Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Performer: Benjamin Righetti
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Claves
Release: 2016
Size: 1.26 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Organ Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 65 No. 1
01. I. Allegro moderato e serioso
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Andante. Recitativo
04. IV. Allegro assai vivace
Organ Sonata No. 2 in C minor, Op. 65 No. 2
05. I. Grave
06. II. Adagio
07. III. Allegro maestoso e vivace
08. IV. Fuga. Allegro moderato
Organ Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 65 No. 3
09. I. Con moto maestoso
10. II. Andante tranquillo
Organ Sonata No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 65 No. 4
11. I. Allegro con brio
12. II. Andante religioso
13. III. Allegretto
14. IV. Allegro maestoso e vivace
Organ Sonata No. 5 in D major, Op. 65 No. 5
15. I. Andante
16. II. Andante con moto
17. III. Allegro maestoso
Organ Sonata No. 6 in D minor, Op. 65 No. 6
18. I. Choral with Variations. Andante sostenuto – Allegro molto
19. II. Fuga. Sostenuto e legato
20. III. Finale. Andante
Benjamin Righetti is titular organist of the church of Saint-François, teaches at the Conservatoire and the University of Music Lausanne (HEMU). He was born in Switzerland in 1982 and is fascinated by all keyboard instruments: piano, organ, harpsichord, clavichord or fortepiano.
Unclassifiable musician or rightly authentic organist? In any case, it is at the organ that he has won the most prestigious international competitions (Swiss Organ Competition, Bruges, Tokyo-Musashino, Freiberg, Chartres and Paris) and given over 500 concerts already, the world over. His recordings of J.S. Bach’s Trio Sonatas, of his transcription of Liszt’s Sonata, and of Franck’s and Brahms’s Chorales have been acclaimed by international critics. This new release will no doubt follow in the same footsteps.