Organ Recordings played by Jan-Uwe Ness

1. Various instruments: Organ literature and improvisations
2. Literature performed on My Digital Organ at home.
3. Sponanteous Improvisations
4. Experimental

1. Literature on various organs

   1. Played in the Monasterio de El Escorial

      Concerto II A minor BWV 593 First Movement Louis James Alfred Lefebure Wely (1817-1870): Sortie

   2. Played on Great Organ in Magdeburg Cathedral

      Mattheus-Final, J.S. Bach, Orchestration de Ch. Widor (1844-1937) Concerto II A minor BWV 593 First Movement Wedding March from Lohengrin (Wagner)

   3. Kleuker Organ at St. Nikolai, Kiel, Germany

      Herr Christ der einig Gott's Sohn (BWV 601) (J.S. Bach)

   4. Tolle/Neutor Organ at St. Ansgar, Kiel, Germany

      Felix Mendelsson Bartholdy (1809-1847), Sonate N o 2 C-Moll Op.65: Movements 1+2 3. Movement Vincent Luebeck (1654-1740): Praeludium F-Major Fuge F-Major Toccata D-minor BWV 565 (J.S. Bach) Ach Gott verlass mich nicht (M. Reger)

   5. Petri und Pauli Kirche, Bergedorf (Hamburg):

      Praeludium C-Dur, BWV 545 (J.S. Bach) Praeludium G-Dur Op.37 Felix Mendelsson Bartholdy (1809-1847) Choral: Komm Oh Tod Du Schlafes Bruder (BWV 56) 12 Monologues for Organ by Joseph Rheinberger (1839-1901) No.1 No.2 No.3 Spontaneous Improvisation (7:47)

   6. Baroque Spanish-style Organ from 1766 in Oña, near Burgos, Spain
      

      Concert on 19 September 2009 Largo by G.F. Haendel (1685-1759) Cesar Franck (1822-1890), Pieces pour Orgue ou Harmonium: Poco Allegretto Poco Lento Maestoso Sortie Cesar Franck (1822-1890), Vieux Noel: Andantino Maestoso Original Charleston - Foxtrott

2. Literature on Viscount Organ at home

   1. Toccata and Fuge D-minor BWV 565 (J.S. Bach)
      • Toccata
      • Fuge
   2. Prelude by Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
   3. Concerto II A minor BWV 593
      • First movement
      • Second movement
      • Third movement
   4. Brabanschen ronden dans ofte Brand (ann. 1599)
   5. Allegro in G minor by William Herschel (1738-1822)
   6. Toccata, Adagio, and Fuge C-Major, BWV 564 (J.S. Bach)
      • Toccata
      • Adagio
      • Fuge
   7. Scherzo Opus 65, No. 10 by Max Reger (1873-1916)
   8. Haendels Firework Music, mixed with Hymn "Lobet den Herrn"
   9. Sortie by Lefebure-Wely (1817-1869)
   10. Last Movement from D-Major Sonata by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)
   11. Suite Gothique Opus 25 by L. Boellmann (1862-1897):
       1. 3rd Movement
       2. Toccata
   12. Original Charleston - Foxtrott
   13. The Elephant from the Carnival of the animals
   14. Intrade in Jazz Johannes Matthias Michel
   15. Stille Nacht Melody by Franz Gruber (1818)
   16. Mattheus-Final, J.S. Bach, Orchestration de Ch. Widor (1844-1937)
   17. Der Mond ist aufgegangen Melody by J.A. Peter Schulz (1767-1800)

3. Spontaneous Improvisations

   Recordings of spontaneous improvisations. I just played what came to mind. Getting a totally perfect improvisation is not so easy, as the mind sometimes wanders a bit far away, so some deficiencies will be noted.
   Giving names to improvisations is difficult, so I just label them with roman numbers. Below I give some comments describing a bit the character.
   1. Plenum, with flowing character (2:26)
   2. Oboe (4:13)
   3. Joyful plenum in G-menor (3:39) 2016-09-16
   4. Pure Reeds (5:03)
   5. Strings (4:53)
   6. Plenum (2:38)
      Contains a couple of ii-V-I turnarounds (German term: Dominantvorhalt)
   7. March (3:23)
   8. Fanfare (2:26)
      The organ sounds a bit out of tune but was in fact set to historic Meantone temperament; perhaps not best choice for improvisations with a lot of modulations and probably for this reason the recording ends a bit abruptly.
   9. Cheeky (1:34)
      An attempt to be cheeky is a bit risky for an improvisation, and the rythm is not always as systematic as a composer would set it.
   10. Deep Waters (2:38)
   Darkish character with a lot of 16' voices involved. Calm to relax.
   11. Swing (3:11)
   12. Bag Pipe (2:24)
       Again in Meantone temperament
   13. Theatre Organ (4:55)
       Plenum with tremulos, sounding like a theater organ. A bit like Phantom of the opera.
   14. Madness (8:36)

4. Experimental

   These are imperfect recordings, either I got lost somewhere, the recordings don't go to the end etc....
   1. Played on the Allen Organ in Valladolid, Spain

      Concerto II A minor BWV 593 Third Movement

   2. Played in the Monasterio de El Escorial

      Fuge C-Major, BWV 564 Third Movement