CARL NIELSEN · RUED LANGAARD : Organ Works (Friedhelm Flamme) (2010) SACD | Two Version | FLAC (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless

Friedhelm Flamme, known for his seven successful releases in our Northern German Organ Baroque Edition, now takes a change of pace for cpo and on SACD with the complete organ works of Carl Nielsen and five organ pieces by Rued Langgaard. Of all the potential influences on Nielsen, the Danish offshoot of the German »organ movement« must have been the most important one; this pathbreaking return to old baroque principles left its imprint on organ design during the twentieth century, and its ideals met with great resonance in Nielsen, whose anti-romantic vein likewise made itself noticeable in his contributions to the National Symphony Orchestrang tradition and to the revival of the symphony. A little piece entitled »Melody, « first published in the complete edition of his piano and organ works in 2006, now has its place in his organ oeuvre and is presented here as a recording premiere. Flamme interprets these organ compositions of high art and imagination on the Mühleisen organ in the Bad Gandersheim Monastery Church. jpc
CARL NIELSEN (1865-1931) - Complete Organ Works   
1.  Festival Prelude To The New Century     1:28
2-30. 29 Short Preludes Op. 51    (29:56)
31-32.    Two Posthumous Preludes
33.    Melody    0:44
34.    Commotio Op. 58    20:15
RUED LANGAARD (1893-1952) - Selected Organ Works    
35.    Kristi Himmelfartsdag    2:02
36.    Begravet    2:40
37.    Hostpraeludium    4:19
38.    Ved Axel Gades    2:16
39.    Bryllupsmarsch    1:49
Credits : 
Organ [Mühleisen-Orgel] – Friedhelm Flamme
Cover artwork: Piccadilly Circus by George Hyde Pownall (1876-1932)
Recording: Stiftskirche zu Bad Gandersheim, May, 1 & 2, 2008

AUGUSTE FAUCHARD : Complete Organ Works (Friedhelm Flamme) 3CD (2021) SACD Hybrid | FLAC (tracks), lossless

"After many attempts to secure the rights to all the scores, we are now finally able to release the complete organ works of Auguste Fauchard in congenial interpretations by Friedhelm Flamme. Fauchard enjoyed the greatest success as a student of composition under Vincent d’Indy and organ under André Marchal and Louis Vierne, with Vierne doubtless exercising the greatest influence on our composer. The heart of Fauchard’s organ oeuvre is formed by four symphonies representing the highest level of compositional and playing technique; here his model, Vierne, frequently registers his presence, both in view of thematic design and compositional-technical details. This applies in special measure to Fauchard’s harmonies, though his amalgamation of modulatory processes bringing Sigfrid Karg-Elert to mind lends them a thoroughly individual coloration. It is thus that it may rightly be claimed that Auguste Fauchard, with his four symphonies, once again made very important contributions to the genre of the organ symphony." prestomusic.com
AUGUSTE FAUCHARD (1881-1957)
Tracklist :
Cover Painting : Aguste Renoir (L'église d'Essoyes)
Organ – Friedhelm Flamme
Notes
Friedhelm Flamme plays the Schuke organ at Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche, Detmold, Germany.