Oskar Merikanto: Organ Music

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Catalogue No: TOCC0715
EAN/UPC: 5060113447159
Release Date: 2024-02-16
Composer: Oskar Merikanto
Artists: Jan Lehtola

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Oskar Merikanto (1868–1924) made an enormous contribution to music-making in Finland, and to organ music in particular, as teacher, virtuoso performer and authority on performance practice, reforming the approach to the organ in both church and concert- hall. It was thought that all of his organ music was known and recorded, but recent discoveries have added a number of previously unsuspected works to his catalogue: a striking concert fantasia, an early funeral march, some pedal studies, a vast series of chorale preludes – some of them beautifully crafted miniatures, others only aphoristic ideas – and an organ transcription of a piano piece by Mendelssohn. This release is timed to mark the centenary of his death, on 17 February 1924.

Jan Lehtola, organ of Tampere Cathedral, Finland

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  1. Fantasia chromatica, OM038 (1917?) (4:18)
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  2. Trauermarsch, OM279 (1888) (7:44)

Konzert-Etüden, OM119 (1908) (13:44)

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  1. I. Moderato energico (2:51)
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  2. II. Moderato (2:13)
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  3. III. Lento – Moderato con moto (2:09)
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  4. IV. Moderato (alla Barcarola) (3:58)
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  5. V. Allegretto (quasi veloce) (2:34)

100 Chorale Preludes, Op. 59 (1905) (37:58)

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  1. No. 7, C Major (1:59)
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  2. No. 17, G Major (0:42)
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  3. No. 18, G Major (0:35)
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  4. No. 19, G Major (1:09)
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  5. No. 20, G Major (0:59)
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  6. No. 22, E Minor (1:21)
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  7. No. 24, E Minor (0:41)
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  8. No. 25, E Minor (0:41)
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  9. No. 26, E Minor (0:36)
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  10. No. 28, D Minor (0:37)
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  11. No. 30, D Major (0:28)
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  12. No. 33, D Major (0:48)
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  13. No. 34, D Major (0:40)
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  14. No. 37, B-Flat Minor (0:34)
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  15. No. 38, B-Flat Minor (0:36)
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  16. No. 44, F-Sharp Minor (0:49)
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  17. No. 45, F-Sharp Minor (0:46)
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  18. No. 47, E Major (0:47)
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  19. No. 48, E Major (2:28)
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  20. No. 52, F Major (0:43)
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  21. No. 55, F Major (1:00)
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  22. No. 59, D Minor (0:37)
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  23. No. 61, D Minor (1:08)
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  24. No. 63, D Minor (1:32)
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  25. No. 65, B Major (0:34)
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  26. No. 67, B Major (0:51)
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  27. No. 68, B Major (1:03)
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  28. No. 69, B Major (1:09)
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  29. No. 73, G Minor (0:40)
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  30. No. 74, G Minor (0:38)
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  31. No. 75, G Minor (1:08)
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  32. No. 77, G Minor (1:25)
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  33. No. 79, E-Flat Major (1:13)
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  34. No. 83, E-Flat Major (1:03)
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  35. No. 85, E-Flat Major (0:48)
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  36. No. 87, C Minor (0:46)
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  37. No. 90, C Minor (1:30)
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  38. No. 91, A-Flat Major (0:56)
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  39. No. 94, A-Flat Major (0:44)
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  40. No. 95, A-Flat Major (1:14)
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  41. No. 96, F Minor (0:44)
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  42. No. 97, F Minor (1:21)
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  43. No. 98, F Minor (0:59)
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  44. No. 99, F Minor (1:09)
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  45. No. 100, F Minor (0:44)

Mendelssohn arr. Merikanto
Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, Op. 35 No. 1 (1837) (10:21)

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  1. Prelude (2:55)
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  2. Fugue (7:26)

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2 reviews for Oskar Merikanto: Organ Music

  1. :

    ‘[Oskar Merikanto’s] organ music is pleasingly melodious and gracefully harmonic in character. […]

    The majority of pieces on this CD, 45 altogether, are taken from his 100 Chorale Preludes, Op. 59 from 1905, and they are a prime example of this gift he had for simple yet lyrical melodies and rich harmonic detail. […]

    As I’ve said many times before … all you pipe organ music enthusiasts out there who lament the fact that rarely is there something new or fresh to listen to well, here’s a chance to hear music rarely performed and/or recorded.’

    —Jean-Yves Duperron, Classical Music Sentinal

  2. :

    ‘Lehtola’s playing is up to his usual stellar standards’

    —David DeBoor Canfield, Fanfare Magazine, Sept/Oct 2024

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