Sonate No. 3 a-Moll Op. 23 (New recording 2020)

This is one of the most important German romantic organ Sonatas after Mendelssohn, dedicated to Franz Liszt.
The form is Quasi una Fantasia with the elements:
- Sonata - episodes,
- Recitativo,
- Cantilene,
- Choral,
- Variations,
- symphonic Fugue,
- Toccata - Final.
Ritter had a modified baroque organ in the Magdeburg cathedral at the time when he has composed his four organ Sonatas. So we have the curious situation: Romantic Sonatas written for a baroque instrument.