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1 CD -
RD 77868 - (p) 1990
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HAGERBEER-SCHNITGER
ORGEL
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Johann Sebastian
BACH (1685-1750) |
Toccata
d-moll, BWV 913 - Weimar ca. 1710
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14' 46" |
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Liebster
Herr Jesu, wir sind hier,
BWV 731
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2' 49" |
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Christ
lag in Todesbanden,
BWV 718
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5' 27" |
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Valet
will ich dir geben,
BWV 736
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4' 15" |
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Lobt Gott, ihr Christen
allzugleich,
BWV 732
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1' 34" |
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Choralbearbeitung
aus dem dritten Teil der "Clavier-Übung",
BWV 669-689 - Leipzig 1739
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- Kyrie,
Gott Vater in Ewigkeit, BWV
669
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1' 48" |
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- Christe,
aller Welt Trost, BWV 670
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1' 39" |
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- Kyrie,
Gott heiliger Geist, BWV 671
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1' 45" |
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Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr, BWV 675 |
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2' 59" |
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- Fughetta super: Allein Gott in
der Höh' sei
Ehr, BWV 677
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1' 13" |
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- Fughetta super: Dies sind die
heil' gen zehn
Gebot', BWV
679 |
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1' 51" |
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- Fughetta super: Wir glauben all'
an einen Gott,
BWV 681 |
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1' 21" |
12 |
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- Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV
683
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1' 39" |
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- Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan
kam, BWV 684
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1' 56" |
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- Auf
tiefer Not schrei' ich zu dir, BWV 687 |
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6' 00" |
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- Fuga super: Jesus Christus unser
Heiland, BWV
689
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4' 35" |
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Präludium
& Fuge e-moll, BWV 533 - Weimar
ca. 1709
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4' 53" |
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Gustav LEONHARDT,
an der historischen Orgel der
Grote St. Laurenskerk, Alkmaar
(Hagerbeer-Schnitger Orgel)
Equal temperament, a = 415 Hz.
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Luogo
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Grote St.
Laurenskerk, Alkmaar (Holland) -
25/26 maggio 1988
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Registrazione:
live / studio |
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studio |
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Recording
Supervision |
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Wolf Erichson
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Engineer |
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Stephan Schellmann
(Tritonus/Stuttgart)
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Prima Edizione
LP |
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Nessuna
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Edizione CD |
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Deutsche Harmonia
Mundi (BMG) | LC 0761 | RD 77868 |
1 CD - durata 61' 05" | (p) 1990 |
DDD |
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Cover Art
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Hagerbeer-Schnitger
Orgel, Alkmaar.
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The Grote
of St. Laurenskerk at
Alkmaar
The church has a length of
92 m. The erection of the
late Gothic building was
started in 1470 and around
1519 reached its present
state. Above the nave and
choir is a wooden vaulted
ceiling with a height of 35
rn., whilst above the
side-aisles the vaulted
ceiling is of stone. There
are many large windows. On
the arched ceiling at the
end of the choir is a
painting of the Last
Judgement. Above the main
organ at the west-end of the
nave is a picture of the
"triumph of virtue". A large
tower had been planned for
the west-side, but only the
foundation was laid.
The inner walls were
unfortunately stripped of
their plastering during the
last restoration and this
has had a negative influence
upon the acoustics of the
building. On the south-side
there is a large sacristv
and next to it above the
vaulted main entrance, is
the librarv. At the east-end
there is a beautiful stone
porch. The oak pews in the
choir are of a simple
design. The screen is also
made of oak. The pulpit,
some pews and the
chandeliers in the nave are
from the 17th century.
History and description
of the organ
In 1634 organist Bouchain
requested that the town
council to build a large new
organ. He complained about
the two small choir organs
which had no pedals. One of
these organs has survived
and is still present in the
choir. The first plan was to
join the two organs into one
large organ. but in 1638 the
organ builder Eekmans died
before he could start the
work. In the same year new
contracts were completed
with the very able and
famous Dutch organ builder
Van Hagerbeer. At first the
original plan was adhered
to. but soon after that it
was decided that an entirely
new organ with 3 manuals
with a 24' prestant on the
great organ be constructed.
In 1639 the organbuilders
started work. The architect
Jacob van Campen was
responsibie for designing
the case. Caesar van
Everdingen painted the
outside of the hinged doors,
probably the largest ever
made.
The case of the organ of
Alkmaar is in many respects
nationally and
internationally unique and
has been imitated many times
by others. It is a
masterpiece of classical
architecture and the first
organ in Holland with a
"soffiet" (a sculptured
decoration underneath the
positive).
The great organ was in fact
a split-up blockwork with
contra F, G, A, B Flat and B
Natural for the praestant
24' and 12‘. The pedal organ
had only a few stops (in the
first contract with Van
Hageroeer no pedalstops had
been provided for). The
pedal organ was coupled to
the great organ and went
down to contra F (3 free
stops C-fß). The
Sesquialterae were only in
the treble. There were
sub-semitiones (for E Flat/D
sharp and B Flat/A Sharp)
throughout the instrument.
In 1685 and 1704 the
instrument was restored by
Duytschot.
1722-1725 Rebuilding by
Frans Caspar Schnither
On the 3rd of September 1722
Gerhardus Havingha was
appointed organist. It was
he who introduced organ
builder Frans Caspar
Schnitger to Alkmaar.
Havingha had many complaints
about the Van Hagerbeer
organ. The technical layout
of the instrument was very
complicated. The pedal
division was much too small.
The temperament in which the
organ was tuned had too many
restrictions. Moreover,
Havingha had seen a number
of organs which had been
built by Arp Schnitger
between 1690 and 1710 in the
north of the country and he
knew also the organ which
F.C: Schnitger had built at
Zwolle.
The contract between the
town council and Frans
Caspar Schnitger was
completed on the 7th of May
1723. The specifications
were drawn up by Havingha.
Within the existing cases an
entirely new instrument was
to be built with slider
chests, new tracker action
and 3 additional bellows.
The disposition of the pedal
organ was to have 11 stops,
to which the Praestant 24'
had been added. Suitable
pipework from the old organ
was to be incorporated. The
specification was for an
instrument with 52 stops,
but finally 56 stops were
supplied.
Schnitger retained from the
pipework of the previous
organ the following stops:
a.
On the great organ all
single stops and two
ranks for the Rauschpyp.
b.
On the swell organ
Praestants 8‘, 4' and 2',
whereas the Fluit Dous 4'
was made from refashioned
old pipework from Van
Hagerbeer. The Baarpyp
from Duvtschot was also
retained.
c.
On the choir organ the
flutes 8', 4' and 2' as
well as the front
praestant from Van
Hagerbeer including its
double pipes in the
treble. A 3' was made from
refashioned pipework from
Van Hagerbeer.
d.
On the pedal organ a large
proportion of the Van
Hagerbeer pipework was
re-used.
Schnitger
made new mixtures of narrow
scale and mostly of pure
tin. In the choir organ the
new Octaves 4' and 2' as as
well as the new Quintanus
1"’ were also made of narrow
scale, contrary to the
custom in Holland. Schnitgcr
made full cornpass
Sesquialterae, which
moreover were based upon 16'
in the treble. Many new
types of reeds were
introduced by Schnitger to
Holland. The construction
also differed from what had
been done before.
In 1734 and 1751 the organ
was repaired by Christian
Müller. Strümphler changed
the instrument in 1781. Then
the case was repainted
dark-brown. In 1794, 1823,
1854 (Naber) and 1898
(Witte) the organ was
restored. Between 1947 and
1949 an excellent
restoration was carried out
by D.A. Flentrop.
Between 1982 and 1986 the
instrument was very
thoroughly overhauled by
Fientrop Orgelbouw. The
situation of 1725 was
reestablished, with the
exception of a few feaures
dating from 1781. The old
bellows were reconstructed
and the case was repainted
in the original colours.
A.C.M.
Luteijn
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