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Gold

Lukas Hasler

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Organist Lukas Hasler presents "Gold", a radiant debut album featuring his own transcriptions and arrangements for organ. What began five years ago with a fascination for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "G major Sonata" in Edvard Grieg's version for two pianos evolved into an artistic journey in the transformative world of transcription. Hasler discovered in the organ an instrument that could not only reproduce orchestral and pianistic textures, but also transform them into something completely new. To realize this vision, he turned to the legendary Großer Saal of the Musikverein in Vienna, whose expressive possibilities and radiant acoustics inspired both the choice of repertoire and the album's title. "Gold" offers a rich spectrum of colors and styles, from the jubilant brilliance of Johann Sebastian Bach's "Sinfonia" (in Dupré's lively transcription) to the delicate intimacy of Robert Schumann's "Romance", recorded here for the first time on the organ. Hasler gives Edwin H. Lemare's arrangement of "Carmen Fantasy" a theatrical flair, Ludwig van Beethoven's "Moonlight" Adagio is played with great serenity, and Anton Bruckner's "Zeroth Scherzo" with symphonic vitality, while Mozart's "G Major Sonata" - filtered through Edvard Grieg's imagination and Hasler's own artistry - bridges classical clarity and romantic warmth. Sergei Rachmaninoff's tempestuous "Prélude", Louis J.-A. Lefébure-Wélé's sparkling "Boléro" and the playful, genre-transcending "Vienna Calling" complete a program that celebrates the inventiveness, personality and golden richness of the Viennese organ sound.

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Tracklist

01 Cantata No. 29 (Arr. for Organ by Marcel Dupré): I. Sinfonia 04:45
02 3 Romanzen, Op. 28: II. Einfach 04:28
03 Carmen: Prélude (Arr. for Organ by Edwin H. Lemare) 12:53
04 Piano Sonata No. 14, Op. 27 No. 2 (Arr. for Organ by Lukas Hasler): I. Adagio sostenuto 07:59
05 Symphony in D Minor 'Annullierte', WAB 100 (Arr. for Organ by Erwin Horn): Scherzo: Presto — Trio: Langsamer und ruhiger 08:08
06 Piano Sonata No. 5 in G Major, K.283/189h (Arr. for Organ by Lukas Hasler): I. Allegro 03:55
07 Piano Sonata No. 5 in G Major, K.283/189h (Arr. for Organ by Lukas Hasler): II. Andante 05:13
08 Piano Sonata No. 5 in G Major, K.283/189h (Arr. for Organ by Lukas Hasler): III. Presto 04:26
09 Prelude in G Minor, Op. 23/5 (Arr. for Organ by Gottfried H. Federlein): V. Alla marcia 04:46
10 Boléro de concert, Op. 166 (Arr. for Organ by Lukas Hasler) 04:48
11 Vienna Calling (Arr. for Organ by Alex Johansson & Lukas Hasler) 02:29