Johann Sebastian Bach: Dritter Theil Der Clavier Übung

According to his first biographer Johann Nikolaus Forkel, Bach possessed an extraordinary ability to combine organ stops in a wholly unusual manner, astonishing the organists and organ builders of his time. However, very few accounts survive of how he actually made these timbral choices. A valuable source of information is the Harmonische Seelenlust by Georg Friedrich Kauffmann (1733–36), a large collection of chorale preludes that displays striking points of contact with the third part of the Clavier-Übung (1739) — to the point of appearing almost as a model for it — and includes registrations so original and bold as to recall the style described by Forkel. Having already distinguished himself with the award-winning Bach Mirrored (Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik), organist Maurizio Croci draws on the timbral resources of the historic Treutmann organ at Grauhof (1737) to offer us a fresh reading of Bach's masterpiece which, taking inspiration from Kauffmann's registrations, places registration at the centre of expressive interpretation and proposes a renewed listening perspective.

Disc 1
1: Prelude, BWV552/1
2: Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit, BWV669
3: Christe, Aller Welt Trost, BWV670
4: Kyrie, Gott Heiliger Geist, BWV671
5: Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit, BWV672
6: Christe, Aller Welt Trost, BWV673
7: Kyrie, Gott Heiliger Geist, BWV674
8: Allein Gott in Der Höh Sey Ehr, BWV675
9: Allein Gott in Der Höh Sey Ehr, BWV676
10: Allein Gott in Der Höh Sey Ehr, BWV677
11: Dies Sind Die Heilgen Zehen Gebot, BWV678
12: Dies Sind Die Heilgen Zehen Gebot, BWV679
13: Wir Gläuben All an Einen Gott, BWV680

Disc 2
1: Fugetta Super Wir Gläuben All an Einen Gott, BWV681
2: Vater Unser Im Himmelreich, BWV682
3: Vater Unser Im Himmelreich, BWV683
4: Christ, Unser Herr, Zum Jordan Kam, BWV684
5: Christ, Unser Herr, Zum Jordan Kam, BWV685
6: Aus Tieffer Noth Schreÿ Ich Zu Dir, BWV686
7: Aus Tieffer Noth Schreÿ Ich Zu Dir, BWV687
8: Jesus Christus, Unser Heÿland, BWV688
9: Jesus Christus, Unser Heÿland, BWV689
10: Duet No. 1 in E Minor, BWV802
11: Duet No. 2 in F Major, BWV803
12: Duet No. 3 in G Major, BWV804
13: Duet No. 4 in a Minor, BWV805
14: Fuga, BWV552/2

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

Number of Discs: 2

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