Johann Ludwig Krebs, Gerhard Weinberger

Sämtliche Orgelwerke Vol. 2

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Johann Ludwig Krebs, a student of Bach and court organist in Zwickau, left behind a substantial body of keyboard music that deserves far more attention than it typically receives. This second volume of his complete organ works, performed by Gerhard Weinberger, showcases the composer's skill at both abstract counterpoint and devotional arrangement. The program moves between intellectually rigorous preludes and fugues, intimate chorale treatments that transform familiar Lutheran hymn tunes into intimate meditations, and trio sonatas that display the conversational interplay characteristic of mid-eighteenth-century German organ music. Krebs inhabited a peculiar historical moment—trained in the canons of high Baroque polyphony but working as tastes shifted toward Classical elegance—and this tension animates his music, giving it a reflective quality that neither fully inhabits the past nor rushes toward the future. Weinberger's interpretations capture that balance with clarity and restraint.

Item Details+
Genre Classical
Style Baroque, Organ
Media Mint (M)
Sleeve Mint (M)
Description Sealed. Carefully packed and shipped with love from Vienna. Order more, save on shipping!
Label Motette Ursina
Year 2001
Country Germany
Format CD
Tracklist+

Praeludium Et Fuga In C

Choralbearbeitungen [Chorale Arrangements]:

3. 'Warum Betrübst Du Dich, Mein Herz' 4:07

4. Fantasia Sopra 'Wer Nur Den Lieben Gott Läßt Walten' 3:15

5. 'Jesu, Meines Lebens Leben' 6:42

6. 'Freu Dich Sehr, O Meine Seele' 2:12

Trios:

7. Trio In F (Largo) 3:14

8. Trio In G (Allegro) 4:31

Choralbearbeitungen [Chorale Arrangements]:

9. 'O König, Dessen Majestät' 7:50

10. Fantasia Sopra 'Warum Sollt Ich Mich Denn Grämen' 3:01

Fugen:

11. Fuga In E♭ 2:00

12. Fuga In C Minor 2:52

Aus Der Clavierübung:

'Von Gott Will Ich Nicht Lassen'

'Jesu, Mein Freude'

'Was Gott Tut, Das Ist Wohlgetan'

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Praeludium Et Fuga In D

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