'This boldly presented recital … holds the listener from beginning to end' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)
'Herrick's technical mastery is stunningly apparent' (Contemporary Review)
Fantasia in C major, BWV573
[0'47]
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Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV562
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Movement 2: Fugue
[1'19]
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Jesu, meine Freude, BWV753
[1'45]
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Pedal-Exercitium, BWV598
[1'39]
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Concerto in G major 'Fantasia', BWV571
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Movement 1: Allegro
[3'37]
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Movement 2: Adagio
[1'51]
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Movement 3: Chaconne
[2'14]
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Fugue in D major, BWV580
[3'18]
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Prelude in C major, BWV567
[1'24]
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Fugue in C major, BWV946
[3'06]
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O Vater, allmächtiger Gott, BWV758
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Verse 1: [untitled]
[1'08]
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Verse 2: [untitled]
[0'45]
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Verse 3: [untitled]
[0'50]
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Verse 4: [untitled]
[0'53]
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Concerto in E flat major, BWV597
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Movement 1: Allegro
[3'36]
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Movement 2: Gigue
[2'46]
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Trio in G minor, BWV584
[2'48]
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Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV531
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Movement 1: Prelude
[2'29]
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Movement 2: Fugue
[4'24]
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When the autographs of so many of Bach's completed organ works have disappeared it is worthy of some comment that, with the exception of the Pedal-Exercitium, BWV598, all of the fragmentary works on this disc have survived in the composer's hand. As they are all of superb quality it is interesting to speculate on what deterred Bach from continuing them. Whereas the Fantasia in C, BWV573, reaches a definite cadence, the Fugue in C minor, BWV562, and the two chorales break off in mid-sentence. Perhaps they were composition exercises for continuation by one of his pupils. Although various Bach stylists have produced completions of the fragments, Christopher Herrick prefers to present them 'torso-like', leaving them dangling tantalisingly in the air.
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