Franz Lehrndorfer
A contemporary organist steeped in the instrument's venerable traditions, Franz Lehrndorfer was born in Salzburg, Austria, but grew up in Germany's Bavaria state. His father was a music scholar and sometime choir director who insured that the household had a musical atmosphere.
Lehrndorfer's organ studies paid off in 1957, when he took first prize in a prestigious West German radio network competition. After another decade of performing he gained institutional security twice over in 1969, becoming organist at Munich Cathedral and being named head of the Department of Organ and Catholic Liturgical Music at the Munich Conservatory. Lehrndorfer went on to establish a formal organ school under his own direction; its graduates themselves form a veritable school of German organ playing.
Lehrndorfer performed and recorded much of the standard German organ repertory, from J. S. Bach to Max Reger. His work is most distinctive in its focus on improvisation, for centuries a central aspect of the organist's art and a crucial lost skill for organists even more than for other classical musicians. Lehrndorfer was cathedral organist in Munich for over thirty years. His regular concerts there built directly upon those of his long line of predecessors in the post, and for their listeners, those concerts were informed by an unbroken musical tradition.
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Dom zu München - Glocken und Orgeln
Classical - Lançado por Agk em 1 de nov. de 2013
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Theme & Variations, Vol. 2: Franz Lehrndorfer Improvises on the New Organ in the Dome at Munich
Classical - Lançado por Celestial Harmonies em 1 de jan. de 1994
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Theme & Variations, Vol. 1: Improvisations on Children's Songs
Classical - Lançado por Celestial Harmonies em 1 de jan. de 1984
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Suder: Works for Chamber Orchestra
Uwe Mund, Bamberger Symphoniker, Franz Lehrndorfer
Classical - Lançado por Orfeo em 6 de dez. de 1994
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Bach-Trompeten-Gala, Vol. 1 (Arr. by Arnold Mehl for Organ and Brass Ensemble)
Bach-Trompetenensemble München, Franz Lehrndorfer
Classical - Lançado por Ars Musici em 1 de jan. de 2009
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Josef Zilch & Joseph Haydn: Festliche Jagdmusik (Festive Hunting Music)
Franz Lehrndorfer, Otto Schmitz, Rainer Schmitz, Sebastian Huber, Rolf-Jürgen Eisermann, Nuernberger Symphoniker 291:Josef Zilch
Classical - Lançado por Colosseum Classics em 1 de nov. de 1992
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Haydn: Organ Concerto No. 1 & Two Concertos for Lira No. 2 & 4
Franz Lehrndorfer, Hugo Ruf, The Stuttgart Soloists
Classical - Lançado por HORTUS em 1 de jan. de 1990
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Haydn, M.: Concerto for Organ, Viola and Strings, P. 55 / Symphonies - P. 9, 27, 33
Cappella Coloniensis, Franz Lehrndorfer, Wilfried Boettcher, Ulrich Koch
Classical - Lançado por Phoenix em 17 de ago. de 2009
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Für Elise, Vol. 2
Classical - Lançado por Adora em 5 de mar. de 2021
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Music for a Wedding
Werner Simons, Franz Lehrndorfer
Classical - Lançado por Allegretto em 22 de ago. de 1994
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Für Elise, Vol. 3
Classical - Lançado por Adora em 5 de mar. de 2021
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Trombone & Organ
Armin Rosin, Franz Lehrndorfer
Classical - Lançado por VMS Musical Treasures em 12 de ago. de 2018
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Musik und die Natur
Classical - Lançado por Bob-Media em 1 de jan. de 2015
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