What We Make of Bach #2212
. . . interpretations, elaborations, transcriptions, and new fantasies all spring from Bach‘s example.
Hour One
J. S. BACH: Toccata in d, BWV 565 –Marie-Claire Alain (1880 Cavaillé-Coll/Holy Cross Cathedral, Orleans, France) Erato 88193
BACH: Toccata & Fugue in d, BWV 565 –Jean-Christophe Leclere (2003 Mahler/Church of St. Martin, Suippes, France) Choralis & Organo 2003-01
DAVID TIMM: D-minor Samba (after BWV 565) –Reiko Brockelt, saxophone; David Timm (2000 Woehl/St. Thomas Church, Leipzig, Germany) Profil 04087
BACH (arr. Widor): Preludium in d, BWV 851 (Miserere mei domine, fr Bach’s Memento) –Johannes Geffert (1928 Beymann/St. Martin’s Church, Dornbirn, Austria) Edition Lade 030
BACH: Erbarme dich, fr Matthäuspassion, BWV 244 –Britta Schwarz, alto; Andreas Hartman, violin; Michael Schönheit (1855 Ladegast/Merseburg Cathedral, Germany) Querstand 1810
JOHN HARBISON: Prelude for Organ (2020) –Ken Cowan (1997 Fisk+Rosales/Edith Bates Old Recital Hall, Rice University, Houston, TX) PD Archive (r. 6/13/21)
Check out Harbison’s book What Do We Make of Bach?, a series of essays exploring his lifetime absorption of an involvement with the music of Bach.
BACH: Andante in G, fr Sonata, BWV 1034 –Michel Giboureau, oboe; André Isoir (1982 Grenzing/St. Cyprien, Perigord, France) Phaia 026
BACH: Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelentlust, fr Cantata BWV 170 –Gérard Lesne, counter-tenor; Raphaël Imbert, saxophone; Manfred Quartet; Michel Péres, bass; André Rossi (2003 Daldasso/Parish Church, Bouc Bel Air, France) Zig-Zag Territories 080101
Filler – BACH: Fugue in d (Choralis & Organo 2003-01…see above)
Hour Two
BACH: Prelude in G, BWV 568. BACH: 2 Chorale-preludes (Nun freut euch, BWV 755 & 734) –Hans Fagius (1724 Cahman-1982 Magnusson/Kristine Church, Falun, Sweden) BIS 439/40
BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, BWV 1049 –Daniel Hauptmann, violin; Thilo Muster (1985 Ahrend/Jesuit Church, Porrentruy, Switzerland) IFO Organ 7239.2
JOHANN CHRISTIAN BACH: Fugue on B-A-C-H –Peter Van de Velde (1749 Delhaye/Church of Our Lady, Melsele, Belgium) Unda Maris 20531
WALTER PISTON: Chromatic Study on the Name of Bach –Mildred Andrews (1948 Aeolian-Skinner/1st Presbyterian Church, Kilgore, TX) PD Archive (r. 1953)
FRANZ LISZT: Prelude & Fugue on B-A-C-H –Helmut Deutsch (1930 Walcker-1979 Schuke/Verschönungskirche, Völklingen, Germany) Audite 97.477
Filler – TIMM (see above)
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