Eberlin: Toccatas & Fugues for Organ

On this CD:

1. Toccata & fugue for organ No. 1 in D minor
Composed by Johann Ernst Eberlin
Performed by Florian Pagitsch

2. Toccata & fugue for organ No. 2 in G minor
Composed by Johann Ernst Eberlin
Performed by Florian Pagitsch

3. Toccata & fugue for organ No. 3 in A minor
Composed by Johann Ernst Eberlin
Performed by Florian Pagitsch

4. Toccata & Fugue for organ No. 4 in E minor
Composed by Johann Ernst Eberlin
Performed by Florian Pagitsch

5. Toccata & fugue for organ No. 5 in C major
Composed by Johann Ernst Eberlin
Performed by Florian Pagitsch

6. Toccata & fugue for organ No. 6 in F
Composed by Johann Ernst Eberlin
Performed by Florian Pagitsch

7. Toccata & fugue for organ No. 7 in D major
Composed by Johann Ernst Eberlin
Performed by Florian Pagitsch

8. Toccata & fugue for organ No. 8 in G major
Composed by Johann Ernst Eberlin
Performed by Florian Pagitsch

9. Toccata & fugue for organ No. 9 in E minor
Composed by Johann Ernst Eberlin
Performed by Florian Pagitsch

Tracks:

Toccata
Fugue
Toccata
Fugue
Toccata
Fugue
Toccata
Fugue
Toccata
Fugue
Toccata
Fugue
Toccata
Fugue
Toccata
Fugue
Toccata
Fugue

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Eberlin was a very interesting character, actually one of Mozart's successors in Salzburg. His particular brand of musical conservatism must have been rather more suitable to the singularly unmusical Archbishop Coloredo than was Mozart's personal and musical insolence. But that's not being fair to Eberlin, who was by all accounts an organist of considerable ability and who crafted these nine toccatas and fugues more of less in imitation of the The Big Guy--Johann Sebastian Bach. Truth to tell, none of them are particularly long or complicated, and the music is interesting enough to sustain interest. They make an excellent addition to the organ repertoire on disc. --David Hurwitz