Bernard Foccroulle - Praetorius & Schildt: Selected Organ Works (2019) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Bernard Foccroulle devotes his latest recording — the last of the anthology of Northern German organ music of the Baroque period — to Jacob Praetorius and Melchior Schildt, both pupils of Sweelinck. Praetorius and Schildt’s music is not only strongly marked by Lutheran tradition, in which the chorale played a fundamental part, but also by other influences, principally Italian, that prepared the way for the explosion of the stylus fantasticus at the end of the 17th century. Bernard Foccroulle was born in Liège (Belgium) in 1953. He began his international career as an organist in the mid-70s, playing a wide range of repertoire from Renaissance to contemporary music. He has performed dozens of world premieres of works by Philippe Boesmans, Brian Ferneyhough, Betsy Jolas, Xavier Darasse, Jonathan Harvey and Pascal Dusapin, among others. In the 1980s, he was a member of the Ricercar Consort, an ensemble devoted mainly to German baroque music. Since then, he has made his name as an organist as well as a composer and artistic director of major musical institutions.

Tracklist:
1. Von allen Menschen abgewandt (Versus I)
2. Von allen Menschen abgewandt (Versus II) 2. Von allen Menschen abgewandt (Versus II)
3. Vater unser im Himmelreich (Versus I) 3. Vater unser im Himmelreich (Versus I)
4. Vater unser im Himmelreich (Versus II) 4. Vater unser im Himmelreich (Versus II)
5. Vater unser im Himmelreich (Versus III) 5. Vater unser im Himmelreich (Versus III)
6. Vater unser im Himmelreich (Versus IV) 6. Vater unser im Himmelreich (Versus IV)
7. Vater unser im Himmelreich (Versus V) 7. Vater unser im Himmelreich (Versus V)
8. Vater unser im Himmelreich (Versus VI) 8. Vater unser im Himmelreich (Versus VI)
9. Vater unser im Himmelreich (Versus VII) 9. Vater unser im Himmelreich (Versus VII)
10. Praeambulum [F-Dur] 10. Praeambulum [F-Dur]
11. [Fantasia sopra] Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt 11. [Fantasia sopra] Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt
12. Herr Christ, der einig Gottessohn (Versus I) 12. Herr Christ, der einig Gottessohn (Versus I)
13. Herr Christ, der einig Gottessohn (Versus II) 13. Herr Christ, der einig Gottessohn (Versus II)
14. Herr Christ, der einig Gottessohn (Versus III) 14. Herr Christ, der einig Gottessohn (Versus III)
15. Herr Christ, der einig Gottessohn (Versus IV) 15. Herr Christ, der einig Gottessohn (Versus IV)
16. Herr Christ, der einig Gottessohn (Versus V) 16. Herr Christ, der einig Gottessohn (Versus V)
17. Praeambulum [G Dur] 17. Praeambulum [G Dur]
18. Magnificat primi modi (Versus I) 18. Magnificat primi modi (Versus I)
19. Magnificat primi modi (Versus II) 19. Magnificat primi modi (Versus II)
20. Magnificat primi modi (Versus III) 20. Magnificat primi modi (Versus III)
21. Magnificat primi modi (Versus IV) 21. Magnificat primi modi (Versus IV)
22. Magnificat primi modi (Versus V) 22. Magnificat primi modi (Versus V)

Personnel:
Bernard Foccroulle, organ