Frauenkirche, Dresden: New Kern Organ in Rebuilt Church

Destroyed by Allied bombing near the end of World War II, Dresden’s great 18th-century Frauenkirche has been rebuilt using most of original stones that remained in a pile of rubble for half a century. It was rededicated on October 30, 2005. The Frauenkirche’s much enlarged 1736 Silbermann organ, played by Bach, was entirely destroyed by the bombing, so the reconstructed church has a visually identical and tonally eclectic organ built by Daniel Kern of Strasbourg. In this first CD from this most important new organ, Samuel Kummer plays Bach and Duruflé. The CD is recorded as a surround sound SACD Hybrid playable on all CD players.

J. S. BACH:
Concerto in D minor after Vivaldi, BWV 596
Trio on Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend, BWV 655 (from Great 18 Leipzig Chorales)
Partita sopra Sei gegrüßet, Jesu gütig, BWV 768
Pièce d'orgue, BWV 572

DURUFLÉ: Suite, op. 5

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