PUCCINI

Arias by Giacomo Puccini

Jonas Kaufmann, Rolando Villazón, Anna Netrebko, Elīna Garanča, Plácido Domingo
(Various Artists, Gunther Rost, digital organ)

Deutsche Grammophon 2016
DGG 4068511

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MEDITATION

Elīna Garanča

Allegri, Mozart, Gounod, Bizet, Puccini,  Mascagni, Vasks

Elīna Garanča, mezzo-soprano
Latvian Radio Choir
Opernchor Saarbrücken
Sigvards Kļava, choir direction
Gunther Rost, digital organ
Deutsche Radiophilharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern
Karel Mark Chichon, conductor

Deutsche Grammophon 2014
DGG 4792071

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PETR EBEN – CHAMBER MUSIC / CONCERTO

Okna / Landscapes / Concerto No. 2

Windows for Organ and Trumpet
Landscapes of Patmos for Organ and Percussion
Second Concerto for Organ and Orchestra

Gunther Rost, organ
Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet
Babette Haag, percussion
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Gabriel Feltz, conductor

Bayerischer Rundfunk / OehmsClassics 2012
OC 420

»Rost and the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra with conductor Gabriel Feltz form a world-class team, that is unfortunately only seldom encountered when it comes to recordings«
(Fono Forum)

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FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN

24 Préludes op. 28

Gunther Rost, Stiftsbasilika Kevelaer

DLR Kultur / OehmsClassics 2011
SACD - OC 681

»Rost knows how to 'orchestrate' these pieces convincingly«
(BR Klassik CD-Tipp)

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WANDERER

Christoph Prégardien

Schumann, Killmayer and Mahler: Lieder
in chamber music arrangements

Christoph Prégardien, tenor
ensembleKONTRASTE
Gunther Rost, harmonium

Challenge Classics 2011
SACD - CC 72518

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TRILOGIES

Marcel Dupré & Jehan Alain

M. Dupré: Trois Préludes et Fugues op. 7,
Trois Esquisses op. 41
J. Alain: Trois Danses

Gunther Rost, Neubaukirche Würzburg
Bayerischer Rundfunk / OehmsClassics 2010
SACD - OC 679

»Breathtaking moments, combined with exceptionally gifted, virtuosic playing« (orgelnieuws.nl)

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PETR EBEN – SYMPHONIA GREGORIANA

Concerto No. 1 for Organ and Orchestra

Gunther Rost, organ
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Gabriel Feltz, conductor

Bayerischer Rundfunk / OehmsClassics 2010
SACD - OC 643

»one of the finest performances and best produced CDs that I have heard for some considerable time« (The Dvorak Society London)

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ANTONIO VIVALDI – SIX CONCERTOS

Arrangements by J. S. Bach and G. Rost

Gunther Rost, Naumburg St. Wenzel
Bayerischer Rundfunk / OehmsClassics 2010
SACD - OC 642

»Rost’s style in this early repertoire is impeccable, and it is the sense of freedom and fantasy (particularly in terms of rhythm and touch) in these performances that makes the release so thoroughly enjoyable from beginning to end.«
(Fanfare Magazine)

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JOH. SEB. BACH – GOLDBERG VARIATIONS

Clavierübung 1741, BWV 988

Gunther Rost, Paris St. Louis en l’Île
Bayerischer Rundfunk / OehmsClassics 2009
SACD - OC 636

»Rost's ingenuity and the extraordinary sound variety of the organ make this possibly the most distinctive recording to be heard today - including harpsichord and piano versions.«
(Fono Forum)

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PETR EBEN – COMPLETE ORGAN WORKS I

Faust / Mutationes

Gunther Rost, St. Martin Memmingen
SWR / Motette 2002

»Rost is by far the best player of this music«
(American Record Guide)

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PETR EBEN – COMPLETE ORGAN WORKS II

Job

Gert Westphal, recitation
Gunther Rost, Tonhalle Zurich
Motette 2002

»A Gesamtkunstwerk, that also those, who are normally not that much into organ sound, will enjoy listening to.«
(Ars Organi)

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PETR EBEN – COMPLETE ORGAN WORKS III

Sunday Music / Laudes

Sunday Music, Laudes, Two Chorale Fantasies,
A Festive Voluntary - Variations on Good King Wenceslas

Gunther Rost, Neubaukirche Würzburg
Bayerischer Rundfunk / Motette 2005 / SACD

»Idealbesetzung!«
(Musik und Kirche)

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PETR EBEN – COMPLETE ORGAN WORKS IV

Biblical Dances / Hommages

Four Biblical Dances, Small Chorale Partita on "O Jesu, all mein Leben bist Du", Hommage à Dietrich Buxtehude, Versetti, Hommage à Henry Purcell

Gunther Rost, Fulda Cathedral
Bayerischer Rundfunk / Motette 2006 / SACD

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PETR EBEN – COMPLETE ORGAN WORKS V

The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart

The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart, Momenti d'Organo, Chorale Preludes, Campanae Gloriosae, Amen - es werde wahr

Gert Westphal, Recitation
Gunther Rost, Stiftsbasilika Waldsassen
BR / Motette 2006 / Double-SACD

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MYRIAM MARBE

Composer between Ritual and Abstraction

Maria Jonas, voice
Jeremias Schwarzer, recorder
Carin Levine, flute
Cornelius Bönsch, violoncello
Christian Niculescu, piano / celesta / harpsichord
Gunther Rost, organ

marc aurel edition 2004 / Double-CD

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