Bach: Orgelbüchlein, BWV 599-644
Stephen Farr (organ of Stadtkirche, Walterhausen, Germany)
Farr uses the large array of 8ft stops to colourful effect, reserving the impressive plenum for such pieces as Heut triumphieret Gottes Sohn. Eighteenth-century organs are challenging to play,...
Bach: Orgelbüchlein, BWV 599-644
Stephen Farr (organ of Stadtkirche, Walterhausen, Germany)
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Farr uses the large array of 8ft stops to colourful effect, reserving the impressive plenum for such pieces as Heut triumphieret Gottes Sohn. Eighteenth-century organs are challenging to play,...
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Organist Stephen Farr continues his survey of works by Johann Sebastian Bach with one of the composer’s major collections of organ chorale preludes – the Orgelbüchlein. This unfinished compendium of miniatures, said by Mendelssohn to bear ‘most evidently the marks of his genius’, contains much variety with each of theforty-six completed works containing a well-defined and individual character. For this recording, Farr performs on the eighteenth-century Trost organ of Waltershausen’s stunning Stadtkirche in Germany.
Contents and tracklist
Bach, J S:
Herr Christ, der ein’ge Gottes Sohn oder Herr Gott, nun sei gepreiset, BWV 601
Work length1:25
Awards and reviews
July 2020
Farr uses the large array of 8ft stops to colourful effect, reserving the impressive plenum for such pieces as Heut triumphieret Gottes Sohn. Eighteenth-century organs are challenging to play, with noisy actions, un-ergonomic pedalboards, etc., but Farr’s tempi sound natural, with expressive nuances well-moulded into the overall metrical structure.
29th March 2020
It’s remarkable how much Bach can pack into the tiniest piece….Farr performs with immaculate poise.
