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Bach, J.S.: Great Organ Works

Bach, J.S.: Great Organ Works
Peter Hurford

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Track Listing

Disc 1:

  1. Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
  2. Herzlich tut mich verlangen, BWV 727
  3. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 ('Sleepers, awake')
  4. Prelude (Fantasy) and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 - "Great"
  5. Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 730
  6. Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582
  7. Prelude and Fugue in E flat, BWV 552
  8. Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659
  9. Prelude (Fantasy) and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537

Disc 2:

  1. Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C, BWV 564
  2. "In dulci jubilo", BWV 729
  3. Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543
  4. Fantasia in G, BWV 572
  5. Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 532
  6. Nun freut euch, liebe Christen g'mein, BWV 734
  7. Wo soll ich fliehen hin, BWV 694
  8. Fantasia in C minor, BWV 562
  9. Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 538 "Dorian"

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #3808 in Music
  • Released on: 1994-10-12
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Format: Box set
  • Dimensions: .23 pounds
  • Running time: 146 minutes

Customer Reviews

Excellent5
A wonderful CD- the playing is sublime and the production quality is admirable. The sound is a little overpowering from time to time; you can almost feel the stonework shaking under the tremendous power of the more imposing pieces. This is balanced nicely by a choice of ethereally beautiful interpretations of quieter pieces. An absolute joy.

Buy it for the registration!4
Well-judged tempi, good recording, the scholarship you'd expect from Mr Hurford, allied to imaginatively chosen registration. The C Minor Passacaglia & Fugue are particularly good - I've been looking for a sensitive recording of this for ages after dismissing a lot of ponderous versions which start off with the big guns already blazing!

Bach master5
I have been familiar with Hurford's Bach ever since he recorded his 70's discs in New college Oxford when I was a student. His playing always gives great clarity to the textures and counterpoint, combining thoughtful stop registrations with exciting playing. The choice of instruments is a bonus as they are particularly suited to the playing of Bach. All in all this recording is to be recommended and bound tt be a treat for all enthusiasts.