Gramophone JS Bach Composer Guide is missing something very important
Mon, Oct 8 2012, 11:35PM
I saw the new composer guide on JS Bach. There is no mention of Bach's organ works which constitutes one of his most important musical outputs.
Tue, Oct 9 2012, 3:57AM
#2
Orgelwerke
Yes, you are absolutely right...in fact there are times when I think that the organ works are a separate universe into which Bach poured EVERYTHING he knew and felt and believed.
Richter, Hans Fagius, Simon Preston, Andre Isoir, Ton Koopman, Peter Hurford...too many to list but a vast ocean of richness to sample. And then there are wonders like Lionel Rogg's Bruckner 8 and the organ music of Cesar Franck which are clearly indebted to the man from Leipzig.
Tue, Oct 9 2012, 10:08AM
#3
RE: Orgelwerke
Here you go:
http://www.gramophone.co.uk/editorial/bachs-organ-works
Enjoy!
Yes - amazing that there's no mention of the organ works!
Nothing by Karl Richter either ...