Before Bach's Birthday #2610
. . . it’s a-comin’ up and there’s no better way to prepare to celebrate than listening to performances by some ‘old masters’!
Hour 1
J. S. BACH: Fantasia in g, BWV 542 –Anton Heiller (1959 Marcussen/St. Mary Church, Hälsingborg, Sweden) Vanguard 72014
BACH: Fugue in g, BWV 542 –Marie-Claire Alain (1970 Schwenkedel/Collegiate Church, St. Donat, France) Erato 45188
BACH: Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 718 –Gustav Leonhardt (1725 F. C. Schnitger/St. Laurenskerk, Alkmaar, Netherlands) Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 7868
BACH: Toccata in F, BWV 540 –Feike Asma (1726 Vater/Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands) Philips 441963
BACH: Prelude and Fugue in e, BWV 548 (Wedge) –Walter Kraft (1736 Bielfeld/St. Wilhadi Church, Stade, Germany) Musical Concepts 191 (Prelude); Helmut Walcha (1725 F. C. Schnitger/Laurenskerk, Alkmaar, Netherlands) Archiv 419 904 (Fugue)
Filler – Fugue in g, BWV 542 (see above)
Hour 2
BACH: Prelude & Fugue in e, BWV 533 –Albert Schweitzer (1931 Kern/Parish Church, Gunsbach, Alsace) Archipel Records 0141; Louis Vierne (1868 Cavaillé-Coll/Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France) EMI Classics 55037
BACH: Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist, BWV 671, fr Clavierübung III –Marcel Dupre (1890 Cavaillé-Coll/St. Ouen Abbey, Rouen, France) Philips 446 647
BACH: Prelude & Fugue in a, BWV 543 –E. Power Biggs (1958 Flentrop/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA) Columbia 42648; Andre Marchal (1960 Metzler/Grossmünster, Zurich, Switzerland) Ades 13.279
BACH (arr. Fox): Komm, süsser Tod, BWV 478 –Virgil Fox (Wanamaker organ/Wanamaker Building, Philadelphia, PA) Baimbridge 2501
BACH: Passacaglia & Fugue in c, BWV 582 –Käte van Tricht (1894-1939 Sauer/St. Peter’s Cathedral, Bremen, Germany) Dabringhaus & Grimm 318 0241
Filler – Fugue in e, BWV 548 (see above)
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