Daniel Chorzempa - Bach-Liszt - Organ Works - PentaTone Classics PTC 5186 127 (2005) SACD rip via PS3 to iso (2.71GB) | 24bit/88.2kHz flac | Mch (3.23GB) (+5.54dB gain) | 2ch (1.03GB) DR11 (+5.97dB gain) | Classical DSD re-mastered Quad recording (analogue, originally 1970) :) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amazon review by J Scott Morrison: When I was doing some research about organist Daniel Chorzempa I was amazed to learn that he is an American, born in Minnesota & educated at the University of Minnesota. I'd known his recordings from years ago & had always assumed he was European, & indeed I believe he has been based in Europe since the late 1960s. He also studied in Cologne, primarily as a pianist & began his career as a pianist 1st & foremost. He even recorded the Well-Tempered Clavier on harpsichord. But it is as a virtuoso organist that he is best known. (He is also a composer of electronic music, none of which I've ever heard.) This SACD from PentaTone was recorded originally in 1970, not long after he'd made his official debut as an organist. (His organ recitals are notable for being played from memory.) The performances were taken down in the then-new quadraphonic system & released on Philips LPs. But of course quadraphonic LPs were a less than ideal carrier for the 4ch sound on the tapes. Fortunately PentaTone, a company founded by ex-Philips personnel, has been reissuing quad recordings on SACDs remastered from those tapes & they sound spectacularly lifelike. They are, of course, in 4ch sound, not the 6ch that the modern SACD system is capable of. The program here comprises some of the young Bach's most popular works: the inevitable Toccata & Fugue in D Minor (albeit there is still a scholarly debate about whether the work is actually by Bach -- frankly he gets my vote, but then I'm not a musicologist), the Passacaglia in C Minor, & the Preludes & Fugues in D, BWV 532, & in A Minor, BWV 543. The Bach works are played on a 1534 organ considerably updated by the great Dutch organ builder, D. A. Flentrop, in 1968, located in Our Lady's Church, Breda, Holland. The program ends with a performance of Liszt's Variations on Bach's Cantata 'Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen' S179. It is played on a different organ, built anew in 1968 by Flentrop for the Rotterdam concert hall 'De Doelen.' The playing is virtuosic, to say the least. The Toccata & Fugue performance makes the most of the work's flash & pizzazz without overstepping the bounds of good taste. The Passacaglia is played with a fair amount of restraint. My only complaint about its performance is that Chorzempa emphasizes the passacaglia bass line rather more than I like. Still, it's a worthy performance overall. The same virtuosic restraint is characteristic of the 2 Preludes & Fugues, except for the Fugue in D which is breathtakingly exciting especially in its pedalwork. As for the Liszt Variations I cannot be a good judge of the performance largely because I've never cottoned to the piece which strikes me as containing some of the worst excesses of Romantic organ writing. It is not helpful that Chorzempa uses a bit more tremolo in his reed-dominated registrations than I am comfortable with. But for marvelous playing overall, & for spectacular sound of demonstration quality for all its being a 46 years old recording, this SACD is worth its price. Tracks: 01-Toccata and Fugue in D-minor, BWV 565 - Toccata 02-Toccata and Fugue in D-minor, BWV 565 - Fugue 03-Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582 - Passacaglia 04-Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582 - Fugue 05-Prelude and Fugue in D, BWV 532 - Prelude 06-Prelude and Fugue in D, BWV 532 - Fugue 07-Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543 - Prelude 08-Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543 - Fugue 09-Variations on Bach's cantata - "Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen" http://www.filefactory.com/folder/49e7e69376534f4d -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Checksum for iso: f8a38212f47afe55d1f88845ef7ffbf1 *Daniel Chorzempa -.iso Checksums for flac tracks Mch: 42123a85227e0d9288a386575c564c47 *01 - Daniel Chorzempa - Toccata and Fugue in D-minor, BWV 565 - Toccata.flac 525b6bf4fea4c901925a6eb54f734af4 *02 - Daniel Chorzempa - Toccata and Fugue in D-minor, BWV 565 - Fugue.flac ead4f3fb25562b133070c8312a9c151d *03 - Daniel Chorzempa - Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582 - Passacaglia.flac fe3fa180fb9352e5e3b7d80b12470022 *04 - Daniel Chorzempa - Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582 - Fugue.flac 62d1e6a27e3471bf827c619fd78e2edc *05 - Daniel Chorzempa - Prelude and Fugue in D, BWV 532 - Prelude.flac fd093eda55733b85519eab3ddc0835a4 *06 - Daniel Chorzempa - Prelude and Fugue in D, BWV 532 - Fugue.flac a55aa743bd4b1134455f72b4f4c104ef *07 - Daniel Chorzempa - Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543 - Prelude.flac 9d888431aa4e09d3dd54d2e7550e98a8 *08 - Daniel Chorzempa - Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543 - Fugue.flac 465c9c6b0a6ce0f7e8931e25c7b285f7 *09 - Daniel Chorzempa - Variations on Bach's cantata - Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zag.flac Checksums for flac tracks 2ch: 1938897bd87e87cc6e2e35b090405eb4 *01 - Daniel Chorzempa - Toccata and Fugue in D-minor, BWV 565 - Toccata.flac dc04806cd4672af94b6138d7de04173f *02 - Daniel Chorzempa - Toccata and Fugue in D-minor, BWV 565 - Fugue.flac 613a51072d49a3802396bb3110653fcd *03 - Daniel Chorzempa - Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582 - Passacaglia.flac ee444c7b7619c24d21c9dcf22ff5fbad *04 - Daniel Chorzempa - Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582 - Fugue.flac 55e16ac34876e0d02ffd4952d1827aff *05 - Daniel Chorzempa - Prelude and Fugue in D, BWV 532 - Prelude.flac 7f1a949f3b1ba030de6a2589874b4f08 *06 - Daniel Chorzempa - Prelude and Fugue in D, BWV 532 - Fugue.flac 103faa3a7a9841b81f0b64f329d9b5e0 *07 - Daniel Chorzempa - Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543 - Prelude.flac 7416885defe7cd17b1f47b93d904c700 *08 - Daniel Chorzempa - Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543 - Fugue.flac e984b72dd3a35042227d45d7770cd4cd *09 - Daniel Chorzempa - Variations on Bach's cantata - Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zag.flac