Composer(s): Muffat, Georg
Label: Naxos
Series: Organ Encyclopedia
Genre: Instrumental
Period: Baroque
Catalogue No: 8.553917
Barcode: 0730099491723
Release Date: 05/2000

MUFFAT, Georg: Organ Works, Vol. 1 (M. Haselböck)

Georg Muffat is credited with the unification of the musical styles of Italy, France and Germany during the 17th century. In Paris the great Lully was among his distinguished mentors. In Vienna Emperor Leopold I became his patron and in Italy he was greatly influenced by Corelli. Muffat's orchestral suites, Florilegia, were considered among the finest works written in Germany in the second half of the 17th century. His Apparatus musico-organisticus was presented to its dedicatee Emperor Leopold in 1690. It contained an organ score of considerable importance, the main section comprising twelve large-scale Toccatas arranged in the order of church tones, each work constructed in several sections to display the brilliance and extremes of organ textures.

Tracklist

Muffat, Georg
Haselböck, Martin (organ)
1Toccata prima05:08
Haselböck, Martin (organ)
2Toccata secunda05:38
Haselböck, Martin (organ)
3Toccata tertia05:36
Haselböck, Martin (organ)
4Toccata quarta07:17
Haselböck, Martin (organ)
5Toccata quinta05:26
Haselböck, Martin (organ)
6Toccata sexta09:24
Haselböck, Martin (organ)
7Toccata septima09:21
Haselböck, Martin (organ)
8Toccata octava06:39
Haselböck, Martin (organ)

Total Playing Time: 54:29