Bach, J S - Chorale Prelude BWV617 'Herr Gott, nun schleuß den Himmel auf'
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Instrumental » Organ Solos
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Throughout, the playing is thoughtful and full of poetry, recorded in intimate sound. There’s an elusive quality to this multifaceted programme, for sure, but on balance it repays attentive... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Instrumentalist of the Year
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Johann Sebastian Bach: The Complete Works For Keyboard, Vol. 7
Orgelbüchlein, Bwv 599-644 (with Choir)
Benjamin Alard, Ensemble Vocal Bergamasque, Marine Fribourg, Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris
This set of Bach’s Orgelbüchlein is not only first-rate in every way in terms of Alard’s idiomatic and thoughtful playing, the excellent recorded sound…every one of these chorales is followed... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Instrumental
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The organ chorales are wonderfully varied in technique and careful listening offers rewards, some hard won...Suzuki discovers a wealth of expressive nuance and the effectively recorded sound... — More…
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Best known in the programme are Nos 2 and 5 of the Organ Sonatas Bach allegedly wrote for his eldest son, Wilhelm Friedemann, as part of his organist’s training. Their texture lends itself to... — More…
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The performance by both the vocal and instrumental groups is, as one might expect, excellent. Soprano Maria Keohane has a bright voice and fine diction, while tenor Julian Prégarien can be powerful... — More…
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Record Review, 16th January 2021, Record of the Week
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Bach To The Future
RecommendedOlivier Latry plays the Cavaillé-Coll organ of Notre-Dame de Paris
Olivier Latry (organ)
Bach played with no hang-ups, using the full resources of a magnificent organ… happily discarding any ideas of authenticity and completely shorn of that kind of hallowed reserve with which so... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2019, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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Special offer. The Christmas Album: Traditional Christmas Carols and Songs
Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Helmut Walcha (organ)
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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,... — More…
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The listener is likely to be struck by two things. First, how well these arrangements transfer - a testimony to the flexibility and universality of Bach's music but also to the skill of the... — More…
