Prague: The Age of The Baroque (FISCHER/SEGER/KERLL/MUFFAT/KOPRIVA) - Pavel Kohout, organ

Prague's Baroque Golden Age unveils a selection of works on the Mundt organ, including pieces by composers from Bohemia, such as Josef Seger, one of its first organists, or works that were performed in Prague, a major crossroads and center of cultural exchange in Europe during the Baroque era.

The Mundt organ is the jewel of Bohemia's historic organs. Its exceptional value, the refinement of its sound, and its extraordinary state of preservation—it is almost entirely original—make it a unique instrument. Few 17th-century European instruments possess such originality.

Hans Heinrich Mundt organ (1673) of the Church of Our Lady before Týn in Prague (Czech Republic)

Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger
1.    Prélude et Fugue en do Majeur / C dur    5'19
2.    Fantaisie et Fugue en ré mineur / D moll    8'50

     Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (1656-1746)
3.    Aria    12'59

     Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger
4.    Prélude et Fugue en do mineur / C moll    4'53

     Johann Kaspar Kerll
5.    Canzone III en ré mineur / D moll    3'40
6.    Passacaille en ré mineur / D moll    7'00

     Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger
7.    Toccata et Fugue en ré mineur / D moll    4'22
8.    Fugue en la mineur / A moll    2'24
9.    Toccata et Fugue Pastorale    4'32

     Georg Muffat (1653-1704)
10.    Aria sub Elevatione    6'23

     Karel Blažej Kopřiva
11.    Fugue en ré mineur / D moll    3'18