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Hans-Ola Ericsson - Symphonic Organ Music, Vol.1: Sibelius, Dvořák, Glazunov (2001)

Posted By: ArlegZ

Date: 10 Aug 2023 09:59:55

It may be news to many readers that these composers wrote organ music at all, and in the case of Dvorak he virtually didn't, for these are composition exercises from his student days which remained in the archives of Prague Conservatoire until they were found and edited by Jarmil Burghauser in 1980. Some of the world's most boring music has been written as before-service preludes and Dvorak's student exercises are more engaging than many a more professional job, but it would be unwise to read more into them than that. Occasionally Mr. Ericsson seems to be trying too hard, but generally he leaves their homely charm to speak for itself.
The Sibelius pieces come from late in his composing life. The Intrada offers mainly instant pomp and is rather wearingly loud but Surusoitto (Funeral Music) is of some importance. Sibelius's widow is said to have revealed that it used material from the destroyed 8th Symphony. If that is so, it shows that the composer was returning to the harsh, uncompromising world of the 4th Symphony. "This way leads to madness", he said when questioned as to why subsequent works went no further in that direction. Is this why he never succeeded in completing the 8th? Ericsson is effective here.
The remaining two pieces are solo movements from a work which otherwise uses a tenor soloist, and are attractive enough to arouse interest in the complete score.
If Sibelius and Dvorak were hampered by their lack of knowledge of the organ, Glazunov, like Saint-Saëns or Stanford, was a total professional in everything he did. The full range of the romantic organ is exploited and those who revel in a full flood of exciting organ sound and an exciting fugal build-up will rejoice in it all. Nothing very Russian emerges but the D minor work, in particular, is based on very striking material. It is strange that the otherwise excellent notes fail to notice that the Fantasy makes extensive and ingenious use of the Dies Irae theme. It would be interesting to know what is behind this, for surely we have here a moving last testament from the elderly, exiled composer who was to die not long after and who had virtually given up composition since the First World War.
Faced with much more challenging material, Ericsson is really magnificent, drawing a wide range of colours from the instrument and registering the 2nd movement (Allegretto pastorale) of the Fantasy with notable imagination. The organ itself is a new one, attractive in its lighter tones, but the reeds sound a bit fierce to my ears. Perhaps, since the reverberation period is not long by ecclesiastical standards, more acoustic ambience could have been added without affecting clarity? However, the booklet includes an interesting, if high-flown, note by the builder who speaks of the necessity of the organ to complete and reflect the architecture of the church. In particular he mentions the "violet-blue atmosphere created by the large pictures of the Stations of the Cross". That being so, perhaps we should not judge the organ from its sound alone - it's a pity a photograph was not included. Still, we have detailed notes on the music and the organist in 3 languages and full specifications of an instrument which organ enthusiasts will be glad to have so well displayed. And, if you get this for Dvorak and Sibelius, be prepared to find it's the Glazunov that really turns you on.
–Christopher Howell

Performer:
Hans-Ola Ericsson, organ

Tracklist:
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
01. Intrada, Op.111a (1925)
02. Surusoitto (Funeral Music), Op.111b (1931)
From Masonic Ritual Music, Op.113
03. No.1. Avaushymni (Opening Hymn) (1927)
04. No. 10. Surumarssi (Marche funèbre) (1927)
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
Preludes and Fugues (1859)
05. Prelude in D major
06. Prelude in G major
07. Prelude in A minor
08. Prelude in B flat major
09. Fughetta in D major
10. Fugue in D major
11. Fugue in G minor
12. Prelude on a Given Theme in D major
Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936)
Prelude and Fugue in D major, Op.93 (1906-07)
13. Prelude
14. Fugue
Prelude and Fugue in D minor, Op.98 (1914)
15. Prelude
16. Fugue
Fantasy, Op.110 (1934-35)
17. Moderato
18. Allegretto pastorale
19. Fuga

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