Dupre / Frank / Karg-Elert / Peeters: Works for Organ and Piano

Featuring

Mats Jansson
Hans Fagius
Marcel Dupré
César Franck
Sigfrid Karg-Elert
Flor Peeters

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Historical Context

In the second half of the 19th century, many middle-class homes owned both a piano and a harmonium, a fashionable instrument at the time.

Performer Biography

Hans Fagius, one of the performers on this album, has won prizes in international organ competitions and has given numerous recitals across Europe, the U.S.A., and Australia.

Composition History

Marcel Dupré's Variations sur deux thèmes, Op.35, was written in 1938 in memory of his recently deceased friend, the Russian composer Alexandr Glazunov.

Composer Biography

Sigfrid Karg-Elert, a German composer from Leipzig, was a renowned virtuoso on a special type of harmonium called the 'Kunstharmonium' in his youth.

Composer Biography

Marcel Dupré, a French composer and organist, dedicated two of his piano and organ works to his daughter Marguerite, a gifted concert pianist who performed duets with him.

Compositional Technique

The combination of piano and organ presents a challenge due to their irreconcilable sound sources, such as the piano's brilliant attack versus the organ's slow vibratory process.