Johan Krieger 1652 – 1735

Complete Harpsichord and Organ Music

Alejandro Casal, clave y órgano

BRILLIANT CLASSICS (2 CD) 95873

Este disco ofrece por vez primera las dos colecciones completas (Sechs Musicalische Partien, y Anmuthige Clavier-Übung, Nuremberg 1697 y 1699) de Johann Krieger, uno de los grandes compositores alemanes de la generación anterior a J. S. Bach. Han sido grabadas en un clave alemán copia de Ch. Vater y en el órgano de la Catedral de Faro (Portugal), construido por J. H. Hulenkampf, discípulo del famoso 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.

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CONTENIDO DEL CD

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)