
Beethoven / Haydn: Organ Transcriptions of Music for Musical Clock
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The Choir Organ in Högalid's Church, Stockholm, has Gothic influences in its case design, but its sound is oriented towards South German/Austrian early Baroque traditions.
Performer Biography
Hans-Ola Ericsson was awarded the Swedish Gramophone Prize annually between 1985 and 1988, and the prestigious Kranichsteiner Music Prize in 1990.
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The Renaissance portable positive organ used in this recording is a free design based on a positive organ in the Basel Historical Museum.
Performer Biography
Hans-Ola Ericsson, the performer on this album, has made 12 other BIS recordings, including a highly acclaimed complete recording of Messiaen's organ music.
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The Choir Organ in Högalid's Church, Stockholm, visually and musically belongs to the movement of 'creative anachronism' or 'historicism', but is not a copy of a specific historic design.
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The Masonic Hall Organ in Uppsala includes two restored historical stops from the workshop of Stockholm organbuilder Olof Schwan (1744-1812), dating from around 1811.
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The Masonic Hall Organ in Uppsala, Sweden, is designed to resemble a medieval altar with shutters, allowing it to be veiled during Lent.
















