Weckmann: Complete Organ Music
Matteo Venturini (organ)
Pre-Bach German composer Matthias Weckmann’s Italianate works are thrilling, and stylishly performed on a splendid Italian organ.
Weckmann: Complete Organ Music
Matteo Venturini (organ)
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Pre-Bach German composer Matthias Weckmann’s Italianate works are thrilling, and stylishly performed on a splendid Italian organ.
About
• This 3CD set presents the complete organ works by Weckmann, a collection of Canzonas, Toccatas, Preludes and Fantasias.
• Matthias Weckmann (1616-1674) was an organist and composer of the North German School. His musical training took place at the Dresden court, where he was a pupil of Heinrich Schütz, studying organ and singing. In 1633 he went to Hamburg to study with the famous organist Jacob Praetorius. He influenced by Schütz as well as pupils of Sweelinck who settled in Hamburg. The rest of his life he held important posts in Hamburg (organist of the Jacobskirche) and at the Dresden Court.
• Weckmann follows in the steps of both Schütz and Sweelinck, fusing the Italian characteristics of Frescobaldi and Monteverdi with the North German principles of Scheidemann and Praetorius.
• Played on the Dell’Orto & Lanzini organ of the parish Church in Pinerolo, Italy, built in the German Baroque Style of Arp Schnitger, the specifications of which are included in the booklet. Organist Matteo
Venturini already successfully recorded organ works by Mühtel and Gronau for Brilliant Classics.
Contents and tracklist
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- Matteo Venturini (organ)
- Matteo Venturini (organ)
- Matteo Venturini (organ)
- Matteo Venturini (organ)
- Matteo Venturini (organ)
- Matteo Venturini (organ)
- Matteo Venturini (organ)
- Matteo Venturini (organ)
Awards and reviews
June 2020
Pre-Bach German composer Matthias Weckmann’s Italianate works are thrilling, and stylishly performed on a splendid Italian organ.
May 2020
In his organ works, Weckmann achieves a marriage of styles between the Italian- influenced music of Heinrich Schütz and the contrapuntal complexity and refinement of the Dutch keyboard school from Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck. For this recording, Venturini sensibly interleaves the shorter toccatas, canzonas and preludes between the larger chorale fantasies.There is no shortage of characterful sounds for Venturini to draw on, and his fine performances embrace Weckmann’s different styles with grace, conviction, occasional humour and virtuosity aplenty.
