Organy Kościoła Mariackiego w Krakowie (DUX 0225)

Bach Johann Sebastian Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565, Chorale Prelude "An Wasserflüssen Babylon" BWV 653b
Buxtehude Dietrich Toccata and Fugue in F major
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Felix Sonata No. 3 in A major
Franck César Choral in E major
Nowowiejski Feliks Polish Fantasy "The Christmas Mass in the Wawel Cathedral" op. 9 no. 1, Fantasy " The Christmas Mass in the Ancient Marian Church in Cracow" op. 31 no. 3
Moszumańska-Nazar Krystyna Oratio brevis
Perf.: Marek Stefański - organ
* DUX 1996 - DUX 0225, DDD 68'05''

The history of the Marian Church Organ, the organ of Cracow’s most famous church, dates back to the 15th century. In mid-19th century, after the destruction of the “royal organ”, the other instrument (at the Western choir) was successively rebuilt and extended. To-day, it is an instrument of superior quality, both musically and architectonically.
Stefański excellently demonstrates the full sound of the 56-stop organ with his playing. The selected compositions lead us through the history of organ music from the Baroque (Bach’s masterly works) to the Romantic Mendelssohn Sonata and 20th-century Polish music - Feliks Nowowiejski and Krystyna Moszumańska-Nazar.