Rheinberger: Choral & Organ Music

Featuring

Fabiana Noro
Manuel Tomadin
Il Polifonico
Josef Gabriel Rheinberger

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Performer Biography

Manuel Tomadin, the organist, is a highly awarded Italian organist, having won four national and six international organ competitions, including the prestigious Schnitger Organ competition in Alkmaar.

Composer Biography

Rheinberger was a prolific composer and refined teacher, training musicians of great caliber such as Richard Strauss and Wilhelm Furtwängler.

Recording & Production

This album features two different organs: the Zanin organ at the Church of S. Quirino, Udine, Italy, for the choral pieces, and the Goršič organ at the Church of Maria Ausiliatrice, Vipava, Slovenia, for the organ works.

Critical Reception

Despite being one of the most respected musicians in 19th-century Germany, Rheinberger's popularity faded after the First World War, with a 'Rheinberger Renaissance' only beginning toward the end of the 20th century.

Compositional Technique

Rheinberger's Organ Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 193, incorporates a melody from Guillaume de Machaut's 13th-century song 'J'aim la fleur de valor' in its second movement, titled 'Provencalisch'.

Composer Biography

Josef Gabriel Rheinberger, the composer, was a child prodigy who held the post of organist at the Florianskirche in his hometown of Vaduz at the age of seven.

Performer Biography

The Il Polifonico Italian male choir has performed globally, from Canada to Russia, and has won over 40 first prizes in choral competitions under conductor Fabiana Noro.