Finn Viderø – The Legendary Danish Organ Player, Vol. 2

Review: DiapasonD’or Johann Sebastian Bach CD 1 1. Prelude 2. and Fugue in C Minor BWV 546 3. Prelude 4. and Fugue in C Major BWV 547 5. Fantasy in C Minor BWV 562 6. Toccata 7. and Fugue in F Major BWV 540 8. Pastorale BWV 590 9. Fantasy in G Major BWV 572 10. Prelude 11. and Fugue in A Major BWV 536 12. Prelude 13. and Fugue in B Minor BWV 544 CD 2 1. Variations on the Choral: O Gott, du frommer Gott BWV 767 Six Choral Fughettas: 2. Christum, wir sollen loben schon BWV 696 3. Gelobet sei’st du Jesu Christ BWV 697 4. Gottes Sohn ist kommen BWV 703 5. Herr Christ der ein’ge Gottes Sohn BWV 698 6. Lob sei dem allmächtigen Gott BWV 704 7. Nun komm’, der Heiden Heiland BWV 699 8. Canonic Variations: Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her BWV 769 Five Choral Preludes: 9. Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend BWV 709 10. Herzlich tut mich verlangen BWV 727 11. Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier BWV 706 12. Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten BWV 691 13. Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten BWV 690 Diderich Buxtehude 14. Te Deum laudamus BuxWV 218 Johann Pachelbel 15. Vom Himmel hoch, da komm’ ich her 16. Das Magnificat Mariae 17. Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christcc 18. O Lamm Gottes unschuldigc 19. Ich hab’ mein’ Sach Gott heimgestelltccccc The Church Organist © As church organist Viderø held firmly to his often spartan beliefs of registration on the organ. Before a wedding, one young couple with little or no knowledge of organ music asked Viderø if he could make the organ sparkle and bubble. Viderø, looking over his glasses, gave the abrupt answer: “Do you think I am a fizzy drink?” Viderø himself never got married and later in life became more of a recluse. He was an excellent cook for those lucky enough to get invited to his house in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, but bcpeople stayed away, portraying him as difficult. Something suggests that Viderø accepted the costs of his uncompromising nature. One of his university pupils described a more positive picture: “We had great sympathy for him and admired him, and his lectures were some of the best we had. He taught us the history of  harpsichord and organ music and played for us during the lectures. We were not used to it at all. He was an excellent musician, an outstanding researcher and incredible author of music. We felt he was not completely accepted in the music establishment. He was very dry, very cynical and with a sardonic wit. But also a bitter man – maybe it was just his nature.” RELEASE DATE: AUGUST 2018 CATALOGUE NUMBER: DACOCD 793-794CCC EAN: 5709499793947 Download BOOKLET (PDF) Related