Hindemith - Organ Sonatas 1-3 / Distler: Spielstucks / Kropfreiter: Toccata [Argo - Decca Records] [IMPORT]

Peter Hurford (organ) (Artist), Hugo Distler (Composer), Augustinus Kropfreiter (Composer), Paul Hindemith (Composer)

Product Details

• Composer: Hugo Distler, Augustinus Kropfreiter, Paul Hindemith
• Audio CD (January 7, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B00000E381
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #397,566 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Hindemith's Three Organ Sonatas Are a Staple of Twentieth-century Organ Music and Part of the Composer's Large Number of Sonatas which Are Hrouped under the Collective Title of Gebrauchsmusik ("Music for Use". Hindemith Wrote Sonatas for all Instruments and this Recital by Peter Hurford also Includes Short Pieces by Kropfreiter and Distler. "Hindemith's Organ Sonatas ... Embody a Spirit which Finds Profound Poetry in the Everyday, Though for that to Come Across They Need the Right Sort of Instrument, Unfailingly Articulate Playing and Apt Registrations. All of These Can Be Found in Peter Hurford's New Argo Recording ... Distler's Spielstucke Are an Attractive Bonus - the Second One is a Particularly Charming Idea."

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Intriguing Organ Works, August 17, 2005

By	David F. (Seattle, USA) - See all my reviews

I'm an organ music fan, which I attribute to my mother, who is an organist. Paul Hindemith wrote these three intriguing sonatas for organ, which range from soft & soothing to loud & heavy. It's unfortunate they're not so widely known. Hurford performs them masterfully. I tracked down the sheet music for Sonata I, and my mom ended up playing it in a concert. Highly recommended. The additional material fills out the album nicely.

4.0 out of 5 stars Not perfect but worth it, October 24, 2008

By	Randall R. Rice "Paschal Type Kid" (Roxbury, MA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Outside of a couple of "skips", this is a rare recording of one of the greatest of modern organ composers, Hindemith, and seldom heard. It is a transfer from Vinyl to CD, IIRC, but the overall quality is quite good.

I bought it primarily as a teaching assistance to me, in learning these sonatas, and works very well for me. It is well worth it, just to be able to hear this often overloooked composer in the modern realm, whose music is accessible to the average listener, yet not predictable.

The Distler is also terrific, another modern composer for the organ and prolific in his own right. He left us church organists a legacy in both large and small works, of high standard, great technical challenge to me as an organist, and pure gems for the listening congregation. This would be a good entry into his works to anyone not familiar with Distler.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Music ok, hardware not very nicely done., April 2, 2009

By	Desert Eagle - See all my reviews

This is a review of the vendor, not of the music itself, which is amazing! About the vendor: the Recording itself is ok, the CD itself seems to be homemade, the booklet was not included (I really would have liked it). There was one small glitch in one of the pieces, thankfully not in the piece I was most concerned with when I bought the CD. I got the music I wanted, so I am happy about that, but the CD is not exactly a gem in my collection.