Michael Unger: Organ Recital (6th International O
) | Label: NAXOS Catalog: 8572246 Format: CD Michael Unger - Organ (Marcussen & Son Organ, Musashino Civic Cultural Hall, Tkoyo)Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BuxWV 142 Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude, An Wasserflussen Babylon, BWV 653 Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Allein Gott in der Hoh sei Ehr, BWV 662 : Allein Gott in der Hoh sei Ehr, BWV 662 Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543 : Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543 Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach 12 Organ Pieces: 12 Organ Pieces: No. 1. Prelude Composer: Gaston Litaize Prelude and Danse Fugue Composer: Gaston Litaize 07. Organ Symphony No. 7, Op. 42, No. 3: Organ Symphony No. 7, Op. 42, No. 3: II. Choral: Andante Composer: Widor, Charles-Marie 08. La Nativite du Seigneur : La Nativite du Seigneur: IX. Dieu parmi nous Composer: Olivier Messiaen Canadian-born Michael Unger is a multi-award winner, including First Prize in the 2008 Sixth International Organ Competition Musashino-Tokyo, Japan, and First and Audience Prize in the 2008 American Guild of Organists’ National Young Artists Competition. The music chosen for his début Naxos recital follows a kind of spiritual progression from death to life, beginning with a dramatic baroque depiction of death’s dance (Praeludium in E, Buxtehude), and concluding with an exuberant twentieth-century affirmation of religious incarnation (Dieu parmi nous, Messiaen). Michael Unger performs extensively, and is also a church musician, chamber musician and published composer. Unger is an alumnus of the University of Western Ontario, and the Eastman School of music.  Price: $19.98 |