Various - Eduard Adolf Tod: Organ Works

In his short life (1839�72) Eduard Adolf Tod garnered a reputation as one of the finest organists of the day: Liszt praised his playing, and he gave a recital in the Royal Albert Hall in the very year of its opening. Most of Tod�s handful of works for the organ � solo and as a duo partner � have not been recorded before. Here they are joined by three other little-known German organ sonatas � by Ludwig Thuille, Carl Reinecke and August Ritter � to give an overview of the genre as it evolved from its well-behaved Mendelssohnian origins into late-Romantic grandeur.