The Goll organ in Schwyz is now a national monument and one of the last surviving large triple instruments built by the Goll company.
Instruments
The Sauer organ in the Luther Church in Chemnitz, built in 1908, was restored in 2006/2007 to its original condition and is highly suitable for Max Reger's organ music.
Performer Biography
Gerhard Weinberger became a professor of organ at the Hochschule für Musik in Munich at the age of 29.
Performer Biography
Gerhard Weinberger, the organist on this album, was a prizewinner at the ARD International Music Competition in 1971.
Instruments
The Goll organ in the Collegiate Church in Schwyz, built in 1912, was a prestigious "jubilee organ" for the Goll company's 75th anniversary.
Performer Biography
Gerhard Weinberger's repertoire spans from pre-Baroque to contemporary music, with a special focus on the organ works of J. S. Bach and Max Reger.
Performer Biography
Gerhard Weinberger received the "Jahrespreis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik" (German Record Critics' Prize) in 2009 for his complete recording of Bach's organ works on historical instruments.
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