Roman Summereder plays the 2-manual and pedal organ of 9 stops with mechanical action and a detached console, created in 1909 by the Slovak organbuilder Vincze Mosny (1844-1919), who was chosen by composer Franz Schmidt (1874-1939) to build the organ to Schmidt's tonal design. Too large for Schmidt's home, the organ was installed in a room of a Vienna palace whose owner provided the space and 24/7 access to Schmidt. Moved several times following Schmidt's death and WWII, the organ was restored in 2022 and placed in a gallery of the resonant St. Ursula's Church in Vienna.
Franz Schmidt: Präludium & Fuge in E-flat
Schmidt: 4 Kleine Choralvorspiele: O Ewigkeit, du Donnewort Was mein Gott will, gescheh' allzeit O wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Frommen Nun danket alle Gott
Johann Jakob Froberger: Canzona II, Toccata II, from Libro primo di toccate, canzone, etc. (1649)
J. S. Bach: Allabreve in D, BWV 589 Fuge C-Dur BWV 547/2 4 Orgelbüchlein Chorales:
Vater unser, BWV 636 Es ist das Heil was kommen her, BWV 638 Ich ruf zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten, BWV 642
Robert Schumann: Fuge über B-A-C-H Op. 60 Nr. 3 mit sanften Stimmen
Johannes Brahms: 4 Choralvorspiele, op. 122:
Mein Jesu, der du mich zum Lustspiel ewiglich Dir hast erwählet Schmücke dich O wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Frommen O Gott, Du frommer Gott
Anton Bruckner: Präludium C Perger Präludium
Leos Janacek: Adagio I from Skladby pro varhany
Max Reger: Melodia, Op. 129; Pastorale in F & Fuge in D, Op. 59
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