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Daniel Chorzempa

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Classical organist and composer Daniel Chorzempa was born on December 7, 1944, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He studied both music and architecture at the University of Minnesota before continuing his music studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln in Cologne, Germany. While he was known to play the harpsichord and piano. Daniel Chorzempa was best known as an organist and rose to international prominence in the 1960 as a concert performer before recording albums such as Bach: Organ Works (1970), Liszt: Ad Nos, Ad Salutarem Undam / Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (1971), Bach: Die 6 Triosonaten BWV 525 – 530 (1972), Mozart: Orgelwerke (1973), Fauré: Requiem (1975), Händel: The 16 Organ Concertos (1976), Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 ‘Organ’ (1977), Widor: Symphonies No. 5 & 10 ‘Romane’ (1982), Bach: Preludes & Fugues (1986) and Bach: 6 Sonaten für Orgel - Trio Sonatas (1989). During his recording and concert career, he collaborated with conductors and soloists including Zubin Mehta, Elly Ameling, John Eliot Gardiner, Jaap Schröder, Edo de Waart, and many others. Daniel Chorzempa was also a composer and, in the 1970s, he became interested in contemporary and electronic music that was associated with the Cologne School and the ‘New Simplicity’ movement (aka Newe Einfachheit). Daniel Chorzempa died on March 25, 2023, at the age of 78.
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  2.   Church Sonata No.6 in B flat, K.212 by Helmut Winschermann
  3.   Church Sonata No.5 in F, K.145 featuring Helmut Winschermann
  4.   Church Sonata No.9 in G, K.241 by Helmut Winschermann
  5.   Church Sonata No.7 in F, K.224 by Helmut Winschermann
  6.   Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 538 "Dorian": 1. Prelude (Toccata)
  7.   Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 538 "Dorian": 2. Fuga
  8.   Church Sonata No.2 in B flat, K.68 featuring Helmut Winschermann
  9.   Handel: Organ Concerto No. 13 in F -"Cuckoo and the Nightingale" HWV 295 - 5. Allegro featuring Jaap Schröder
  10.   Church Sonata No.1 in E flat, K.67 featuring Helmut Winschermann
  11.   Church Sonata No.4 in D, K.144 featuring Helmut Winschermann
  12.   Prelude (Fantasy) and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537: 1. Fantasy
  13.   Prelude (Fantasy) and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537: 2. Fugue
  14.   Toccata and Fugue in E, BWV 566: 1. Toccata
  15.   Church Sonata No.3 in D, K.69 by Helmut Winschermann
  16.   Church Sonata No.13 in G, K.274 featuring Helmut Winschermann
  17.   Handel: Organ Concerto No. 13 in F -"Cuckoo and the Nightingale" HWV 295 - 2. Adagio featuring Jaap Schröder
  18.   Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"~2. Andante con moto
  19.   Handel: Organ Concerto No. 13 in F -"Cuckoo and the Nightingale" HWV 295 - 1. Larghetto - Allegro featuring Jaap Schröder
  20.   Handel: Organ Concerto No. 13 in F Major, HWV 295 "Cuckoo and the Nightingale" - 4. Larghetto featuring Jaap Schröder
  21.   Church Sonata No.14 in C, K.278 by Helmut Winschermann
  22.   Handel: Organ Concerto No. 13 in F -"Cuckoo and the Nightingale" HWV 295 - 3. Allegro featuring Jaap Schröder
  23.   Church Sonata No.10 in F, K.244 featuring Helmut Winschermann
  24.   Church Sonata No.8 in A, K.225 by Helmut Winschermann
  25.   Church Sonata No.12 in C, K.263 by Helmut Winschermann
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