Mendelssohn - Complete Organ Sonatas, Op.65
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Label: Chandos
Cat No: CHAN10532
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 29th June 2009
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About
Mendelssohn was the first composer of international renown after J S Bach to return to the organ, and performed publicly on English organs during all his visits, audiences coming in droves to hear him. The sound of the English organ of his day had some distinctive qualities which have been captured on this recording by William Whitehead, who uses the 1818 Lincoln Organ now situated in the Ballroom at Buckingham Palace.
It is not known whether Mendelssohn played this particular instrument but we know that he was a warmly welcomed guest of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert at the Palace on numerous occasions. Recently restored, the organ gives an English perspective on this ebullient music which crosses international boundaries of style.
It is the first time an authentic instrument of this period has been used to record Mendelssohn’s Six Organ Sonatas.
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