Günter Raphael: Organ Music, Volume One
In the 1930s, as Günter Raphael (1903–60) found doors closing in his native Germany – he was half-Jewish – he was accorded a warm reception in Finland, where his music was heard in a series of broadcast concerts. There was a family connection, too: Raphael’s grandfather had taught Sibelius in Berlin. Raphael acknowledged his welcome by incorporating Finnish material into his music, and his Op. 41 is a monumental organ triptych based on Finnish chorales, with two towering contrapuntal edifices either side of a Baroque suite.
Ville Urponen, organ of St Paul’s Church, Helsinki
Listen To This Recording:
Fantasie und Fuge über einen finnischen Choral, Op. 41, No. 1 (1939)* (25:02)
- I. Fantasie. Choral – Vivace – Moderato – Lento – Poco più andante – Animato – Largo (10:58)
- II. Fuge. Molto tranquillo – Un poco mosso – Poco più mosso – Più animato– Moderato (14:04)
Partita über einen finnischen Choral, Op. 41, No. 2 (1939) (12:33)
- I. Chorale (1:28)
- II. Trio (1:34)
- III. Bicinium (1:12)
- IV. Minore (1:43)
- V. Cantus firmus (2:20)
- VI. Pachelbel-Form (2:06)
- VII. Choral (Basso ostinato) (2:10)
Passacaglia über einen finnischen Choral, Op. 41, No. 3 (1939)* (23:00)
- Chorale – (0:47)
- Variation 1 – (0:49)
- Variation 2 – (0:48)
- Variation 3 – (0:52)
- Variation 4 – (0:49)
- Variation 5 – (0:50)
- Variation 6 – (0:46)
- Variation 7 – (0:43)
- Variation 8 – (0:33)
- Variation 9 – (0:32)
- Variation 10 – (0:37)
- Variation 11 – (0:38)
- Variation 12 – (0:39)
- Variation 13 – (0:57)
- Variation 14 – (0:50)
- Variation 15 – (0:38)
- Variation 16 – (0:45)
- Variation 17 – (0:53)
- Variation 18 – (1:04)
- Variation 19 – (0:35)
- Variation 20 – (0:31)
- Variation 21 – (0:46)
- Variation 22 – (0:39)
- Variation 23 – (1:03)
- Variation 24 – pedal solo – (2:19)
- Chorale (2:37)
*First Recordings
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