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Franck: Organ Works - Prelude, Fugue & Variation Op. 18; Fantasy in A; Cantabile; Pièce Héroique; Final Op. 21 / Dupre: Variations on a Noel Op. 20 - David Schrader playing the Jaeckel Organ at the Pilgrim Congregational Church in Duluth, Minnesota
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About Franck: Organ Works - Prelude, Fugue & Variation
Review A fascinating instrument exhibited in distinctive performances of a generous, happily chosen program wrapped into a first-rate production. -- Fanfare Schrader finds a perfect balance between [Franck]'s religious solemnity and the warm, glowing solace of his music. -- Chicago Tribune Product Description For his third organ recording on Cedille Records, keyboard artist David Schrader explores the chromatic development of French organ music in a program that characteristically sets out to engage listeners' intellects. The intelligently programmed, vivid-sounding recording of music by César Franck and Marcel Dupré is performed by Schrader on the Jaeckel Organ at the Pilgrim Congregational Church, Duluth, Minnesota. Completed in 1988, the organ is modeled on the 19th-century French organs of Cavaillé-Coll. Schrader's approach to the Franck Prelude, Fugue & Variation is poignant and lilting, in stark contrast to the fast, mechanical tempos heard on other recordings. Schrader also marches to an unconventional beat with the lovely Cantabile, which Cedille producer Jim Ginsburg says is usually performed too sluggishly. On Dupré's playful "Variations on a Noël", Schrader makes the most of the music's almost carnival calliope aspects, taking the listener on a vertiginous, dreamlike carousel ride, concluding with the tortuous toccata -- all performed on a completely mechanical, "suspended" key action instrument. Such an instrument "allows for greater nuance in interpretation and far greater muscular and aerobic exercise," Schrader writes in the liner notes. About the Artist Born in Chicago in 1952, David Schrader received his Performer's Certificate (1975), Masters (1976), and Doctor of Music Degree (1987) from Indiana University and is now a Professor at Roosevelt University's College of the Performing Arts. A familiar Ãgure to audiences in the Windy City, the multifaceted Schrader has been hailed for his performances of baroque and classical repertoire on harpsichord and fortepiano, and music of vastly divergent styles and eras on organ and piano. Mr. Schrader has appeared in recital and performed with major orchestras throughout North America, Europe, and Japan, including frequent appearances as soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under such celebrated conductors as Daniel Barenboim, Claudio Abbado, Erich Leinsdorf, and Sir Georg Solti, with whom Schrader has made three recordings for London Records. David Schrader is currently organist at Chicago's Church of the Ascension and a member of the Chicago Baroque Ensemble.
