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Wolfgang Stockmeier: J.G. Walther - Organ Works. 3CD

Artist: Wolfgang Stockmeier at the Fuehrer Organ in Zetel, Germany Album: J.G. Walther (1684-1748) - Organ Works Released: 1991 Label: CPO Catalog N°: cpo 999 131 Genre: Classical, Organ File Format: eac_flac_cue_log covers 3CD 848MB Bach and Buxtehude didn’t stand alone. Johann Gottfried Walther was another North German composer more than deserving of his place in the discographical sun and was, moreover, Bach’s cousin on his mother’s side. He studied with Pachelbel’s son and was, through him, introduced to the works of Buxtehude and this was to be of potent and lasting significance. Walther specialized in choral Preludes – he wrote over one hundred – and keyboard transcriptions of Italian concertos. In that of course his similarities with Bach are obvious and intriguing. Both worked in Weimar where they were encouraged to write the transcriptions – Bach wrote five for the organ and sixteen for...

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