Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) - Preludes and Fugues, B. 302 16:24
1. I. Prelude in D major 2:18
2. II. Prelude in G major 1:45
3. III. Prelude in A minor 1:45
4. IV. Prelude in B flat major 1:45
5. V. Prelude in D major od Given Theme 2:13
6. VI. Fughetta in D major 0:45
7. VII. Fugue in D major 2:52
8. VIII. Fugue in G minor 2:52
Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859-1951)
9. Fantasy in C major, Op.14 8:33
10. Impromptu, Op.135 7:45
11. Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959) - Vigilia, H. 382 (revised and compl. by B. Janáček) 6:42
Leoš Janáček (1854-1928)
12. Overture 4:37
13. Varyto 5:22
14. Chorale Fantasia 8:37
Two Compositions for Organ
15. Adagio I 4:09
16. Adagio II 3:56
17. Organ Solo (Postlude) from Glagolitic Mass 2:50
Jan Hora organ SS Peter and Paul's Basilica at Vyšehrad, Prague, on 6-7 August and 1 October, 1996; Martinů Hall at the Lichtenstein Palace, Prague, on 19 September, 1996 (Postlude)
All the composers presented on this disc (except Martinů) have one thing in common: their musical education. They all graduated from the Prague Organ School. Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) completed his studies there in 1859 with a series of eight minor compositions - Preludes and Fugues. Later on in his career, he paid little attention to works for organ. Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859-1951), leaving the Organ School in 1882, was a universal type of artist. His Fantasy in C major was written towards the end of the 19th century, the Impromptu in 1925. Leoš Janáček (1854-1928) composed for his school-leaving assignment in 1875 three organ works: Overture, Varyto and Chorale Fantasia. His two Adagios - dated 1884 - reveal a far greater measure of individuality. For his Glagolitic Mass of 1926 he wrote a truly virtuoso Organ Solo (described in copies as Postlude). Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959) sketched his only organ composition - the lyrical Vigilia - in April 1959. The final 19 bars were duly completed by Bedřich Janáček, a Czech organist resident in Sweden.
Jan Hora (b. 1936 in Prague) studied organ playing with Prof. Jiří Reinberger and Prof. Johannes-Ernst Köhler. He won prizes at the International Bach Competitions in Ghent (1958) and Leipzig (1964). In 1965, he started concert activities abroad (most of the countries of Europe, the U.S.A. and Japan). He has made recordings of Janáček's Postlude with V á c l a v N e u m a n n, F r a n t i š e k J í l e k and S i r C h a r l e s M a c k e r r a s. At present, he is head of organ departments of the Musical Faculty of the Academy of Arts in Prague and of the Prague Conservatory.
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