Hyperion Records | Bach: Great Fantasias, Preludes & Fugues

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CDD22062
(Originally issued on CDA66791/2)
2CDs Dyad (2 CDs for the price of 1)

Recording details: April 1993
Jesuitenkirche, Lucerne, Switzerland
Produced by Paul Spicer
Engineered by Paul Niederberger
Release date: November 2006
Total duration: 146 minutes 42 seconds

GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE
MUSICA ECCEZIONALE!, MUSICA, ITALY

'Yet another yardstick release from what seems to be an unbeatable team ... I suspect I have already found my record of the year' (Gramophone)

'As emotionally compelling as it is authoritative. The instrument is ideal for the repertoire and it is superbly recorded' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

'Herrick's musical inspiration, matched by his technique, does full justice to this pinnacle of the organ repertoire' (BBC Music Magazine Top 1000 CDs Guide)

'This is in every way a Bach recital out of the top drawer, played with magisterial authority on a magnificent organ' (Classic FM Magazine)

'...these incisive, illuminating performances...They continue to offer compulsory interpretation for anyone's library. Herrick approaches Bach with an interrogative direction that compels the imagination. In the warm, well-shaped acoustic of Lucerne's Jesuitenkirche he finds drama and strength of purpose, vibrancy and colour on a fine modern Metzler organ, and displays an impressively articulate, varied and telling range of gestures. Dip in at any point and you'll find something to please and provoke ... the impeccable recorded sound is icing on the cake' (Choir & Organ)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Great Fantasias, Preludes & Fugues

Christopher Herrick (organ)

LISTEN TO ALL EXTRACTS

		Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV542
CD1	1	Movement 1: Fantasia [6'03]
	2	Movement 2: Fugue [5'55]
		Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV562
	3	Movement 1: Fantasia [5'30]
		Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV543
	4	Movement 1: Prelude [3'35]
	5	Movement 2: Fugue [6'10]
		Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV532
	6	Movement 1: Prelude [4'54]
	7	Movement 2: Fugue [6'11]
		Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV544
	8	Movement 1: Prelude [5'49]
	9	Movement 2: Fugue [5'07]
		Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV541
	10	Movement 1: Prelude [3'06]
	11	Movement 2: Fugue [4'22]
		Prelude and Fugue in E flat major 'St Anne', BWV552
	12	Movement 1: Prelude [9'37]
	13	Movement 2: Fugue [6'57]
		Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV546
CD2	1	Movement 1: Prelude [6'22]
	2	Movement 2: Fugue [6'03]
	3	Fantasia in G major, BWV572 [8'44]
		Prelude and Fugue in E minor 'The wedge', BWV548
	4	Movement 1: Prelude [6'13]
	5	Movement 2: Fugue [7'36]
		Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV547
	6	Movement 1: Prelude [4'12]
	7	Movement 2: Fugue [4'57]
		Prelude and Fugue in F minor, BWV534
	8	Movement 1: Prelude [3'41]
	9	Movement 2: Fugue [4'42]
		Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV537
	10	Movement 1: Fantasia [4'49]
	11	Movement 2: Fugue [3'49]
		Prelude and Fugue in A major, BWV536
	12	Movement 1: Prelude [1'49]
	13	Movement 2: Fugue [4'30]
		Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV545
	14	Movement 1: Prelude [2'08]
	15	Movement 2: Fugue [3'51]

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