Max Reger is regarded by many as the greatest German composer of organ music since Bach, whose traditions he developed in the wide variety of hymn settings to be found in the 52 Easy Chorale Preludes. Reger’s contrapuntal mastery and contrasting moods are present in the first of three volumes of Monologues, Op. 63, which opens with an impressive and monumental Prelude. The Postludium in D minor is a fitting conclusion to the programme. The E. M. Skinner organ in the Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, Chicago, is one of four University instruments considered amongst the finest examples of 20th-century romantic organs built in America.
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Reger, Max
Monologe, Op. 63: Nos. 1-4
1 No. 1. Prelude 07:11
2 No. 2. Fugue 07:47
3 No. 3. Canzona 06:41
4 No. 4. Capriccio 06:16
52 Easy Chorale Preludes, Op. 67 (excerpts)
5 No. 16. Ich dank dir, lieber Herre 03:09
6 No. 17. Ich will dich lieben, meine Staerke 02:41
7 No. 18. Jerusalem, du hochgebaute Stadt 02:31
8 No. 19. Jesu Leiden, Pein und Tod 03:11
9 No. 20. Jesu meine Zuversicht 02:21
10 No. 21. Jesu meine Freude 02:05
11 No. 22. Komm, o komm, du Geist des Lebens 01:18
12 No. 23. Lobt Gott, ihr Christen alle gleich 01:12
13 No. 24. Lobe den Herren, den maechtigen Koenig der Ehren 02:04
14 No. 25. Mach's mit mir, nach deiner Guet' 03:22
15 No. 26. Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht 02:46
16 No. 27. Nun danket alle Gott 02:51
17 No. 28. Nun freut euch, lieben Christen 01:45
18 No. 29. Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland 01:41
19 No. 30. O Gott, du frommer Gott 02:12
20 No. 31. O Jesu Christ, meines Lebens Licht 01:13
21 No. 32. O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig 02:15
22 No. 33. O, Welt, ich muss dich lassen 03:10
23 No. 34. Schmucke dich, o liebe Seele 02:09
24 No. 35. Seelenbraeutigam 03:11
Postludium in D minor, WoO 4, No. 12
25 Postludium in D minor, WoO 4, No. 12 03:17
