CD, Karg-Elert (composer)
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Wait until the neighbours are out, turn up the volume, give your speakers a thorough workout and yourself a tingle up the spine. Full organ. Blazing magnificence. No one plays this sort of repertoire... —
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2024, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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The intimate quality of the performances, the partnership between Blanchard and von Busch, the characteristically superb sound quality of MDG's recording and the whole concept make this a most... —
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As Simon Johnson admits, presenting two hours of music based on just four notes doesn’t sound a tantalising prospect, but this double album is full of revelations… Altogether, this is a remarkable... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2022, Editor's Choice
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Lane in wonderful debonair mode here, sparkling through a personal encore selection from Jamaican Rumba to a Toccata by his own father, and from Myra Hess to Dudley Moore. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd September 2013
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The organ sounds […] magnificent in its new home and perfectly attuned to the glorious decadence of Karg-Elert’s music. […] Elke Völker manages this mercurial music brilliantly, manipulating... —
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Sigfrid Karg-Elert: Complete Organ Works Vol. 15
Stefan Engels (Steinmeyer organ of Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim, Norway)
The enormous 125-rank Steinmeyer organ was restored to its 1930s state in 2014 and is a fine instrument for the luxuriant harmonies of this colourful music. Engels explores the registrations... —
