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 Historic Organs Of Austria / Gustave Leonhardt
Release Date: 04/01/1997 
Label:  Sony Classical Vivarte Series Catalog #: 68262   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Johann Kaspar KerllJohann Jacob FrobergerJohann Caspar FischerJohann SpethJohann Pachelbel
Gottlieb MuffatJakob HasslerChristian ErbachAlessandro Poglietti

Performer:  Gustav Leonhardt

Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 1 Hours 12 Mins. 

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"Gustav Leonhardt...is unquestionably the most influential harpsichordist of our time, both as teacher and performer. He has also long been active as an organist...Here [he] presents compositions from Austria and South Germany, performed on two monastic organs (those of the Pramonstraten Abbey in Schlagl and the Augustiner-Chorherrenstift at Klosterneuburg), both recently restored.

Leonhardt's program, divided equally between the two instruments, is symmetrical -on each half there is a Pachelbel variation set, and a Speth toccata, and each closes with a Muffat toccata....I was pleased to make the acquaintance of the Speth toccatas. [They] are dramatic, full of dissonance and chromatic harmony.

Leonhardt's performances are attractive, and the recorded sound is very good. The booklet includes extensive information on the organs..."

-- Tom Moore, Goldberg Magazine [1997]

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1.  Passacaglia for Keyboard in D minor by Johann Kaspar Kerll
Performer:  Gustav Leonhardt (Organ)
Period: Baroque 
Written: 17th Century; Germany 
Venue:  Prämonstratenserstift, Schlägl, Austria 
2.  Libro quarto di toccate: Ricercare no 2 in G minor by Johann Jacob Froberger
Performer:  Gustav Leonhardt (Organ)
Period: Baroque 
Written: by 1656; Germany 
Venue:  Prämonstratenserstift, Schlägl, Austria 
3.  Chaconne(s) by Johann Caspar Fischer
Performer:  Gustav Leonhardt (Organ)
Period: Baroque 
Written: Salzburg, Austria 
Venue:  Prämonstratenserstift, Schlägl, Austria 
4.  Toccata no 4 in D minor by Johann Speth
Performer:  Gustav Leonhardt (Organ)
Period: Baroque 
Written: Germany 
Venue:  Prämonstratenserstift, Schlägl, Austria 
5.  Wir glauben all' an einen Gott by Johann Pachelbel
Performer:  Gustav Leonhardt (Organ)
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1693; Germany 
Venue:  Prämonstratenserstift, Schlägl, Austria 
6.  Aria con Variazoni in F by Johann Pachelbel
Performer:  Gustav Leonhardt (Organ)
Period: Baroque 
Written: Germany 
Venue:  Prämonstratenserstift, Schlägl, Austria 
7.  Toccata for Organ no 1 in D minor by Gottlieb Muffat
Performer:  Gustav Leonhardt (Organ)
Period: Baroque 
Written: 18th Century; Vienna, Austria 
Venue:  Prämonstratenserstift, Schlägl, Austria 
8.  Toccata for Organ in G major by Jakob Hassler
Performer:  Gustav Leonhardt (Organ)
Period: Renaissance 
Venue:  Klosterneuberg, Austria 
9.  Canzona im 4 toni by Christian Erbach
Performer:  Gustav Leonhardt (Organ)
Period: Renaissance 
Written: Germany 
Venue:  Klosterneuberg, Austria 
10.  Toccata no 1 in D major by Johann Speth
Performer:  Gustav Leonhardt (Organ)
Period: Baroque 
Written: Germany 
Venue:  Klosterneuberg, Austria 
11.  Ricercar for Keyboard in D minor by Alessandro Poglietti
Performer:  Gustav Leonhardt (Organ)
Period: Baroque 
Written: 17th Century; Austria 
Venue:  Klosterneuberg, Austria 
12.  Canzona for Organ no 5 by Johann Kaspar Kerll
Performer:  Gustav Leonhardt (Organ)
Period: Baroque 
Written: 17th Century; Germany 
Venue:  Klosterneuberg, Austria 
13.  Toccata for Organ in C major by Johann Pachelbel
Performer:  Gustav Leonhardt (Organ)
Period: Baroque 
Written: Germany 
Venue:  Klosterneuberg, Austria 
14.  Hexachordum Apollinis: no 6, Aria Sebaldina for Organ in F minor by Johann Pachelbel
Performer:  Gustav Leonhardt (Organ)
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1699; Germany 
Venue:  Klosterneuberg, Austria 
15.  Toccata for Organ no 5 in C minor by Gottlieb Muffat
Performer:  Gustav Leonhardt (Organ)
Period: Baroque 
Written: 18th Century; Germany 
Venue:  Klosterneuberg, Austria 
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