Organ Magic - legendary virtuoso Xaver Varnus plays the baroque organ of Szentgotthárd Abbey / Bach - Toccata & Fugue in D minor / Mozart Adagio & Rondeau / Albinoni - Adagio / Hungaroton

BCD 770755 Blue Angel

Audio CD 1992

MADE IN HUNGARY

TOTAL TIME: 61 MINUTES 

UPC 5050582000344

Xaver Varnus Born in Budapest, the first child of a mathematician mother and a jazz pianist father, he knew by the age of six exactly what he would become. His first piano teacher was Emma Németh, one of the last pupils of Claude Debussy. At sixteen, he undertook his first concert tour of Europe. In 1981 Varnus left Hungary to study with the formidable Pierre Cochereau, the late organist of Notre Dame de Paris.

Varnus has received many honors, including the Great Cross of Civil Merit of the Republic of Hungary, the highest honor for important figures in the history of the country.

Tracklist:

1. Toccata and fugue in D minor, BWV 565 ;

2. Pastorale, BWV 590 / J.S. Bach --

3. Chorale prelude "In dulci jubilo", BWV 751 ;

4. Two short preludes, BWV 533 ;

5. Fugue in F minor, BWV 578 / Bach --

6. Adagio and rondeau, K. 617 / Mozart --

7. Adagio for organ and strings / T. Albinoni.

Xaver Varnus, Szentgotthárd Abbey Organ

Musica Chamber Players, Conducted by János Petró