Pachelbel: Organ Works, Volume 1 Matthew Owens

• Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706):
• 1Pachelbel: Prelude in D Minor, P40705:58
• 2Pachelbel: Fugue in D Minor, P15402:48
• 3Pachelbel: Toccata in F Major, P46302:52
• Chorale Partita 'Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen’, P7a:
• 4Pachelbel: Chorale Partita 'Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen’, P7a: I. Chorale00:51
• 5Pachelbel: Chorale Partita 'Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen’, P7a: II. Partita I00:55
• 6Pachelbel: Chorale Partita 'Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen’, P7a: III. Partita II00:56
• 7Pachelbel: Chorale Partita 'Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen’, P7a: IV. Partita III00:55
• 8Pachelbel: Chorale Partita 'Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen’, P7a: V. Partita IV01:00
• 9Pachelbel: Chorale Partita 'Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen’, P7a: VI. Partita V01:04
• 10Pachelbel: Chorale Partita 'Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen’, P7a: VII. Partita VI00:57
• Magnificat Fugue Quinti Toni:
• 11Pachelbel: Magnificat Fugue Quinti Toni I, P31402:02
• 12Pachelbel: Magnificat Fugue Quinti Toni II, P31501:40
• 13Pachelbel: Magnificat Fugue Quinti Toni III, P31601:19
• 14Pachelbel: Magnificat Fugue Quinti Toni IV, P31701:44
• 15Pachelbel: Magnificat Fugue Quinti Toni V, P31801:44
• 16Pachelbel: Magnificat Fugue Quinti Toni VI, P31901:49
• 17Pachelbel: Magnificat Fugue Quinti Toni VII, P32001:08
• 18Pachelbel: Magnificat Fugue Quinti Toni VIII, P32101:48
• 19Pachelbel: Magnificat Fugue Quinti Toni IX, P32201:27
• 20Pachelbel: Magnificat Fugue Quinti Toni X, P32301:19
• 21Pachelbel: Magnificat Fugue Quinti Toni XI, P32401:00
• 22Pachelbel: Magnificat Fugue Quinti Toni XII, P32502:26
• Johann Pachelbel:
• 23Pachelbel: Ciacona in F Minor, P4310:56
• Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz:
• 24Pachelbel: Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz, P48302:31
• 25Pachelbel: Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz, P48404:08
• Chorale Partita ‘Was Gott tut, das ist wholgetan’, P379:
• 26Pachelbel: Chorale Partita ‘Was Gott tut, das ist wholgetan’, P379: I. Chorale00:55
• 27Pachelbel: Chorale Partita ‘Was Gott tut, das ist wholgetan’, P379: II. Partita I00:57
• 28Pachelbel: Chorale Partita ‘Was Gott tut, das ist wholgetan’, P379: III. Partita II00:59
• 29Pachelbel: Chorale Partita ‘Was Gott tut, das ist wholgetan’, P379: IV. Partita III01:00
• 30Pachelbel: Chorale Partita ‘Was Gott tut, das ist wholgetan’, P379: V. Partita IV01:06
• 31Pachelbel: Chorale Partita ‘Was Gott tut, das ist wholgetan’, P379: VI. Partita V01:01
• 32Pachelbel: Chorale Partita ‘Was Gott tut, das ist wholgetan’, P379: XII. Partita VI00:55
• 33Pachelbel: Chorale Partita ‘Was Gott tut, das ist wholgetan’, P379: VIII. Partita VII01:04
• 34Pachelbel: Chorale Partita ‘Was Gott tut, das ist wholgetan’, P379: IX. Partita VIII00:43
• 35Pachelbel: Chorale Partita ‘Was Gott tut, das ist wholgetan’, P379: X. Partita IX00:55
• Johann Pachelbel:
• 36Pachelbel: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, P10605:50
• Total Runtime01:10:42

Info for Pachelbel: Organ Works, Volume 1

A close contemporary of Buxtehude, Johann Pachelbel was by all accounts an outstanding keyboard player himself, and his compositions provide a fascinating stylistic bridge between early-Baroque composers such as Frescobaldi and Froberger (both of whom influenced him) and the later music of Bach and his contemporaries.

Organist Matthew Owens embarks on a major exploration of the many extant organ works of Pachelbel beginning with this first volume recorded on the iconic 1965 Frobenius Organ of The Queen’s College Chapel in Oxford, considered a vital instrument in the classical organ revival in Britain. Demonstrating the huge range of his abilities as a composer, the diverse forms and styles Pachelbel used are revealed in this compelling recital.

Matthew Owens, organ

Matthew Owens
became Organist and Master of the Choristers of Wells Cathedral in January 2005, having previously been Organist and Master of the Music at St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh, and Sub Organist of Manchester Cathedral. In addition to being responsible for the 1100 year old tradition of daily sung worship at Wells Cathedral, Matthew has toured, broadcast, and recorded extensively with Wells Cathedral Choir. Matthew is the Founder Artistic Director of three initiatives at Wells: Cathedral Commissions, a scheme which commissions new works from pre-eminent British composers; the cathedral’s innovative festival, new music wells; and its counterpart, Early Music Wells.

Matthew was educated at Chetham’s School of Music; The Queen’s College, Oxford; the Royal Northern College of Music; and the Sweelinck Conservatorium, Amsterdam. His major organ studies were with Gordon Stewart, Margaret Phillips, and Jacques van Oortmerssen. From 1994-99, he was Tutor in Organ Studies at the RNCM and Chetham’s, and worked for BBC Religious Broadcasting; he was Conductor of The Exon Singers from 1997-2011, and President of the Cathedral Organists' Association from 2010-13.

He is Musical Director of the Wells Cathedral Oratorio Society, a chorus of over 150 singers with which he has performed many major works by J.S. Bach, Brahms, Britten, Elgar, Fauré, Handel, Purcell, Rutter, Vaughan Williams, Verdi and Vivaldi, with some of the south of England’s leading professional orchestras. Matthew has directed choral workshops and summer schools throughout the UK and abroad – including recent visits to Australia, China, Germany, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, New Zealand, and the USA – and has made over thirty recordings as a conductor with major labels including Hyperion, Signum, and Resonus Classics.

As an organist, Matthew has given recitals in Australia, France, Ireland, Spain, Switzerland, New Zealand, the USA, and throughout the UK, including many festival appearances, and at venues such as St Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Cathedral, and St John’s Smith Square, and is currently performing the complete works of Bach at Wells Cathedral over a series of thirty-six recitals. He has championed new music, particularly of British composers, conducting over 180 world premieres, including works by leading composers ranging from Jools Holland to Sir James MacMillan, and John Rutter to Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. As a composer himself, he is published by Oxford University Press and Novello.

Booklet for Pachelbel: Organ Works, Volume 1