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Six Sonatas for Organ, Op.65

Jos Van Der Kooy

Six Sonatas for Organ, Op.65

Format: CD
Label: Challenge Classics
UPC: 0608917231526
Catnr: CC 72315
Release date: 27 March 2009
1 CD
 
Label
Challenge Classics
UPC
0608917231526
Catalogue number
CC 72315
Release date
27 March 2009
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About the album

They represent milestones in organ literature; the organ sonatas by Felix Mendelssohn. Subtleness, lyricism and emotion are characteristic of this kind of music, which excels in beautiful form and authentic content.

The sonatas were published in London, Leipzig and Milan on 15 September 1845. A fourth edition appeared in Paris at the change of year 1845/46. The opus was dedicated to dr. F. Schlemmer, his wife Cécile Jeanrenaud’s cousin from Frankfort am Main. During a holiday in Frankfort am Main in July 1844, he started composing the sonatas. Existing pieces were incorporated in the sonatas, while newly composed pieces were completed. Already at his parental home in Berlin, Mendelssohn was brought into contact with the music of Bach. On 11 March 1829, he performed Bach’s St. Mat- thew Passion for the first time after the death of the composer. As a child he had followed some organ lessons. As from 1830, he fanatically studied organ music with the objective to perform organ music at concerts. His programmes included works by Bach and improvisations. His performances of Bach’s organ works at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London were sensational. On 6 August 1840, he performed a demanding Bach programme on the organ of St Thomas Church at Leipzig. The proceeds were to fund a monument for Bach that would be erected in 1843.
Een hoogtepunt uit de orgelliteratuur
Dit album bevat Zes sonates voor orgel opus 65 van Felix Mendelssohn, uitgevoerd door Jos van der Kooy. De werken worden gespeeld op het Müllerorgel in de Kathedrale Basiliek Sint Bavo in Haarlem.

De sonates vormen een hoogtepunt uit de orgelliteratuur. De werken worden gekenmerkt door subtiliteit, lyrisme en emotie. De muziek blinkt uit door zijn prachtige vorm en authentieke inhoud. Mendelssohn begon met het componeren van de sonates tijdens een vakantie in Frankfurt am Main in juli 1844. Er werden zowel bestaande als nieuwe werken in verwerkt. Mendelssohn maakte gebruik van de Lutherse koralen, die Bach ook had gebruikt in zijn composities.

Mendelssohn kwam al op jonge leeftijd in contact met de muziek van Johan Sebastian Bach. Hij werd bekend door zijn uitvoering van Bachs Mattheuspassie, als eerste na de dood van de barokcomponist, en zijn sensationele uitvoering van Bachs orgelwerken in de St. Paul’s Cathedral in Londen.

Jos van der Kooy is sinds 1991 stadsorganist van Haarlem. Hij heeft een internationale reputatie als concertorganist, improvisator en kerkmuzikant. Zijn repertoire omvat werken uit bijna alle stijlperioden.
Die Orgelsonaten von Mendelssohn markieren einen Höhepunkt in der Orgelliteratur. Feinfühligkeit, Lyrik und Emotionalität charakterisieren diese äußerst originelle Musik. In seinen Orgelsonaten verwendet Mendelssohn lutherische Choräle, die auch Bach in seinen Kompositionen verarbeitete. Jos van der Kooy ist seit 1991 Stadtorganist von Haarlem. Er hat zahlreiche Preise und Auszeichnungen erhalten.

Artist(s)

Jos van der Kooy

Jos van der Kooy (1951) enjoys an international reputation as a concert organist, improviser and church musician. His repertory includes works from almost all style periods. Since 1981, he has been director of music of Westerkerk in Amsterdam. Since 1991, he has been city organist of Haarlem. He is the resident organist of the Müller organ at St Bavo’s and of the Cavaillé-Coll organ at the Haarlem Philharmonia. Since 2007, he is organist in residence of the Gothic Hall at the Netherlands Council of State in The Hague. Van der Kooy studied organ and improvisation with Piet Kee at the Amsterdam Conservatory. In 1981, he graduated by obtaining the Prix d’ Excellence. The lessons and masterclasses he followed with Evaristos Glassner,...
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Jos van der Kooy (1951) enjoys an international reputation as a concert organist, improviser and church musician. His repertory includes works from almost all style periods. Since 1981, he has been director of music of Westerkerk in Amsterdam. Since 1991, he has been city organist of Haarlem. He is the resident organist of the Müller organ at St Bavo’s and of the Cavaillé-Coll organ at the Haarlem Philharmonia. Since 2007, he is organist in residence of the Gothic Hall at the Netherlands Council of State in The Hague.
Van der Kooy studied organ and improvisation with Piet Kee at the Amsterdam Conservatory. In 1981, he graduated by obtaining the Prix d’ Excellence. The lessons and masterclasses he followed with Evaristos Glassner, Hans Haselböck, Cor Kee, Ewald Kooiman, Daniel Roth and Charles de Wolff have substantially influenced his musical development.
Van der Kooy teaches the organ, improvisation and church music at the Faculty of Arts at Leiden University, at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague and at the International Summer Academy for Organists in Haarlem. He regularly performs at home and abroad and approximately twenty CD and DVD recordings have been released.
Over the years, he has received the following awards: Tournemire Prize, International Organ Festival, Saint Albans, 1977. First Prize at the National Organ Improvisation Competition, 1978. First Prize at the International Organ Improvisation Competition, Haarlem, 1980 and 1981. Silver Medal, 1989, and Gold Medal, 2000, of the Société Académique “Arts, Sciences, Lettres”, Paris, for services rendered to French music.

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Composer(s)

Felix Mendelssohn

Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. Mendelssohn is often compared to Mozart. Both of them were child prodigies, both had a talented sister and they both died at a young age. Mendelssohn, who as a child also painted wrote poetry, was born in small family which converted to christianity from judaism. As a composer he preferred looking back, rather than forward: his main examples were Bach, Handel and Mozart. It was Mendelssohn who retrieved Bach from oblivion and pushed for a revival of his music, which still lasts today. One century after its premier, Mendelsson performed the St Matthew Passion for the second...
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Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period.

Mendelssohn is often compared to Mozart. Both of them were child prodigies, both had a talented sister and they both died at a young age. Mendelssohn, who as a child also painted wrote poetry, was born in small family which converted to christianity from judaism. As a composer he preferred looking back, rather than forward: his main examples were Bach, Handel and Mozart. It was Mendelssohn who retrieved Bach from oblivion and pushed for a revival of his music, which still lasts today. One century after its premier, Mendelsson performed the St Matthew Passion for the second time ever, in 1829.

Three years, earlier, on his 17th, he had already composed his masterfully overture A midsummer night's dream op. 21, based on Shakespeare's play. Today, it is still considered as one of the absolute masterpieces in all of the orchestra reperoire. His Violin Concerto op. 64 belongs to the most beautiful works of the 19th century as well. During his travels through Europe, he wrote his brilliant Italian Symphony, Scottish Symphony and the overture The Hebrides.

Although Mendelssohn had a prosperous career, his weak physique made him emotionally vulnerable. The death of his favourite sister Fanny became fatal: Mendelssohn died in the same year, at the age of 38.


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01.
Sonata I in F Minor: I. Allegro moderato e serioso
05:20
(Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) Jos van der Kooy
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Sonata I in F Minor: II. Adagio
03:26
(Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) Jos van der Kooy
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Sonata I in F Minor: III. Andante. Recitativo
03:11
(Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) Jos van der Kooy
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Sonata I in F Minor: IV. Allegro assai vivace
03:33
(Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) Jos van der Kooy
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Sonata II in C-Minor: I. Grave
01:28
(Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) Jos van der Kooy
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Sonata II in C-Minor: II. Adagio
03:06
(Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) Jos van der Kooy
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Sonata II in C-Minor: III. Allegro maestoso e vivace
02:14
(Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) Jos van der Kooy
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Sonata II in C-Minor: IV. Fuga. Allegro moderato
03:27
(Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) Jos van der Kooy
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Sonata III in A-Major: I. Con moto maestoso
07:21
(Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) Jos van der Kooy
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Sonata III in A-Major: II. Andante tranquillo
02:49
(Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) Jos van der Kooy
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Sonata IV in B-Flat Major: I. Allegro con brio
03:19
(Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) Jos van der Kooy
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Sonata IV in B-Flat Major: II. Andante religioso
02:18
(Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) Jos van der Kooy
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Sonata IV in B-Flat Major: III. Allegretto
03:46
(Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) Jos van der Kooy
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Sonata IV in B-Flat Major: IV. Allegro maestoso e vivace
03:58
(Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) Jos van der Kooy
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Sonata V in D Major: I. Andante
01:09
(Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) Jos van der Kooy
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Sonata V in D Major: II. Andante con moto
02:54
(Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) Jos van der Kooy
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Sonata V in D Major: III. Allegro maestoso
04:33
(Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) Jos van der Kooy
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Sonata VI in D-Minor: I. Choral
00:56
(Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) Jos van der Kooy
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Sonata VI in D-Minor: II. Andante sostenuto
02:03
(Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) Jos van der Kooy
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Sonata VI in D-Minor: III. (Andante sostenuto)
01:17
(Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) Jos van der Kooy
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Sonata VI in D-Minor: IV. (Andante sostenuto)
01:35
(Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) Jos van der Kooy
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Sonata VI in D-Minor: V. Allegro molto
03:42
(Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) Jos van der Kooy
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Sonata VI in D-Minor: VI. Fuga. Sostenuto e legato
02:42
(Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) Jos van der Kooy
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Sonata VI in D-Minor: VII. Finale. Andante
03:17
(Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) Jos van der Kooy
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