Bach, J S: Prelude & Fugue in E flat major, BWV552 'St Anne'

JS Bach’s works are played on this recording on the historic organ Isnard de la Basilique du Couvent Royal de Saint-Maximin.

The organist and musicologist Hubert Meister died at the end of 2010 and in his memory MDG is making three of his recordings available for the first time on a double CD. Meister recorded the music from the period between 1701 and 1744 on Mathis organs in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Recorded on the Hildebrandtorgel St. Wenzel

The present church building was completed in 1690 and sits on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile. Both the Palace of Holyroodhouse and Edinburgh Castle lie within the Parish of Canongate, as does the Scottish Parliament. Canongate Kirk is also recognised as the Military Church in Scotland's Capital City. Considerable changes to the interior were carried out after World War II when two major 19th century additions to the church were removed: the wall which blocked off the nave from the apse; and the side galleries. At the same time, new furnishings were presented: particularly the stalls in the apse, the Royal Pew, the Governor's Pew and the Choir Stalls. The organ was designed and built by Th. Frobenius of Copenhagen, Denmark and is situated in the gallery over the entrance. It is a memorial to The Very Reverend Ronald Selby Wright CVO, TD, DD, FRSE, who was Minister at Canongate from 1937 to 1977, and was dedicated on Sunday 15 November 1998.

Schoenberg’s arrangements of other composers’ music are often neglected, overshadowed by the many masterpieces of musicological significance his catalogue boasts, yet they were an area to which he devoted a considerable amount of time, transcribing all kinds of music, from popular Viennese songs to operetta excerpts and Strauss waltzes, as well as scores (re)composed by Zemlinsky and works by Bach and Brahms.