Enjott Schneider - Ansbacher Orgelbuchlein (Winfried Lichtscheidel)

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Composer: Enjott Schneider

1. Ansbacher Orgelbüchlein: No. 1, Agnus Dei
2. Ansbacher Orgelbüchlein: No. 2, Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr
3. Ansbacher Orgelbüchlein: No. 3, Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir
4. Ansbacher Orgelbüchlein: No. 4, Befiehl du deine Wege
5. Ansbacher Orgelbüchlein: No. 5, Fröhlich soll mein Herze springen
6. Ansbacher Orgelbüchlein: No. 6, Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend
7. Ansbacher Orgelbüchlein: No. 7, Herzeliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen
8. Ansbacher Orgelbüchlein: No. 8, Komm Gott Schöpfer, heiliger Geist
9. Ansbacher Orgelbüchlein: No. 9, Komm, heiliger Geist, Herre Gott
10. Ansbacher Orgelbüchlein: No. 10, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland
11. Ansbacher Orgelbüchlein: No. 11, Nun singet und seid froh
12. Ansbacher Orgelbüchlein: No. 12, O Heiland, reiß die Himmel
13. Ansbacher Orgelbüchlein: No. 13, O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig
14. Ansbacher Orgelbüchlein: No. 14, Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele
15. Ansbacher Orgelbüchlein: No. 15, Von Gott will ich nicht lassen
16. Ansbacher Orgelbüchlein: No. 16, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
17. Ansbacher Orgelbüchlein: No. 17, Wie soll ich dich empfangen
18. Ansbacher Orgelbüchlein: No. 18, Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ

Winfried Lichtscheidel, organ

Date: 2025

Label: Ambiente

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Description

The Ansbach Organ Book is a collection of eighteen chorale settings based on melodies from the German Lutheran hymnal. Intended for use in church services and little concert performances, the level of difficulty is easy to intermediate in a style that eschews experimental modernity. Each setting suggests a specific individual approach, however, so this collection presents an interesting selection of various post-modern techniques of melodic treatment in tonal church music. The stylistic examples included here may easily be adapted and applied to other chorales as an exercise in improvisation (adding a pedagogical aspect to this collection of organ pieces). The idea for this collection was put forwar by the church music director Rainer Goede (Ansbach) on the occasion ofthe restoration and inauguration of the 1738 Wiegleb organ in the church of St Gumbertus, Ansbach. The chorale settings are not restricted to the Baroque disposition used by the 'Franconian Silbermann' Johann Christoph Wiegleb (1690 -1749), but are designed to use the full sound potential and range of modern organs.

Some parts of this organ book were performed for the first time at the 2007 Ansbach Bach Festival, 30 July - 4 August 2007, in the church of St Gumbertus in Ansbach.

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Enjott Schneider (born 1950 in Weil am Rhein) is a German composer, musicologist and educator. He studied music and humanities at Freiburg, earning a doctorate under Hans-Heinrich Eggebrecht. Schneider held academic posts in Freiburg and Munich, and later taught composition in Regensburg. He gained prominence in the 1980s as a leading film composer, scoring major German television series and films. His diverse output spans symphonies, operas, concertos and organ works, often blending styles from classical to rock. A prolific author and studio founder, he has received numerous prestigious awards for his music.

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Winfried Lichtscheidel (born 25 March 1980 in Friedrichshafen) is a German organist. He studied at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart. He won multiple organ competitions and received recognition at the International Bach Competition Wiesbaden. Lichtscheidel has performed widely across Europe, produced radio recordings, and served as organist in Sendenhorst (2010–2023). His recordings of organ symphonies by Charles-Marie Widor and Louis Vierne earned the 2018 German Record Critics' Award. Since 2023, he has worked in Landsberg and directs the Landsberg Organ Summer festival.

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