J S BACH Organ Works Vol. IX

Description

In this supplementary volume to Margaret Philips’ critically-acclaimed recording of Bach’s organ works will be found pieces which for a variety of reasons were not included in the original set of 16 CDs recorded between 2005 and 2009.

There are alternative versions of pieces that are found in the main corpus and/or may not have been arranged by Bach (BWV 545b, BWV 584 and BWV 653b), others may not be intended for the organ (BWV 917 and the two Ricercars from the Musical Offering), and some are almost certainly not by Bach. The latter applies particularly to the Eight Short Preludes & Fugues which are included as they are still widely used as teaching material. One piece (BWV 1128) was yet to be rediscovered when this series of Bach recordings commenced.

Recorded on the Drapps 1997 / Flentrop 2008 organ in historic style in Sint-Nicolaaskerk, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium

Critical comment on the series
‘the most elegant, beautiful realizations of the works of the great master that I have ever had the pleasure to hear (and I own five other complete Bach series!). There is absolutely nothing not to love about this series: the performances range from magnificently grand and stately, to sublimely sensitive and delicate.’ The Diapason, January 2014

‘Gary Cole’s engineering is as ever, top-drawer, matching Margaret Phillips’s superb musicianship’  Gramophone awards issue 2011

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