Peeters: Organ Music

Marini, Roberto

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Flor Peeters was born in Tielen (Belgium), on 4 July 1903; he studied at the Lemmens Institute in Mechelen and in 1925 became the titular organist of the St. Rombaut cathedral in the same city. In 1926 he began his concert career which led him to hold concerts all over the world, becoming one of the greatest virtuosos of Europe. He dedicated a significant part of his life to teaching: first in the conservatory of Ghent (B) and Tilburg (NL), then in the Antwerp Conservatory, of which he became director in 1952. • Although Peeters composed symphonic works, chamber music and songs, it is for his Organ Works that he is mainly remembered. In these works he was inspired by Gregorian Chant and the Flemish polyphonists. • This new recording presents Peeters’ complete works for organ, consisting of the Suite Modale, the fascinating Lied Symphony, the Sinfonia Per Organo, Preludes, Flemish Rhapsody and a Symphonic Fantasy on a Gregorian Theme. • Italian organist Roberto Marini plays the magnificent Kleis organ (1930) of the Kristus Koning Kerk in Antwerp, an instrument which Flor Peeters himself inaugurated. • The booklet contains extensive liner notes on the works as well as the full specifications of the organ.

CD x 2

Muzyka klasyczna

Brilliant Classics

30-09-2019

5028421956374