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Six Sonatas for Organ, BWV 525-530

Aart Bergwerff (organ)

Aart Bergwerff opts for what is a typically Thuringian instrument of Bach’s time, and the Wiegleb organ of the Gumbertuskirche in Ansbach presents few ‘speech’ issues because although it was...

Six Sonatas for Organ, BWV 525-530

Aart Bergwerff (organ)

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Aart Bergwerff opts for what is a typically Thuringian instrument of Bach’s time, and the Wiegleb organ of the Gumbertuskirche in Ansbach presents few ‘speech’ issues because although it was...

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An account of Bach's Trio Sonatas bound to become a reference in a rich discography performed by an extraordinary organist, Aart Bergwerff, whose technical prowess is combined with an acute musicality, on the perfectly restored Wiegleb Organ (1739) in the St Gumbertus Kirche in Ansbach, Germany.

In Johann Sebastian Bach's six organ sonatas, three independent voices sound interchangeably. The right hand plays the highest voice, the left hand the middle voice and the feet the bass. A true musician wants to play each voice as if for the frst time, responding spontaneously to what the others bring up. To bring such a sung conversation to life with hands and feet, he listens with equal attention and love to all the voices simultaneously. It is a miracle that it can be done. When it succeeds, it all seems simple and natural. A world opens up to the listener, in which it is hardly imaginable that there is anything more beautiful than a trio sonata by Bach.

Contents and tracklist

I. Allegro moderato
Track length3:14
II. Adagio
Track length5:35
III. Allegro
Track length4:18
I. Vivace
Track length4:04
II. Largo
Track length4:09
III. Allegro
Track length4:53
I. Andante
Track length6:27
II. Adagio e dolce
Track length4:27
III. Vivace
Track length4:26
I. Adagio - vivace
Track length3:02
II. Andante
Track length5:58
III. Un poco allegro
Track length2:49
I. Allegro
Track length5:14
II. Largo
Track length6:20
III. Allegro
Track length4:18
I. Vivace
Track length4:24
II. Lento
Track length6:29
III. Allegro
Track length4:10

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February 2025

Aart Bergwerff opts for what is a typically Thuringian instrument of Bach’s time, and the Wiegleb organ of the Gumbertuskirche in Ansbach presents few ‘speech’ issues because although it was originally completed in 1739, the current iteration is in fact a faithful 21st-centur y reconstruction.

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