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Symphonic Canzona Op. 85 No. 3 by Karg-Elert

Corno Dolce

Admiral Honkenwheezenpooferspieler
Listening to the Symphonic Canzona Op. 85 No.3 by Karg-Elert interpreted by Ken Cowan has really blown my mind. And that Sigfrid's music mostly gathers dust these days with the exception of Nun Danket Alle Gott.............Good gracious, the man is in Reger's shadow - Sigfrid should be equally, if not more recognized than Reger - What a sheer genius Karg-Elert posessed - What an impressionist composer(imnsho)he is. Karg-Elert is.............well, better at atmospherics than Debussy(imnsho). I have been so regretfully missing out on just how significant a contribution Karg-Elert has made to the organ repertoire(more than 200 works)!!! Late shall the sinner awake...
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OrganoPleno105

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Ah from his new CD at St. Johns? Beautiful work. I had never heard it before this recording. Absolutely love it. I may be biased because I know the singers and his wife, but they all create such beautiful music together. When the quartet of women enters I just melted.
 

Corno Dolce

Admiral Honkenwheezenpooferspieler
Ah from his new CD at St. Johns? Beautiful work. I had never heard it before this recording. Absolutely love it. I may be biased because I know the singers and his wife, but they all create such beautiful music together. When the quartet of women enters I just melted.

Hey gentleperson,

Nah, you're not biased because you know his wife and the singers imo - I agree that when the quartet comes in, its hard to avoid an "emotional flow". And of course, in that acoustic space - It is "magic" of the nth order........Well, time to do some "deep diving" into the many different works of Karg-Elert.

Cheers.............
 

Krummhorn

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I have often used the organ music of Karg-Elert for my service music at church. Just used the Nun Danket last Sunday as a postlude for Trinity Sunday as it was appropriate music for the day.

I absolutely love playing his music ... and when playing can hear similarities to Reger, whom I also love to play, but most needs more of an pipe organ than I have resources for. Max Reger's "Benediction" is a wonderful piece that I had used in concert at times.

There is a plethora of music for Kark-Elert on IMSLP.
 
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