Listen & tracks
10 works · 43:14
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1 Offertorio Domenico Zipoli 2:10
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2 Fantasia Abraham van den Kerckhoven 3:03
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3 Puer nobis nascitur Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck 3:28
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4 “Was Gott tutt, das ist wohlgetan” Johann Pachelbel 8:21
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5 Noël no. VI Louis-Claude Daquin 5:13
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6 Prelude and Fugue in F minor Vincent Lübeck 3:10
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7 “Ach Gott, erhör mein Seufzen” Johann Ludwig Krebs 4:21
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8 Voluntary in D major George Frideric Handel Spiritoso – Allegro (fugue) 2:59
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9 “Vater unser im Himmelreich” Georg Böhm 4:24
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10 Passacaglia in D minor Dieterich Buxtehude 6:05
Originally issued on LP in 1982, the recording well merits its CD reissue.
The programme moves from Zipoli’s light Offertorio and Sweelinck’s variations on Puer nobis nascitur, through Pachelbel’s set on Was Gott tutt, das ist wohlgetan and Daquin’s Noël no. VI, to Lübeck, Krebs, Handel’s English-style voluntary, Böhm’s chorale prelude and Buxtehude’s Passacaglia in D minor—all heard on the Ahrend organ in Robert Blackwood Hall.
Reviews
The highlight for me was the set of Pachelbel variations which have both instrument and performer in sympathy and bring forth some very effective registrations. The recorded sound is very good.
A great variety of musical styles and tonal registrations. Lawrence aptly demonstrates the more subtle tonal possibilities of the instrument.
Artists
Douglas Lawrence
organ
Melbourne organist Douglas Lawrence is Director of Music at The Scots' Church and Teacher of the Organ at the University of Melbourne. He founded the Choir of Ormond College and directed it from 1982 to 2006.
Dieterich Buxtehude
composer
Dieterich Buxtehude (c. 1637–1707) was a Danish-born organist and composer of the middle Baroque, long based at Lübeck. His organ works remain central to the standard repertoire.
George Frideric Handel
composer
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) was a German-born Baroque composer who settled in London and became a naturalised British subject. He is celebrated for his operas, English oratorios, organ concertos and orchestral works.
Johann Pachelbel
composer
Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706) was a German Baroque composer, organist and teacher who brought the south German organ tradition to its peak. His chorale preludes, fugues and keyboard variations place him among the central figures of the middle Baroque.
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
composer
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562–1621) was a Dutch composer, organist and teacher whose keyboard and sacred vocal music stand at the turn from Renaissance to Baroque. His organ works and psalm settings remain central to the early keyboard and choral repertory.
Georg Böhm
composer
Georg Böhm (1661–1733) was a German Baroque organist and composer, noted for keyboard works and for developing the chorale partita.
Louis-Claude Daquin
composer
Louis-Claude Daquin wrote Baroque and Galant keyboard music built for display: clear textures, brilliant passagework and character pieces that paint a scene. His harpsichord suites and organ Noëls still circulate, above all Le coucou and the Swiss Noël.
Abraham van den Kerckhoven
composer
Abraham van den Kerckhoven (c. 1618–c. 1701) was a Flemish organist and composer active in Brussels, long associated with Saint Catherine’s Church and with the Habsburg court.
Johann Ludwig Krebs
composer
Vincent Lübeck
composer
Domenico Zipoli
composer
Domenico Zipoli (1688–1726) was an Italian Baroque composer and organist, remembered for his keyboard music and for the sacred works he wrote as a Jesuit missionary in South America.
Digital booklet
Digital booklet Notes, texts and credits — read online or download the PDF Download the PDFPerformers
- Douglas Lawrence · organ
Technical credits
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Contributor
Elizabeth Anderson
Rod Junor
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Producer
Martin Wright
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Venue
Robert Blackwood Hall
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Credit
Jürgen Ahrend
Martin Wright
R. J. Alfredson
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