Raven Pipe Organ CDs, DVDs, and Choral CDs - Four Organs of Freiburg Cathedral on 4 CDs

Four Organs of Freiburg Cathedral on 4 CDs

The Cathedral in Freiburg, Germany (in the Breisgau area of southwest Germany, not to be confused with Freiberg in Saxony in eastern Germany) contains four organs of varying styles and sizes. Cathedral organist Matthias Maierhofer has recorded four CDs, one for each organ. The CD booklets are in German and English, with photos and stoplists as well as excellent essays. All of the organs are playable from a single, electric-action, console; as well, each organ is built with tracker action and playable from its own mechanical action keydesk.

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Each volume is described below. Also, each volume may be ordered separately -- see the entries for each volume following this offer for all four volumes.

ACD-1103 Freiburg Cathedral, St. Mary's Organ
Matthias Maierhofer, cathedral organist, plays an all-Bach program on the 4-manual St. Mary's Organ of 62 stops built in 1965 by Rieger and beautifully revoiced in 2001 by Beat Grenacher of Orgelbau Goll, Lucerne, Switzerland, and by Ekkerhard Fehl of Teltow in 2017 and 2021. New reeds replaced earlier ones in the Great and Pedal in 2021. The organ has mechanical key action with its own keydesk; as well, it is playable via electric action with all four organs in the cathedral from a single, large console. The CD booklet is in English and German, with stoplists, photos, and interesting essays.

Works by J. S. Bach:
Toccata & Fugue in D Minor, BWV 538, Dorian
Trio Sonata No. 6 in G, BWV 530
Partita "O Gott, du frommer Gott," BWV 767
9 parts
Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 730
Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 731
Passacaglia in C Minor, BWV 582

ACD-1104 Freiburg Cathedral, Swallow's Nest Organ
Matthias Maierhofer, cathedral organist, plays music composed in the 17th-century "fantastic" style (in stylo phantastico) on the the "swallow's nest" organ located high on the north wall of the Freiburg Cathedral nave, where an organ has been located since the 1400s. In 1545, a new organ and case was built in the swallow's nest gallery by Jörg Ebert of Ravensburg, but it was replaced in 1870, 1929, and 1936. Marcussen of Denmark built a new organ, op. 743, in 1965, incorporating some few remaining parts of the previous organ and what remained of the 1545 Ebert case, replicating the rest of it. The organ has 21 stops, 37 ranks, on two manuals and Pedal, and retains its original (exquisite) voicing. The organ has mechanical key action with its own keydesk; as well, it is playable via electric action with all four organs in the cathedral from a single, large console. The CD booklet is in English and German, with stoplists, photos, and interesting essays.

Dieterich Buxtehude: Toccata in D Minor, BuxWV 155

Melchior Schildt: Paduana lachrymae

Matthias Weckmann: Magnificat secundi toni
I. Versus a 5
II. Versus a 4 "Auff 2 Clavir"
III. Versus a 5
IV. Versus a 6

Franz Tunder: In dich hab ich gehoffet, Herr

Dieterich Buxtehude: Passacaglia in D Minor, BuxWV 161

J. S. Bach: Partita, "Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen," BWV 770
10 parts
Bach: Fantasie & Fugue in G Minor, BWV 542

ACD-1105 Freiburg Cathedral, St. Michael's Organ
Matthias Maierhofer, cathedral organist, plays 19th- and 20th-century music on the 2008 St. Michael's Organ built in "international style" (about the same as "eclectic" style) by Metzler of Switzerland with 43 stops, 49 ranks, on 3 manuals, now 46 stops and 52 ranks following the addition of independent Trompettes en chamade at 16, 8, and 4. The organ has mechanical key action with its own keydesk; as well, it is playable via electric action with all four organs in the cathedral from a single, large console. The CD booklet is in English and German, with stoplists, photos, and interesting essays.

Felix Nowowiejski: Preludio, Organ Symphony in A Minor, op. 45
Franz Liszt: Ave Maria
Ernest Halsey: Toccata in C Minor
Leo Sowerby: Carillon
Niels Wilhlem Gade: Tonstück in F, op. 22, Nr. 1
Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis: Fugue in B Minor
Anton Bruckner: Nachspiel in D Minor, WAB 126
Marco Enrico Bossi: Scherzo in G Minor, op. 49, Nr. 2
Cesar Franck: Piece heroique

ACD-1106 Freiburg Cathedral, Choir Organ
Matthias Maierhofer, cathedral organist, plays the choir organ of 2 manuals, pedal, and 32 stops built by Orgelbau Kuhn of Männedorf, Switzerland, in 2019. The organ has mechanical key action with its own keydesk; as well, it is playable via electric action with all four organs in the cathedral from a single, large console. The CD booklet is in English and German, with stoplists, photos, and interesting essays.

Johannes Brahms: Prelude & Fugue in A Minor
Brahms: Prelude & Fugue in G Minor

Heinrich von Herzogenberg: 6 Chorales, op. 67
Ach Gott vom Himmel sieh darein
Es ist genug
Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir
Erschienen ist der herrlich Tag
Kommt her zu mir, spricht Gottes Sohn
Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht

Robert Fuchs: Variations in C-sharp Minor on an original theme

Rudolf Bibl: 6 Character Pieces, op. 64
1. Präludium
2. Trauer
3. Frage
4. Pastorale
5. Vision
6. Unruhe

Four Organs of Freiburg Cathedral on 4 CDs

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