Gerd Zacher - Mendelssohn, Brahms: Organ Works. 2xSACD + 2CD

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Biography

by Uncle Dave Lewis

Although outside Germany Gerd Zacher is primarily known as an organist, within Germany Zacher is highly regarded as both an organ player and a composer and elder statesman of the German avant-garde. Born into a poor family, Zacher moved around a lot and as a result he was not able to begin piano lessons until the age of 11; his first organ lesson was not until he reached the age of 16. Entering the Nordwestdeutschen Musikakademie in Detmold in 1948, Zacher studied composition with Günter Bialas. Beginning in 1953 Zacher studied piano with ex-Ferruccio Busoni student Theodor Kaufman before taking his degree in 1954. After working in a Lutheran church in Santiago de Chile for a few years, Zacher settled into a post at the Lutherkirche in Hamburg-Wellingsbütte, which he kept until 1970. During this time Zacher built up a reputation for interpreting works that had been suppressed during the period of National Socialism and for presenting avant-garde concerts of music by John Cage, …Read More

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Tracklisting:

Disc 1:

01. Mendelssohn: Organ Sonata 1 op. 65 - Allegro moderato e seriose 05:39

02. Mendelssohn: Organ Sonata 1 op. 65 - Adagio 02:26

03. Mendelssohn: Organ Sonata 1 op. 65 - Andante 03:17

04. Mendelssohn: Organ Sonata 1 op. 65 - Allegro assai vivace 03:49

05. Mendelssohn: Organ Sonata 2 op. 65 - Grave 01:23

06. Mendelssohn: Organ Sonata 2 op. 65 - Adagio 02:26

07. Mendelssohn: Organ Sonata 2 op. 65 - Allegro maestoso e vivace 02:21

08. Mendelssohn: Organ Sonata 2 op. 65 - Fuga, allegro moderato 03:38

09. Mendelssohn: Organ Sonata 3 op. 65 - Con moto maestoso 07:43

10. Mendelssohn: Organ Sonata 3 op. 65 - Andante tranquillo 02:05

11. Mendelssohn: Organ Sonata 4 op. 65 - Allegro con brio 03:07

12. Mendelssohn: Organ Sonata 4 op. 65 - Andante religioso 02:02

13. Mendelssohn: Organ Sonata 4 op. 65 - Allegretto 03:17

14. Mendelssohn: Organ Sonata 4 op. 65 - Allegro maestoso e vivace 04:14

15. Mendelssohn: Organ Sonata 5 op. 65 - Andante 01:41

16. Mendelssohn: Organ Sonata 5 op. 65 - Andante con moto 02:31

17. Mendelssohn: Organ Sonata 5 op. 65 - Allegro maestoso 05:06

Disc 2:

01. Mendelssohn: Organ Sonata 6 op. 65 - Choral 01:27

02. Mendelssohn: Organ Sonata 6 op. 65 - Andante sostenuto 04:28

03. Mendelssohn: Organ Sonata 6 op. 65 - Allegro molto 03:18

04. Mendelssohn: Organ Sonata 6 op. 65 - Fuga, sostenuto e legato 03:04

05. Mendelssohn: Organ Sonata 6 op. 65 - Finale, andante 02:38

06. Brahms: Fuge WoO 8 08:23

07. Brahms: 11 Chorale Preludes op. 122 - 1 04:10

08. Brahms: 11 Chorale Preludes op. 122 - 2 02:13

09. Brahms: 11 Chorale Preludes op. 122 - 3 03:39

10. Brahms: 11 Chorale Preludes op. 122 - 4 01:49

11. Brahms: 11 Chorale Preludes op. 122 - 5 03:48

12. Brahms: 11 Chorale Preludes op. 122 - 6 02:59

13. Brahms: 11 Chorale Preludes op. 122 - 7 02:08

14. Brahms: 11 Chorale Preludes op. 122 - 8 02:31

15. Brahms: 11 Chorale Preludes op. 122 - 9 02:46

16. Brahms: 11 Chorale Preludes op. 122 - 10 03:43

17. Brahms: 11 Chorale Preludes op. 122 - 11 03:19

A student of Hemut Walcha and Olivier Messiaen, Gerd Zacher has achieved worldwide fame almost exclusively for his performances of modern works for the organ. Yet he is also a master of the great works of the past. He has been praised for his Bach, and these wonderful Mendelssohn and Brahms performances, in SACD sound, are equally as impressive.

 The organ heard on this recording dates from 1900 and was manufactured by the Ludwigsburg-based company E. F. Walcker. It is recognised as a historical monument due to it being one of the few surviving instruments with a pneumatic tracker action. Its differentiated colours blend remarkably well, as was required at the time. In relation to these chorale preludes by Johannes Brahms, the organ is a near contemporary; the six Mendelssohn organ sonatas were finished 55 years before its construction, but in their utopic potential herald the arrival of such an instrument.

 On 10 April 1845, Mendelssohn wrote to his publisher Breitkopf und Härtel: “I have now completed the work for organ which I mentioned at the beginning of winter. It has grown, however, much larger than I had originally imagined. That is to say that there are six sonatas in which I have sought to express my way of treating the organ and of conceiving for it. Therefore, I would be pleased were they to be published as one work...”.

 This work influenced the evolution of organ-building, an arc which stretches back to Bach’s suggestions and extends to the so-called “future music” of Liszt. Not... cybele.de

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