Description

Brahms’ most significant works for the organ are the “11 Chorale Preludes Op. 122”, his very last compositions, published 5 years after his death in 1897. The chosen Chorales all related to the suffering and death of Christ. Written after the death of his beloved Clara Schumann the mood is stark and somber, foreboding his own death. The style is based on the counterpoint of Johann Sebastian Bach, the music expressing the words of the text. • The other organ works on this CD are from an earlier period of Brahms’ life. Italian organist Adriano Falcioni plays on the magnificent 1904 Rieger organ of Amelia Cathedral in Italy, the history and specifications of which
are included in the booklet. Adriano Falcioni is one of the foremost organists of Italy, he recorded for Brilliant Classics works by Daquin, Couperin, Bruhns, Muffat, Reger,
Franck and Duruflé.