Bach from the Dead #0433
This week we listen to recordings from generations before ours by performers who knew a thing or two about making Olde Sebastian’s scores come alive.
J.S. BACH: Fantasy in g, S. 542 –LOUIS VIERNE (1868 Cavaillé-Coll/Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France) EMI Classics CDC 55037
J.S. BACH: Fantasy in g, S. 542 –Anton Heiller (1959 Marcussen/St. Mary Church, Hälsingborg, Sweden) Bach Guild CD-2005
J.S. BACH: Vivace, from Trio Sonata Number 6 in G, S. 530 –Helmut Walcha (1725 F.C. Schnitger/Sint Laurenskerk, Alkmaar, The Netherlands) Archive 419 904
J.S. BACH: Chorale-prelude, Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele, S. 654 –Albert Schweitzer (1718 Silbermann; 1952 Mühleisen/Église Saint Aurelie, Strasbourg, France) Pearl CD-9959
J.S. BACH: Prelude in C, S. 547 –Andre Marchal (1872 Kuhn/Neumünsterkirche, Zürich, Switzerland) Ades CD-13.279
J.S. BACH: 2 Polonaises in g, from Anna Magdalena Notebook –E. Power Biggs (1958 Flentrop/Adolphus Busch Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA) CBS Masterworks MK 30539
J.S. BACH: Fugue in G, S. 577, Jig –E. Power Biggs (1958 Flentrop/Adolphus Busch Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA) CBS Masterworks MK 42644
J.S. BACH: Prelude in b, S. 544, from the early Straube edition, –Käte van Tricht (1939 Sauer/St. Peter Cathedral, Bremen, Germany) Dabringhaus und Grimm MDG 318 0241
J.S. BACH: Prelude & Fugue in a, S. 543 –Virgil Fox (1971 Ruffatti/Cathedral of St. Mary, San Francisco, CA) SeeMusic CD-041
J.S. BACH: Toccata in d, S. 565 –Robert Elmore (1932 Midmer-Losh/Atlantic City Convention Hall, NJ) ACCHOS CD-02
J.S. BACH: Fugue in d, S. 565 –George Thalben-Ball (1930 Compton/BBC Broadcasting House, London, England, UK) Amphion CD-169
J.S. BACH: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, from Orgelbüchlein –Michael Schneider (1964 Aeolian-Skinner/Alice Millar Chapel, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL) Pipedreams Archive recorded April 13, 1964
J.S. BACH: Toccata in F, S. 540 –Feike Asma (1726 Vater/Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Philips 441 963
