Beckerath Retrospective

Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Georg Bohm (Composer), Johannes Brahms (Composer), Dietrich Buxtehude (Composer), Luigi Cherubini (Composer), Raymond Daveluy (Composer), Paul Hindemith (Composer), John Hirten (Composer), Felix [1] Mendelssohn (Composer), Johann Pachelbel (Composer), Noel Rawsthorne (Composer), Alison J. Luedecke (Performer)

Product Details

• Performer: Alison J. Luedecke
• Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Bohm, Johannes Brahms, Dietrich Buxtehude, Luigi Cherubini, et al.
• Audio CD (November 25, 2003)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Raven Records
• ASIN: B0000UX4W6
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #686,185 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Organ Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 65/3: Con moto maestoso

2. Organ Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 65/3: Andante tranquillo

3. Prelude and Fugue, for organ in D major ('Little'), BWV 532 (BC J13, 54, 70): Prelude

4. Prelude and Fugue, for organ in D major ('Little'), BWV 532 (BC J13, 54, 70): Fugue

5. Chorale Variations on 'Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen?,' for organ, T. 85

6. Choral prelude and fugue for organ ('O Traurigkeit, O Herzeleid'), WoO 7

7. Vater Unser Im Himmelreich, chorale partite for organ (formerly attrib. to J.S. Bach, BWV 761)

8. Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, for organ

9. Hornpipe Humoresque, for organ

10. Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn (I), chorale prelude for organ (Orgel-Büchlein No. 3), BWV 601 (BC K30)

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Prelude and Fugue, for organ in G major, BWV 541 (BC J22): Prelude

2. Prelude and Fugue, for organ in G major, BWV 541 (BC J22): Fugue

3. Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (II), chorale prelude for organ (Achtzehn Choräle No. 8), BWV 659 (BC K82)

4. Es ist das Heil uns kommen her (I), chorale prelude for organ (Orgel-Büchlein No. 40), BWV 638 (BC K67)

5. Sonata for cylinder organ (fragment)

6. Chorale Preludes (11) for organ, Op. 122: Herzlich tut mich verlangen, No. 10

7. Chorale Preludes (11) for organ, Op. 122: Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele, No. 5

8. Sonata for organ No. 1

9. Sonata No 3 for organ: i. Fantaisie

10. Chorale prelude for organ in G major, BuxWV 208, 'Nun bitten wir den heligen Geist'

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Beckerath retrospectve. A.J.Luedecke, organist, August 5, 2006

By	Jacques Messier (Montréal, Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

These two CDs, are a must for organ music lovers and a collectible for the musicians.

The well-known builder is a master in his very personal genre and his art is widely shown in these CDs. The repertoire is deliberately chosen for its versatile expression and the touch of Beckerath is clear through the choice of the pieces. Luedecke pursuits this specific goal of expression.

The variety and richness of registration in the colourful aspect of the sounds appear more in the first CD if we compare with the quieter ambiance of the second one.

The Beckerath from Saint-Joseph Oratory in Montreal Canada doesn't appear here and its frankly a miss ! Despite the fact that a piece, the Fantasie from Sonata no III (1983) from Raymond Daveluy, former organist of the Oratory for over 30 years is executed here on the second CD, the fact is that it was certainly composed with and for this instrument in mind and a very personal touch of Daveluy in sounding is largely due to the work of Beckerath.