Schumann: Organ works – review

Thomas Trotter(Regent)Strictly speaking, only one of the three Schumann works Thomas Trotter plays here on the Ladegast organ of Merseburg Cathedral in Saxony Anhalt, the Six Fugues on BACH Op 60, was composed for organ. The others, the Four Sketches Op 58, and the Studies Op 56, were intended for the pedal piano, an instrument Schumann was briefly enthusiastic about in the 1840s. The best-known pieces are the six Studies, which were arranged by Bizet for piano duet and by Debussy for two pianos...

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