This third installment of Bach's complete organ works presents a fine and balanced selection of the intimate and the magnificent: Chorale preludes alternate with some of the most glorious and substantial organ works ever written: Toccata & Fugue in D minor, Pièce d'orgue BWV572 and the Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C major. For this recording organist Stefano Molardi chose a superb historical instrument, the Zacharias Hildebrandt organ (1728), in the St. Jacobikirche, Sängerhausen, Germany. Bach knew Hildebrandt well, and Molardi's performance on this organ gives a particular "authentic" thrill to this recording. Stefano Molardi is unquestionably one of Italy's foremost organists, scholar and conductors. His playing however is far from academic: lively phrased, with brisk tempi and articulations he shares the joy, wonderment and love for these eternal masterpieces!
18 Trio Super Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland, BWV660
19 Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland, BWV661
20 Allein Gott in Der HÖH Sei Ehr, BWV662
21 Allein Gott in Der HÖH Sei Ehr, BWV663
22 Trio Super Allein Gott in Der HÖH Sei Ehr, BWV664
- Disc 2 -
1 Toccata
2 Adagio
3 Fugue
4 Trio in D minor, BWV583
5 Variation No. 1. Canon at the Octave
6 Variation No. 2. Canon at the Fifth
7 Variation No. 3. Cantus Firmus in Canon
8 Variation No. 4. Canon at the Seventh
9 Variation No. 5. Augmentation Canon
10 in Dulci Jubilo, BWV729
11 Gottes Sohn Ist Kommen, BWV724
12 Gelobet Seist Du, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV722
13 Prelude
14 Fugue
15 Allein Gott in Der HÖH Sei Ehr, BWV711
16 Allein Gott in Der HÖH Sei Ehr, BWV717
17 Wo Soll Ich Fliehen Hin, BWV694
18 Allegro
19 Recitative. Adagio
20 Allegro
This third installment of Bach's complete organ works presents a fine and balanced selection of the intimate and the magnificent: Chorale preludes alternate with some of the most glorious and substantial organ works ever written: Toccata & Fugue in D minor, Pièce d'orgue BWV572 and the Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C major. For this recording organist Stefano Molardi chose a superb historical instrument, the Zacharias Hildebrandt organ (1728), in the St. Jacobikirche, Sängerhausen, Germany. Bach knew Hildebrandt well, and Molardi's performance on this organ gives a particular "authentic" thrill to this recording. Stefano Molardi is unquestionably one of Italy's foremost organists, scholar and conductors. His playing however is far from academic: lively phrased, with brisk tempi and articulations he shares the joy, wonderment and love for these eternal masterpieces!
