Hieronymus Praetorius (1560-1629)
Jacob Praetorius jun. (1586-1651)
Organ Works
Hieronymus Praetorius:
Hymnus: Christe Qui Lux
Hymnus: Dies Absoluti
Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam
Hymnus: Te lucis
Magnificat Quinti Toni
Jacob Praetorius jun.:
Praeambulum ex d
Was kann uns kommen an für Not
Von allen Menschen abgewandt
Magnificat Tertii Toni
Joseph Kelemen, Scherer Organ 1624,
St. Stephan, Tangermünde
The present recording with works of Hieronymus and
Jacob Praetorius, Jr. (father and son) leads listeners to
the threshold of the Renaissance to the early Baroque
period, with the origins of North German organ music.
In well-established quality, Joseph Kelemen plays
the Scherer Organ in Tangermünde. This organ of
the Church of St. Stephan in the Hanseatic city of
Tangermünde was built by Hans Scherer the Younger
together with his brother Fritz in the years 1623/24 as
a gift of the city of Hamburg. It has over 32 stops on
three manuals and pedals; about 50% of the pipes (including
all the front pipes) as well as the carved casing
have been preserved in their original form.