XAVER VARNUS PLAYS IN CONCERT ON THE SAUER ORGAN IN THE BERLINER DOM: "SPORTIVE FAUNS" BY D'ANTALFFY

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Xaver Varnus plays "Sportive Fauns" (after Böcklin), composed by Dezső d'Antalffy-Zsiros.
First performed in the Berliner Dom in 1909 by the composer. Recorded live on the Opening Night of the "Berliner Internationaler Orgelsommer 2013". Special thanks to Domorganist Dr. Andreas Sieling. Filmed by Máté Vargha
Xaver Varnus' first piano teacher was Emma Németh, one of the last pupils of Debussy. He has played virtually every important organ in the world, including those in Bach's Thomaskirche in Leipzig (2014), Berliner Dom (2013), Notre-Dame (1981), Saint-Sulpice (2006) and Saint-Eustache (1996) in Paris, National Shrine in Washington, D.C. (1985), and Canterbury Cathedral (2004), as well as the largest existing instrument in the world, the Wanamaker Organ in Philadelphia (1985). His Quadruple Platinum Disc winning album "From Ravel to Vangelis" (SONY, 2007), is the best-selling organ CD ever. As a Canadian citizen, Xaver Varnus resides in Berlin, and in Brooklyn, Nova Scotia Peninsula, where he opened Varnus Hall in a 19th century church. "Put simply, Varnus is a monster talent, every bit as stimulating and individual as the late Glenn Gould" (The Globe & Mail, Canada's National Newspaper). "He is one of the most influential figure in organ music in the early twenty-first century." (Mark Wigmore, The New Classical FM, Canada).
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At the time of its dedication in 1905, the great Sauer Organ of the Berliner Dom was the largest in Germany, with its 7269 pipes and 113 registers, distributed across four manuals and pedals. The court organ builder Wilhelm Sauer, from Frankfurt on the Oder, created an instrument that embodied the newest technical and musical developments of German organ building at the time. In that way, the organ met the high expectations of both the organ builder and his client: in the Protestant Cathedral of the capital city, there was to be a monumental, modern, and in every way extraordinary instrument of the highest quality. The organ of the Cathedral of Berlin represents the highpoint of Sauer’s career. At the same time, it marks the end of the long development of Romantic orchestral organs, whose sound corresponds to the characteristic sound of a symphonic orchestra of that period. Today, the organ in the Cathedral of Berlin is the largest late-Romantic pneumatic action organ in the world that has survived in its original condition.

[@user-jx1ob1vd5v]

Olyan jó hallani! Hálás szívvel köszönöm ❤❤❤

[@BurkhardTerhart]

Extraordinary playing as usual! The Sauer organ in Berlin Dom is the most romantic organ I know. Thank you for this romantic masterpiece!

[@WillemVanTwillertOrganist]

Magnicicent playing Also the stops are very good chosen. Great.

[@gpanze2012]

great performance in great Dom

[@martasimon5820]

Végtelenűl csodálom nagyszerű tudásodat,.Őszintén gratulálok. meg kell dicsérjelek.

[@bigposaune]

Bravo, bravo, bravo!

[@zsuzsakun1097]

Drága Xaver!
Sajnálom, hogy nem lehettem ott! Ez a kis ízelítő is remek, jó hogy feltetted!

[@mrcontrapunct1562]

Olyan jól indul a darab, aztán a közepe véleményem szerint kicsit leül és utána a visszatérés elején is marad a vontatottság az 5.27-ig. Ott szépen visszajön a sodró lendület, aztán a CODA megint vontatott, kissé affektálós.
A darab középrésze - (quasi trio) - egy olyan kéréssel indul a szerző részéről ahol "mintegy távoli trombita" hatást kér (nem tudom ismerte - e Mahler II. szimfóniát, de igen hatásos ott is a "lontano"). Maga a ritmus is a középkori főúri bevonuló fanfár ritmusát idézi az impresszionizmus harmóniavilágába behelyezve. Viszont egy fanfár nem játszana ilyen lassú szaggatott hangokkal ilyen "panel" - motívumot , és nyilván a szerző panelben gondolkodott amikor távoli trombitát kért amit a zenei szövet, a hangzás alá is támaszt (párhuzamos akkordmozgás + ritmus). Antalffyt nyilván inspirálta a budapesti Szent István bazilika orgonája is ahol van egy szép trompete harmonique regiszter. Igazából a mű ezt az orgonát vette alapul, mivel itt volt orgonista.
Igaz, német precizitással ki van számolva a motívumok egymás közötti tempóaránya a darab előadásakor (pl. 1.33) ami a barokknál hasznos, viszont ebben az impresszionista jellegű zenében az ember lehetne megengedőbb pl. azokkal a negyed triolákkal egy gyorsabb tempó erejéig.
Nekem a Koloss-féle interpretáció jön át a legjobban de a Martin Kondziella féle sem rossz.
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[@MrDavie1980]

bitang.. :-)

[@andrasirto230]

Megy ez neked! ;)

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[@lowe-quay-shush]

I love Messiaen's organ compositions. Are there CD's available that are recorded on this particular organ by this guy?