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Raphael / Urponen - Organ Music Vol. 1

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Format: CD
Rel. Date: 04/18/2025
UPC: 5060113447593

Organ Music Vol. 1
Artist: Raphael / Urponen
Format: CD
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In the 1930s, as Gunter Raphael (1903-60) found doors closing in his native Germany - he was half-Jewish - he was accorded a warm reception in Finland, where his music was heard in a series of broadcast concerts. There was a family connection, too: Raphael's grandfather had taught Sibelius in Berlin. Raphael acknowledged his welcome by incorporating Finnish material into his music, and his Op. 41 is a monumental organ triptych based on Finnish chorales, with two towering contrapuntal edifices either side of a Baroque suite.
        
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