Complete Harpsichord and Organ Music
Alejandro Casal, harpsichord and organ
BRILLIANT CLASSICS (2 CD) 95873
This record offers for the first time the two complete collections (Sechs Musicalische Partien, and Anmuthige Clavier-Übung, Nuremberg 1697 and 1699) by Johann Krieger, one of the great German composers of the generation before J. S. Bach. They have been recorded on a German harpsichord copy by Ch. Vater and on the organ of the Cathedral of Faro (Portugal), built by J. H. Hulenkampf, a disciple of the famous Arp Schnitger.
Casal proves to be a very persuasive advocate for the work of Johann Krieger. He is an intelligent and sensitive musician, with a secure – but undogmatic – understanding of the idioms of Baroque keyboard music, whether German (as in Foberger and Krieger) or Spanish as in the case of Albero. Casal combines poetry with a precise respect for the score, both governed by his sense of the appropriate rhetoric.
If the performances of Alejandro Casal had not been so invitingly good, I dare say I wouldn’t have become so enthusiastic about Krieger. For me this pair of discs has provided hours of satisfied listening and been something of a revelation.
10,00 Euro
JOHANN KRIEGER (1652-1735) KEYBOARD WORKS
CD 1: Sechs Musicalische Partien (1697) Fantasia è Partita I (in C) 1. Fantasia – 2. Allemande – 3. Corrente – 4. Sarabanda – 5. Gique 6. Menuet – 7. Bourée – 8. Gavotte (in G) Partita II (in d) 9. Allemande – 10. Corrente – 11. Sarabanda. Ledóuble – 12. Gique Partita III (in F) 13. Allemande – 14. Corrente – 15. Sarabanda. Le Double – 16. Gique – 17. Menuet Partita IV (in G) 18. Allemande – 19. Corrente – 20. Sarabanda – 21. Gique – 22. Menuet Partita V (in A) 23. Allemande – 24. Corrente – 25. Sarabanda. Le Double – 26.Gique Partita VI (in B) 27. Allemande – 28. Corrente – 29. Sarabanda. Le Double. Le Double. Variatio. Variatio. Variatio – 30. Gique – 31. Rondeau 32. Menuet – 33. Bourée (in a) CD 2: Anmuthige Clavier-Übung (1699) 1. Praeludium in e 2. Ricercar in e 3. Ricercar in F 4. Praeludium in F 5. Praeludium in G* 6. Fuga in G* 7. Ricercar in a* 8. Ricercar in B* 9. Praeludium in a* 10. Praeludium in B* 11. Fuga. Thema I in C 12. Fuga. Thema II in C 13. Fuga. Thema III in C 14. Fuga. Thema IV in C 15. Fuga à 4. Themati in C 16. Praeludium in C* 17. Ricercar in g 18. Praeludium in g 19. Fuga in d 20. Fantasia in d 21. Praeludium in A* 22. Toccata in D* 23. Praeludium in c* 24. Giacona in g 25. Toccata mit dem Pedal in C* Alejandro Casal, harpsichord (Andrea Restelli, Milan-2017, after Ch. Vater, 1738) organ* (J. H. Hulenkamf, s. XVIII, Catedral de Faro, Portugal)
