After 1945

The new edition of what is, with doubt, Petr Eben's most famous composition for the royal instrument, is based on a revision by Prof. Jan Hora, undertaken in cooperation with the composer. Since this cycle was written half a century ago (1958), ...

Fine art has always been a prominent source of inspiration for Petr Eben (1929-2007). Chagall's stained-glass windows for the synagogue in Jerusalem gave an impulse for the four movements for trumpet and organ commissioned by the city gallery ...

Bengt Hambraeus is one of the leading contemporary composers of organ music. This volume contains eleven previously unpublished works for solo organ, all written specifically for renowned organists and music festivals.

The four small-scale preludes of Miloslav Kabelác’s op. 48 were commissioned in 1966 by the second “Prague Spring International Music Competition” in the category organ.

They are written in proportional notation, which the ...

Zsigmond Szathmáry’s “Dies irae” for organ and percussion produces an immense impact on listeners with its advanced sonorities.
Accordingly, it imposes very high demands on the performers.

“Dies irae, dies illa, solvet ...

Orgel und Percussion, das ist eine der exotischsten Instrumentenkombinationen der musikalischen Moderne, welche stets reizvolle Klangeffekte und Kontraste mit sich bringt. Dies ist auch bei Zsigmond Szathmárys Komposition SENSE OF RHYTHM ...

Dass die zarte, feine und intime Musik Anton Weberns auch auf die Orgel passen kann, mag manch einen überraschen. Der Duruflé- und Messiaenschüler Xavier Darasse (1934–1992) hat die berühmten dreisätzigen Klavier-Variationen ...

Mit dem Gegensatz „Mors et vita“ beginnt eine Strophe der alten Ostersequenz „Victimae paschali laudes“ aus dem 11. Jahrhundert: Tod und Leben ringen miteinander. In seinem 12-minütigen Auftragswerk für das Freiburger Münster ...