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Release Date: Friday 16 December 2011
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"With performances, recording and quality of presentation about as good as they get, and bearing in mind the most generous playing time, this would make an excellent introduction to JSB's organ music and an excellent adjunct to any collection, even for those who already have the complete works." (MusicWeb March 2012)
David Goode performs a grand selection of some of Bach's best organ works - including the famed Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor - providing modern listeners with a unique chance to hear Bach's music as congregations of that period may have done.
The Gottfried Silbermann organ of Freiberg cathedral is one of a handful of such 18th-century instruments (built during Bach's lifetime) to have remained largely unmodified to this day. Bach's work as an organ inspector shows that he tested and inaugurated a number of Silbermann's organs in Germany and, although there is no record that he played this instrument, its sound is undoubtedly one that Bach would have recognised and composed for.
Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C major, BWV564
Organ Concerto in A minor (after Vivaldi), BWV593
Chorale Prelude BWV654 'Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele'
Prelude & Fugue in B minor, BWV544
Chorale Prelude BWV682 'Vater unser im Himmelreich'
Prelude & Fugue in G major, BWV541
Chorale Prelude BWV622 'O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sünde groß'
Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor, BWV582