Ruben Johannes Sturm - Kirchenfenster: Eine musikalische Reise durch das Kirchenjahr Orgelimprovisationen von Ruben Johannes Sturm (2023) Hi-Res

The art of improvisation, omnipresent in earlier times and an integral part of domestic, folk and concert music-making, has increasingly fallen into a niche existence since the first half of the 20th century at the latest: Only in jazz music and in the field of liturgical organ playing is it still truly alive With his journey through the church year, Ruben J. Sturm shows that he is improvisationally at home in the most diverse musical forms and styles. In 2008 he won the 1st prize in the prestigious competition "Organ improvisation in church services", which had not been awarded before since 1993 and has not been awarded again since From 2010 Ruben J. Sturm was cathedral organist in Rottenburg, where he also recorded this CD. As of September 2022, he has now been appointed cathedral organist at the Liebfrauendom in Munich.