Masaaki Suzuki plays Bach Organ Works, Vol. 3: on the Great Silbermann Organ of Freiberg Cathedral

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Suzuki’s performances are at times quite measured, even understated, although that makes the moments when flair shines through all the more exciting. Overall it is the magisterial sense of the... — Choir & Organ, December 2019, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 30th Aug 2019
Catalogue No: BIS2421
Label: BIS
Length: 78 minutes

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October 2019

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Nominee - Baroque Instrumental

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Bach, J S: Prelude & Fugue in C major, BWV531

Work length7:33

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Prelude

Track length2:55

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Fugue

Track length4:38

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Bach, J S: Fantasia & Fugue in C minor, BWV537

Work length8:55

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Fantasia

Track length4:45

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Fugue

Track length4:10

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Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude ‘Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr’ BWV 717

Work length3:32

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Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude ‘Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr’ BWV 711

Work length3:08

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Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude ‘Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr’ BWV 715

Work length2:15

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Bach, J S: Chorale Partita BWV770 'Ach, was soll ich Sunder machen?'

Work length12:14

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Partita No. 1 in E Minor

Track length0:59

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Partita No. 2 in E Minor

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Partita No. 3 in E Minor

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Partita No. 4 in E Minor

Track length0:59

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Partita No. 5 in E Minor

Track length0:36

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Partita No. 6 in E Minor

Track length0:37

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Partita No. 7 in E Minor

Track length0:43

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Partita No. 8 in E Minor

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Partita No. 9 in E Minor

Track length2:24

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Partita No. 10 in E Minor

Track length3:47

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Bach, J S: Toccata in C major (Early version of BWV566)

Work length10:33

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Bach, J S: Prelude & Fugue in C minor, BWV546

Work length11:06

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Prelude

Track length5:36

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Fugue

Track length5:30

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Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV709 'Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend'

Work length3:10

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Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV726 'Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend'

Work length1:22

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Bach, J S: Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor, BWV582

Work length15:08

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Born within a couple of years of each other, Gottfried Silbermann and Johann Sebastian Bach were acquainted, and we know that Silbermann in 1736 invited the composer to inaugurate the new organ that he had built in Dresden’s Frauenkirche. That instrument was destroyed during the bombing of Dresden in 1945, but some thirty of Silbermann’s organs are still extant. From robust pedal stops providing a sturdy bass fundament to silvery flute stops, his instruments were famous for their distinctive sound and contemporary sources often made use of a play on the name of their maker as they praised their ‘Silberklang’. Silbermann was based in Freiberg with his workshop only a stone’s throw away from the cathedral, where he built his first great organ in 1714. One of the finest and best preserved examples of his art, this is the instrument which Masaaki Suzuki has chosen for the third installment in his traversal of Bach’s organ music, following acclaimed recitals recorded in Groningen (the Netherlands) and Kobe (Japan). The programme takes us through various forms of organ compositions, including one of Bach’s most imposing preludes (BWV 546) with its intricate fugue, the multi-sectioned Toccata in C major (BWV 546a), examples of chorale preludes and partitas. Suzuki closes his recital with the famous Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, probably composed during the same years that Silbermann was busy building the organ on which it is performed here.

Reviews

December 2019

Suzuki’s performances are at times quite measured, even understated, although that makes the moments when flair shines through all the more exciting. Overall it is the magisterial sense of the architecture of the large-scale works that is particularly to be admired.

January/February 2020

Right from the opening notes of the BWV 531 Prelude and Fugue in C Major, the glorious tones of the 1714 Gottfried Silbermann Organ of the Freiberg Cathedral—recorded in typically superlative BIS sound—and Suzuki’s inimitable artistry in Bach are enthralling. Glowingly, ecstatically recommended.

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