Andrzej Szadejko - Friedrich Wilhelm Markull: Organ Works

When Friedrich Wilhelm Markull died at the age of seventy-one in 1887, posthumous tributes honored him as a �most highly knowledgeable musician and a most highly outstanding organist and composer for the church, school, and salon and of classicalorchestral works.�Markull made his musical debut as a child prodigy and was appointed to the post of principal organist at St. Mary�s Church in Danzig (today�s Gda 324;sk in Poland). Its organ with three manuals and over fifty stops offered everything that the Northern German romantic musical heart desired. In 1945 St. Mary�s Church was destroyed along with Danzig�s entire city centre.Fortunately, however, the sound typical of early romanticism has been preserved for today�s listeners in the lavishly restored Stralsund organ used here (Bucholz Organ (1841) St. Nikolai).Also available:Musica Baltica Vol. 1Baroque Cantatas from Gda 324;skAndrzej Szadejko, dir.MDG9021989