for Two Harpsichords (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 59:36 minutes | 1.22 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital Booklet

The practice of composing for two keyboard instruments, very common in the illustrious Bach family, naturally achieved its apotheosis with Johann Sebastian, whose three concertos for two harpsichords are performed here by Olivier Fortin and Emmanuel Frankenberg with the Ensemble Masques. These works, particularly the concertos in C minor, are among the composer’s most admired. They suggest a conception of the concerto specific to Bach: rather than a dialogue between several individual entities, the piece presents a subtle intertwining of melodic lines and blurs the distinction between solo and tutti parts by making them respond to and quote each other, thus illustrating the principle of harmony dear to the composer. Finally, the recording on two harpsichords of the Prelude and Fugue BWV 552, originally composed for organ, is in keeping with the nineteenth-century tradition of transposing Bach’s works with the aim of giving their refined polyphony greater clarity.
Olivier Fortin, Emmanuel Frankenberg, Ensemble Masques - Bach: Concertos for Two Harpsichords (2020)

Olivier Fortin, Emmanuel Frankenberg, Ensemble Masques - Bach: Concertos for Two Harpsichords (2020)
FLAC tracks +booklet | 59:36 | 370 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Alpha

The practice of composing for two keyboard instruments, very common in the illustrious Bach family, naturally achieved its apotheosis with Johann Sebastian, whose three concertos for two harpsichords are performed here by Olivier Fortin and Emmanuel Frankenberg with the Ensemble Masques. These works, particularly the concertos in C minor, are among the composer’s most admired. They suggest a conception of the concerto specific to Bach: rather than a dialogue between several individual entities, the piece presents a subtle intertwining of melodic lines and blurs the distinction between solo and tutti parts by making them respond to and quote each other, thus illustrating the principle of harmony dear to the composer. Finally, the recording on two harpsichords of the Prelude and Fugue BWV 552, originally composed for organ, is in keeping with the nineteenth-century tradition of transposing Bach’s works with the aim of giving their refined polyphony greater clarity.
Olivier Fortin, Emmanuel Frankenberg, Ensemble Masques - Johann Sebastian Bach: Concertos for two Harpsichords (2020)

Olivier Fortin, Emmanuel Frankenberg, Ensemble Masques - Johann Sebastian Bach: Concertos for two Harpsichords (2020)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 381 Mb | Total time: 59:46 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Alpha ‎| ALPHA572 | Recorded: 2018

The practice of composing for two keyboard instruments, very common in the illustrious Bach family, naturally achieved its apotheosis with Johann Sebastian, whose three concertos for two harpsichords are performed here by Olivier Fortin and Emmanuel Frankenberg with the Ensemble Masques. These works, particularly the concertos in C minor, are among the composer’s most admired. They suggest a conception of the concerto specific to Bach: rather than a dialogue between several individual entities, the piece presents a subtle intertwining of melodic lines and blurs the distinction between solo and tutti parts by making them respond to and quote each other, thus illustrating the principle of harmony dear to the composer. Finally, the recording on two harpsichords of the Prelude and Fugue BWV 552, originally composed for organ, is in keeping with the nineteenth-century tradition of transposing Bach’s works with the aim of giving their refined polyphony greater clarity.
Jan Lehtola - Kalevi Aho: Symphony For Organ, Three Interludes (2012)

Jan Lehtola - Kalevi Aho: Symphony For Organ, Three Interludes (2012)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 269 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 171 Mb | Artwork included
Genre: Classical | Label: BIS | # BIS-SACD-1946 | Time: 01:10:12

Largely known and admired for his large orchestral scores – including fifteen symphonies to date – the Finnish composer Kalevi Aho has actually written in a wide variety of genres, including chamber music and opera. He did arrive at the organ via the orchestra, however: in 1993, when composing his Eighth Symphony, he decided to let the organ feature in it as a solo instrument. Although he integrated it into the orchestra, it was also provided with three interludes between the separate movements. Encouraged to recast these into a solo work for the instrument, Aho composed a brief introduction for each interlude, functioning as a short summary of what had appeared before it in the course of the symphony. Behind the Three Interludes, and indeed the symphony, there lies a powerful experience of nature: a mid-summer journey on the Arctic Ocean, when everything, in the absence of night, was ‘bathed in an endless blue-tinged light’. Although composed 14 years later, the Symphony for Organ also owes its existence to the Eighth Symphony. After having played the organ part in a 2005 performance of that work, the Finnish organ virtuoso Jan Lehtola approached the composer urging him to write a big, multi-movement work for solo organ.

Jean Guillou - Antonio Vivaldi for Organ (1991)  Music

Posted by ArlegZ at Sept. 5, 2024
Jean Guillou - Antonio Vivaldi for Organ (1991)

Jean Guillou - Antonio Vivaldi for Organ (1991)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 257 Mb | Total time: 59:41 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Dorian Recordings | DOR-90118 | Recorded: 1989

The beauty of this CD is that it combines two very important factors: Vivaldi and the pipe organ, and creates a most listenable and relaxing musical mood. Vivaldi concertos are usually in three parts each: Allegro, Adagio, Allegro (or close to that), that is, fast, slow, fast, and were composed for a small chamber ensemble. Vivaldi himself was primarily a violinist, and wrote what you hear on this CD for ensemble, not for pipe organ. They transcribe very well to pipe organ.
Ton Koopman, The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra - George Frideric Handel: Concertos pour orgue (1986)

Ton Koopman, The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra - George Frideric Handel: Concertos pour orgue (1986)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 888 Mb | Total time: 73:11+69:43+63:04 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Erato | 2292-45394-2| Recorded: 1984

Whilst Handel was renowned in his lifetime as a virtuoso organist, his art was based on improvisation. He left no developed oeuvre of keyboard pieces which would give us an idea of his full capabilities as an organist. His organ concertos are actually theatre pieces, developed by Handel to support his oratorio performances. Handel brought in an organ to act as continuo in the choruses and developed the idea of an organ concerto as a way of adding extra novelty. At the oratorios, the audience could not rely on novelty and virtuoso display from the latest Italian singers so Handel’s performances on the organ were a sort of substitute.

VA - Baroque Masterpieces 60 CD Box Set Part 3 (2008)  Music

Posted by Discograf_man at Dec. 8, 2015
VA - Baroque Masterpieces 60 CD Box Set Part 3 (2008)

VA - Baroque Masterpieces 60 CD Box Set Part 3 (2008)
Classical, Baroque | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 3,21 Gb | E-Booklet - 71 Mb
Label: Sony Bmg | Release Year: 2008

Baroque Masterpieces - collection of Baroque music in the best performance in the company Sony BMG DHM Artenova. One of the best collections of Baroque music! The greatest works - the legendary performance! Baroque music is a style of European classical music in the period from about 1600 to 1750. The Baroque era follows the Renaissance and the Classical period precedes. The main in this music was an expression of emotions. Baroque music - this violence and ecstasy, in contrast to the confidence and independence of the Renaissance.
Il Gusto Barocco, Jörg Halubek & Anaïs Chen - Bach: Sonata & Concertos (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Il Gusto Barocco, Jörg Halubek & Anaïs Chen - Bach: Sonata & Concertos (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 61:03 minutes | 1,15 GB
Classical | Label: Berlin Classics, Official Digital Download

On this CD Jorg Halubek and his Ensemble "Il Gusto Barocco" attempt a reconstruction of three of Bach's organ concertos that today are primarily treated as harpsichord concertos. How thrilling must it have sounded when Johann Sebastian Bach at the organ engaged in a contest of virtuosity with an entire orchestra. The present recording offers a tangible and imaginative impression of it.