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Music is the Best Consolation

Joachim Schafer, Matthias Eisenberg (organ)

Music is the Best Consolation

Joachim Schafer, Matthias Eisenberg (organ)

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For his new CD "Music is the best consolation", trumpeter Joachim K. Schafer uses a quote by Martin Luther as the title. And the choice of music is also comforting: baroque concertos - mostly in major key - by Telemann, Albinoni, Vivaldi and others, interspersed with Bach chorale arrangements. He has chosen the organist Matthias Eisenberg as his virtuoso accompanist, and the two of them have chosen the Gronlichtenberg church for their recording, where there is a romantic organ by Christian Friedrich Gothel from 1867. This is not only a beautiful historical instrument, it is also in the Romantic tuning on concert pitch a = 432 Hertz. Joachim K. Schafer is a great advocate of this lower tuning, as it was common in the 19th century (today's tuning to 440 hertz and even higher was only developed in the 20th century to bring more brilliance and tonal sharpness to the orchestra). In Schafer's opinion, the lower tuning corresponds much more to the natural vibration conditions found in nature - the instruments sound better and the listeners also react with a much greater sense of well-being.

Contents and tracklist

Grave
Track length2:27
Allegro
Track length2:29
Adagio
Track length2:15
Allegro
Track length2:17
Andante
Track length2:17
Allegro
Track length1:13
Andante
Track length2:25
Vivace
Track length1:29
Allegro moderato
Track length4:31
Andante
Track length2:56
Allegro grazioso
Track length3:57
Allegro
Track length2:27
Adagio (Presto-adagio)
Track length2:34
Allegro
Track length1:45
Allegro
Track length2:07
Andante
Track length2:43
Presto
Track length2:27
Marche de Thésée
Track length2:13
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