adri (04/12/23) Edited

And new to me too, 2-1/2 years later. And there are quite a number of his music uploads here. Discovered him on the youtube channel of organum1000 (an interesting collection of organ and french harmonium pieces there, btw). And gratis scores on imslp and free-scores, well worth exploring.

Bravo for playing this piece so well! I especially like its subtle emotionalism.
R'd#11

P.S.: I did make a comment earlier, apparently, but it doesn't hurt to rediscover Petrali again and hear it with evolved ears.

EdoL (04/13/23)

Belated thanks for your extensive second comment, Adri.
And thanks for the info on organum1000: gonna have a look! I thought cobtrebombarde was the only gathering place for organ nuts. :-)
Petrali is a fine composer, and obviously more people think so as there are quite some pieces by him on various platforms.

Aida (Ida as in Idaho) (09/20/20) Edited

A bit very romantic and chromatic for your repertoire, Edo? Many many thanks. Rec. +1

I've known Petrali since my early days. Love his music.

EdoL (09/27/20)

I love romantic music and played a lot of Reger, French stuff, Liszt etc.
Glad you like this; probably the Italians turned romantic in the early days somewhat sooner than the rest of Europe. :-)

Aida (Ida as in Idaho) (09/27/20)

Oops! Sorry!

Agnus_Dei (09/17/20)

THANKS for this fine piece, Edo!

I've seen the name of Petrali in old Catholic choir books, but never heard anything by him before.

BRAVO and THANKS!

EdoL (09/17/20)

Thanks very much, Dave.
He was new to me too.
Glad you like this piece.
It has a lot of quality.

Erzahler (09/15/20)

Thanks Edo, I have been elevated thanks to this music for organ from Petrali written in a rather severe style with conviction. Thoughtful music that weaves around in an almost spellbinding way.

EdoL (09/16/20)

Thanks.
Yes, this Elevation is quite different from the compositions of earlier days.
A fine piece though.
Glad it elevated you! :-)

yolar (09/13/20)

I'm not familiar with Italian romantic organ music, but this sounds very ear-pleasing (also thanks to your playing of course!)

EdoL (09/13/20) Edited

Thanks, Ralph.
It is something quite different from what I usually play, but a nice trip to Italy.
It is a bit operatic-romantic and sounds surprisingly well on the Annaberg Walcker Eule organ.
Thanks for your kind comment and also for listening!

EdoL (09/13/20)

Thank you, Alberto.
Much appreciated.

Pietro (09/13/20)

An interesting and little known author. Although Italian, I only came to know him thanks to the Concert Hall, where we find renditions of some of his works. Thanks for this beautiful and convincing performance.

EdoL (09/13/20) Edited

Thanks, Pietro.
I did not know him either, but stumbled on him when looking for Elevationes on IMSLP.
Obviously he was a very good composer and quite well known in his time.
Glad that you like this piece and thanks again for your kind comment and listening to my uploads.

adri (09/12/20)

Beautiful music, very well played here, and what a wonderful discovery for me of this unknown composer.

EdoL (09/12/20)

Thanks, adri.
He seems to have been quite an authority in his time; I never heard of him before either.
He wrote a lot of organ music and some of it can be found on IMSLP.

HMaier (09/12/20)

Never heard before, quasi an improvisational style with floating tonality, interesting, thanks for this!

EdoL (09/12/20)

Thanks, Helmut, glad you like this piece.
It fits the big Walcker very well indeed, as it is quite a romantic piece and this instrument has lots of choice of soft stops.