Karg-Elert Complete Organ Works: Stefan Engels Plays


Stefan Engels says that he has not found a single poor work by Sigfrid Karg-Elert. The enthusiasm shines through his playing and sustains this ambitious project of recording all of the prolific composer’s organ works.



Karg-Elert Complete Organ Works, Vol. 1
Karg-Elert Complete Organ Works, Vol. 1

Stefan Engels plays the 1997 Hartwig Späth 3m organ built in romantic style at St. George’s Church, Riedlingen/Donau, Germany. The CD booklet includes extensive notes by Anthony Caldicott, chairman of the Karg-Elert Archive in the UK, and even notes from the organ voicer, Reiner Janke, on the painstaking efforts taken with this organ.

Triptych, op. 141
(Legend, Gregorian Rhapsody, Marche Pontificale)

Sursum Corda, op. 155/2

A Cycle of Eight Short Pieces for Organ Op. 154
(Introitus - Gagliarda; Melodia monastica - Aria semplice; Appassionata - Canzona; Toccatina - Corale)

Prelude in C, W74

Partita Retrospettiva III, op. 151
(Phantasie; Dialogo; Minuetto; Finale)

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Karg-Elert Complete Organ Works, Vol. 2
Karg-Elert Complete Organ Works, Vol. 2

Stefan Engels plays the 4m 1930 E. M. Skinner, op. 820, at Holy Rosary Cathedral, Toledo, Ohio. Three Impressions, op. 108 (Sunset, Starlight, Elegiac Poem); Cathedral Windows, op. 106 (Kyrie, Ave Maria, Resonet in Laudibus, Adeste Fideles, Saluto Angelico, Lauda Sion); Chorale Improvisation Nearer my God to Thee; Three New Impressions, op. 142 (Stimmen der Nacht, Valse mignonne, Romantisch)

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Karg-Elert Complete Organ Works, Vol. 3
Karg-Elert Complete Organ Works, Vol. 3

Stefan Engels plays the 4m 1931 G. F. Steinmeyer & Co. organ in the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Altoona, Pennsylvania.

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