Gregor Meyer, the organist on this album, began playing the organ on a Kreutzbach instrument in his hometown of Johanngeorgenstadt.
Instruments
The organ in the Johanniskirche Wiederau near Leipzig is one of the earliest instruments by Urban Kreutzbach, the founder of the Kreutzbach organ building company, dating from 1831.
Instruments
The Kreutzbach organ in the Johanngeorgenstadt town church was built jointly by Richard and Bernhard Kreutzbach, the founder's two sons, before Bernhard left the company in 1875.
Instruments
The Richard Kreutzbach organ in the Pauluskirche in Zwickau-Marienthal, built in 1901, is notable for being preserved unchanged and features innovations typical of Romantic organ building, such as a swell and octave couplers.
Performer Biography
Gregor Meyer is the director of the GewandhausChor and works closely with the Gewandhauskapellmeister and renowned guest conductors.
Recording & Production
This album documents the sound of three organs built by the Kreutzbach family from Borna, representing three different eras of their workshop.
Instruments
Urban Kreutzbach, the founder of the Kreutzbach organ building company, was influenced by the style of Gottfried Silbermann, a renowned German organ builder, having performed repair work on Silbermann organs.
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