Ville Urponen - Raphael: Organ Music, Vol. 1 (2025) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Fantasie & Fugue on a Finnish Chorale, Op. 41 No. 1: I. Fantasie
02. Fantasie & Fugue on a Finnish Chorale, Op. 41 No. 1: II. Fugue
03. Partita on a Finnish Chorale, Op. 41 No. 2: I. Chorale
04. Partita on a Finnish Chorale, Op. 41 No. 2: II. Trio
05. Partita on a Finnish Chorale, Op. 41 No. 2: III. Bicinium
06. Partita on a Finnish Chorale, Op. 41 No. 2: IV. Minore
07. Partita on a Finnish Chorale, Op. 41 No. 2: V. Cantus firmus
08. Partita on a Finnish Chorale, Op. 41 No. 2: VI. Pachelbel-Form
09. Partita on a Finnish Chorale, Op. 41 No. 2: VII. Chorale
10. Passacaglia on a Finnish Chorale, Op. 41 No. 3: Chorale (1)
11. Passacaglia on a Finnish Chorale, Op. 41 No. 3: Var. 1
12. Passacaglia on a Finnish Chorale, Op. 41 No. 3: Var. 2
13. Passacaglia on a Finnish Chorale, Op. 41 No. 3: Var. 3
14. Passacaglia on a Finnish Chorale, Op. 41 No. 3: Var. 4
15. Passacaglia über einen finnischen Choral, Op. 41 No. 3: Var. 5, –
16. Passacaglia on a Finnish Chorale, Op. 41 No. 3: Var. 6
17. Passacaglia on a Finnish Chorale, Op. 41 No. 3: Var. 7
18. Passacaglia on a Finnish Chorale, Op. 41 No. 3: Var. 8
19. Passacaglia on a Finnish Chorale, Op. 41 No. 3: Var. 9
20. Passacaglia on a Finnish Chorale, Op. 41 No. 3: Var. 10
21. Passacaglia on a Finnish Chorale, Op. 41 No. 3: Var. 11
22. Passacaglia on a Finnish Chorale, Op. 41 No. 3: Var. 12
23. Passacaglia on a Finnish Chorale, Op. 41 No. 3: Var. 13
24. Passacaglia on a Finnish Chorale, Op. 41 No. 3: Var. 14
25. Passacaglia on a Finnish Chorale, Op. 41 No. 3: Var. 15
26. Passacaglia on a Finnish Chorale, Op. 41 No. 3: Var. 16
27. Passacaglia on a Finnish Chorale, Op. 41 No. 3: Var. 17
28. Passacaglia on a Finnish Chorale, Op. 41 No. 3: Var. 18
29. Passacaglia on a Finnish Chorale, Op. 41 No. 3: Var. 19
30. Passacaglia on a Finnish Chorale, Op. 41 No. 3: Var. 20
31. Passacaglia on a Finnish Chorale, Op. 41 No. 3: Var. 21
32. Passacaglia on a Finnish Chorale, Op. 41 No. 3: Var. 22
33. Passacaglia on a Finnish Chorale, Op. 41 No. 3: Var. 23
34. Passacaglia on a Finnish Chorale, Op. 41 No. 3: Var. 24, Pedal Solo
35. Passacaglia on a Finnish Chorale, Op. 41 No. 3: Chorale (2)

In the 1930s, as Günter Raphael (1903–60) found doors closing in his native Germany – he was half-Jewish – he was accorded a warm reception in Finland, where his music was heard in a series of broadcast concerts. There was a family connection, too: Raphael’s grandfather had taught Sibelius in Berlin. Raphael acknowledged his welcome by incorporating Finnish material into his music, and his Op. 41 is a monumental organ triptych based on Finnish chorales, with two towering contrapuntal edifices either side of a Baroque suite.

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