This is a very special edition in five volumes of researched, corrected and edited material by Professor Christian Martin Schmidt. Played on six romantic English organs. Editor’s Choice April 2006 – Gramophone.
Jennifer Bate – Organ
Of all five volumes, Jennifer Bate said: “It is a real priviledge and a life’s ambition for me to undertake this recording project, and my main aim has been to be faithful to Mendelssohn’s original scores, now encapsulated in the new edition”.
On This Recording
- 3 Preludes and Fugues: No. 2. Prelude in G Major, MWV W22
- 3 Preludes and Fugues: No. 2. Fugue in G Major, MWV W20
- Organ Sonata: I. Con moto maestoso
- Organ Sonata: II. Andante tranquillo
- Fugue: Fugue in D Minor
- Andante: Andante in D Major
- Wie gross ist des Allmacht'gen Gute: Chorale
- Wie gross ist des Allmacht'gen Gute: Variation 1
- Wie gross ist des Allmacht'gen Gute: Variation 2
- Wie gross ist des Allmacht'gen Gute: Variation 3
- Nachspiel: Nachspiel in D Major
- Andante con moto: Andante con moto in G Minor
- Fugue: Fugue in C Major -
- Fugue: alternative ending
- Prelude: Prelude in D Minor (fragment)
- Allegro vivace: Allegro vivace in F Major
- Andante: Andante in B Minor
- Chorale: Chorale in A-Flat Major
- Allegro moderato e grave: Allegro moderato e grave in F Minor
- Andante alla marcia: Andante alla marcia in B-Flat Major
