Martin West plays all of the organ works of Theodor Kirchner (1823-1903) on the 1818 Buchholz/1840 Schulze/1866 Grüneberg organ of four manuals, pedal, and 70 ranks at St. Bartholomai Church in Demmin, Germany, a place of acoustics befitting the great Romantic organ and these German Romantic works largely in the style of Rheinberger and others of the period. The program of an hour and 8 minutes includes the reading, in German, of five letters written by Clara Schumann to Kirchner (interspersed among the organ works, the readings occupying about 31 minutes on the CD).

Organ Works of Theodor Kirchner:
Präludium g-Moll (Maestoso), op. 89 Heft I, Nr. 2

Arioso G-Dur (Andante, op. 89 Heft I, Nr. 1
Quasi Sarabande g-Moll, op. 89 Heft I, Nr. 4

Andante G-Dur, op. 89 Heft II Lyrische Blätter, Nr. 5
Moderato c-Moll, op. 89 Heft II Lyrische Blätter, Nr. 6

Andante Es-Dur, op.82, Gedenkblätter, Nr. 9

Legende B-Dur (Poco lento), op. 89, Heft I, Nr. 3

(without marking) F-Dur, op. 89 Heft III Lyrische Blätter, Nr.10

Poco lento a-Moll, op. 89 Heft III Lyrische Blätter, Nr.9

Langsam d-Moll, op. 89 Heft III Lyrische Blätter, Nr.11

Largo As-Dur, op. 89 Heft II Lyrische Blätter, Nr.7

Andante cantabile Ges-Dur, op. 89 Heft II Lyrische Blätter, Nr.12

Andantino cantabile E-Dur, op. 89 Heft III Lyrische Blätter, Nr.8

Andantino (poco lento) h-Moll, op. 89 Heft III Lyrische Blätter, Nr.13