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Format: Digital Audio CD
Label: PRO ORGANO
Catalog Number: CD 7235
Length: 68′ 29″
Tracks: 10
Organ: Fritts
Venue: Sacred Heart Cathedral, Rochester, New York USA
Recorded: 02/16/2009
Released: 09/15/2009
Producer: Frederick Hohman
Notes Author: Michael Unger
Notes Language: English
Graphics Format: 12pp book, traycard, jewel box
UPC #: 636077723520
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Choir and Organ Michael Unger, a former prize-winner at both the AGO and Alkmaar competitions, provides highly intelligent performances of the wide variety of repertoire on his disc. His versatility is matched by a new organ of supreme quality. … The organ’s chameleon-like charm is utterly remarkable … – Chris Bragg
The American Record Guide In the entire program, Unger demonstrates his complete command and sensitivity. – Metz, Jul/Aug 2010
01 • Prelude and Fugue in E, BWV 566 • Johann Sebastian Bach • 11’20”
02 • Est-ce Mars? • Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck • 5’45”
03 • Chorale Prelude and Fugue on “O Traurigkeit,o Herzeleid,” WoO 7 (1882) • Johannes Brahms • 7’29”
04 • Introduction and Passacaglia from Organ Sonata No. 8 in E minor, Opus 132 (1882) • Josef Rheinberger • 11’20”
05 • Ciacona in E, BuxWV 160 • Dietrich Buxtehude • 5’48”
06 • Vif from Deuxième Symphonie • André Fleury • 4’56”
07 • Pastorale (1945) • Henry Hugh Bancroft • 4’56”
08 • Scherzetto, Opus 108 No. 1 • Joseph Jongen • 3’23”
09 • Prière from Four Pieces, Opus 37 No. 3 • Joseph Jongen • 8’48”
10 • Toccata, Opus 104 • Joseph Jongen • 4’19”
Michael Unger
Canadian-born organist and harpsichordist Michael Unger was awarded both First Prize (Lilian Murtagh Memorial Prize) and Audience Prize in the 2008 American Guild of Organists’ National Young Artists Competition in Organ Performance (NYACOP). Learn more…
