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Léon Berben

Complete keyboard works - 6 CD

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After releasing in 2012 the complete organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach on 19 SACDs (awarded the “Echo Klassik” in 2012 for “best audiophile multichannel production of the year” and the “Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik”), AEOLUS now presents a new recording of the complete keyboard works of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck by the Dutch organist and harpsichordist Léon Berben. Three prestigious and characteristic instruments were chosen for this project: the historic Hans Scherer organ of St. Stephanus Church in Tangermuende, Germany (1624), the Renaissance organ (1521) of the Grote Kerk in Oosthuizen (Netherlands), and the Renaissance “Niehoff” organ (1600), rebuilt in 1998 by Guido Schumacher for Saint-Jacques Church in Liège, Belgium. In addition, for a few toccatas and the variation cycles, a harpsichord by Keith Hill (1999) was used, a copy of the famous 1624 Ruckers harpsichord now housed in the Unterlinden Museum in Colmar. In terms of character and tonal quality, the three organs are exceptionally impressive. You will be amazed not only by the quality and diversity of the small organ in Oosthuizen. The Hans Scherer organ in Tangermuende still contains 50% of its original 1624 pipework, which places it among the ideal instruments for interpreting Sweelinck’s music. The reconstruction of the Niehoff organ in Liège ranks among the most successful style copies of the last 20 years of organ building. Léon Berben’s reputation as an organist and harpsichordist is well established. On our label he has already recorded several albums that have been praised by the critics: the complete works of Vincent Lübeck, Johann Ulrich Steigleder, Franz Xaver Anton Murschhauser, Johann Caspar Kerll and, in particular, a SACD of works by Joan Cabanilles, which was awarded the “Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik”, a “Diapason d’Or” and the “Choc du Monde de la Musique”. Our new Sweelinck edition is delivered in a “lift off lid” box: each CD is housed in a full-color sleeve. The full-color booklet has 52 pages. In addition to a musicological text on Sweelinck, you will find an introductory text and personal reflections by the performer. The texts about the organs were written by the Dutch expert Koos van de Linde. Several color photos and the organ specifications are of course included.

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Product information

  • Album Complete keyboard works - 6 CD
  • Artist Léon Berben
  • Release date 2015-03-01
  • Label AEOLUS
  • Format CD
  • Country Germany
  • EAN 4026798110215
  • Number of discs 6
  • Number of tracks 82

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Disc 1

  1. Fantasia A 4 d2 | SwWV 259
    8:05
  2. Fantasia A 4: Echo D3 | Swwv 260
    11:08
  3. Fantasia G1 | SwWV 270
    9:59
  4. Allein Zu Dir Herr Jesu Christ | SwWV 300
    13:15
  5. Ich Ruf Zu Dir Herr Jesu Christ | SwWV 305
    7:40
  6. Jesus Christus Unser Heiland | SwWV 306
    6:47
  7. Psalm 23 Mein Hüter Und Mein Hirt | SwWV 310
    7:22
  8. Fantasia Auf Die Manier Eines Echo C1 | SwWV 253
    9:04

Disc 2

  1. Fantasia Crommatica À 4 D1 | SwWV 258
    7:50
  2. Fantasia À 2, 3: Et 4 Vocem A2 | SwWV 274
    10:43
  3. Toccata À 4 Voc. A3 | SwWV 298
    1:53
  4. Fantasia À 4 C2 | SwWV 254
    5:26
  5. Erbarm Dich Mein O Herre Gott | SwWV 303
    12:19
  6. Vater Unser Im Himmelreich
    3:37
  7. Canticum Sacrum: Vater Unser Im Himmelreich | SwWV 309
    7:00
  8. O Gott Du Unser Vater Bist | SwWV 308
    4:00
  9. Puer Nobis Nascitur | SwWV 315
    2:54
  10. Wie Schön Leucht Unß Der Morgenstern
    6:17
  11. Ricercar Del Nono Tono A1 | SwWV 280
    11:01

Disc 3

  1. Allein Gottin Der Höh Sey Ehr | SwWV 299
    3:58
  2. Fantasia Mit Bindungen F3 | SwWV 265
    3:54
  3. Toccata A 3 In F
    2:57
  4. Ricercar À 4 D1 | SwWV 277
    4:29
  5. Toccata G4 | SwWV 291
    3:03
  6. Fantasia C5 | SwWV 257
    4:23
  7. Fantasia À 4 F2 | SwWV 264
    6:54
  8. Fantasia G2 | SwWV 271
    5:08
  9. Passamezzo | SwWV 326
    7:20
  10. Toccata Primi Toni D3 | SwWV 287
    2:41
  11. Fantazia G3 | SwWV 272
    1:17
  12. Fantasia / Fuga 7. Toni G3 | SwWV 268
    5:55
  13. Fantasia Ut Re Mi Fa Sol La, À4 F1 | SwWV 263
    9:33

Disc 4

  1. Fantasia Auf Die Manier Eines Echo A3 | SwWV 275
    4:24
  2. Fantasia (Echo) D4 | SwWV 261
    4:46
  3. Fantasia À 4 G2 | SwWV 267
    7:50
  4. Ricercar D2 | SwWV278
    3:33
  5. Capriccio A1 | SwWV 281
    3:59
  6. Fantasia À 4 A1 | SwWW273
    12:30
  7. Ich Fuhr Mich Über Rheine | SwWV 322
    6:54
  8. Fantasia (Auf Die Manier Eines Echo) C3 | SwWV 255
    5:35
  9. Nun Freut Euch Lieben Christen G'tmein | SwWV 307
    4:25
  10. Da Pacem Domine In Diebus Nostris | SwWV 302
    7:31
  11. Psalm 60 | SwWV312
    4:52
  12. Psalm 36 | SwWV311
    9:26

Disc 5

  1. Praeludium Pedaliter | SwWV 265b
    3:26
  2. Toccata D1 | SwWV 285
    3:34
  3. Christe Qui Lux Es Et Dies | SwWV 301
    4:24
  4. Wir Glauben All An Einen Gott À 4 (Sweelinck?)
    3:16
  5. Wir Glauben All An Einen Gott | SwWV 316
    9:32
  6. Canon A3 (Ave Maris Stella) | SwWV 193
    1:33
  7. Psalm 116 | SwWV 313
    5:54
  8. Psalm 140 | SwWV 314
    5:58
  9. Ricercar D3 | SwWV 279
    5:03
  10. Toccata C1 | SwWV 282
    3:36
  11. Toccata 2di Toni G2 | SwWV 293
    2:48
  12. Toccata 2di Toni G1 | SwWV 292
    2:56
  13. Toccata Primi Toni D2 | SwWV 286
    3:50
  14. Toccata Noni Toni A2 | SwWV 297
    5:05
  15. Toccata 5 Toni C3 | SwWV 284
    1:59
  16. Toccata G3 | SwWV 290
    1:07
  17. Toccata 9. Toni A1 | SwWV 296
    4:37
  18. Toccata C2 | SwWV 283
    3:32
  19. Toccata À 3 G2 | SwWV 289
    2:52
  20. Toccata G4 | SwWV 295
    2:16
  21. Toccata G1 | SwWV 288
    4:16

Disc 6

  1. Unter Der Linden Grune | SwWV 325
    5:00
  2. Von Der Fortuna Werd Ich Getrieben | SwWV 320
    2:44
  3. Die Flichtige Nimphae | SwWV 331
    2:05
  4. Fantasia (Auf Die Manier Eines Echo) C3 | SwWV 255
    4:36
  5. Paduana Lachryme | SwWV 328
    5:01
  6. Malle Sijmen | SwWV 323
    1:31
  7. Pavana Philippi | SwWV 329
    6:35
  8. Fantasia D5 | SwWV 262
    4:21
  9. Pavana Hispanica | SwWV 327
    2:43
  10. Soll Es Sein | SwWV 330
    7:51
  11. Alemande De Chapelle | SwWV 317
    3:18
  12. Fantasia A4 G1 | SwWV 266
    9:35
  13. Esce Mars | SwWV 321
    4:32
  14. Mein Junges Leben Hat Ein Endt | SwWV 324
    6:03
  15. Balleth Del Granduca | SwWV 319
    4:16
  16. Fantasia Re Re Re Sol Ut Mi Fa Sol G4 | SwWV 269
    6:59
  17. Allemand (Gratie) | SwWV 318
    3:27

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