Krieger: Complete Harpsichord and Organ Music

Composer: Johann Krieger Artist: Alejandro Casal For online purchase and streaming: More information: Johann Krieger (1652-1735) won the esteem of Handel, no less, for the skill of his counterpoint and the inventive power of his organ music. For the theorist Mattheson, Krieger was likewise the pre-eminent exponent of complex counterpoint in his generation. Yet music-lovers have hitherto been able to sample Krieger’s work only in excerpted compilations. The present album occupies a unique place in the catalogue as by far the most extensive survey of Krieger on disc, containing his two published collections of keyboard music. Track list: 00:00:00 Johann Krieger: Fantasia è partita I in C Major: I. Fantasia 00:03:26 Johann Krieger: Fantasia è partita I in C Major: II. Allemande 00:07:38 Johann Krieger: Fantasia è p