15/06/2025
Last week, AE**US had the privilege and pleasure of producing a new album with Zuzana Ferjenčíková, featuring her own organ transcriptions of works by Ludwig van Beethoven (Piano Sonata Op.13), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Adagio in B minor, KV 540), Robert Schumann (excerpts from Kinderszenen, Op. 15) and Franz Liszt (Second Legend of St. Francis and “Tristis est anima mea” from the oratorio “Christus”).
We had the incredible luxury of using the amazingly versatile Romanus Seifert organ (1953) at St. Peter & Paul in Ratingen, Germany. Under the direction of titular organist Ansgar Wallenhorst, this instrument has been continuously expanded over the past 20 years to include many exciting features (including an auxiliary section behind the high altar), which Zuzana Ferjenčíková knows how to use to great effect! The recording was, of course, produced in 5.1 multichannel surround sound and is scheduled for release on Super Audio CD in the fall!
Here are a few photographic impressions from Ratingen.