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Track(s) taken from SIGCD261

Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV564

composer
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

David Goode (organ)
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Recording details: July 2010
Freiberg Cathedral, Germany
Produced by John H West
Engineered by Mike Hatch
Release date: December 2011
Total duration: 14 minutes 45 seconds

Cover artwork: Cover by Oliver Condy.
 

Other recordings available for download

David Goode (organ)
Christopher Herrick (organ)

Reviews

'Turbo-charged with immediacy and penetrating lucidity. Goode and Silbermann make a formidable team' (BBC Music Magazine)» More

'Very fine performances of some of Bach’s greatest organ works, the focus of the recording is as much on the instruments on which they are played as on David Goode’s interpretations themselves. The Silbermann organ in Freiberg cathedral was completed in 1714, and has remained virtually untouched ever since' (The Guardian)» More

'One of Britain's finest organists puts the 1714 organ in Freiberg Cathedral through its paces in an all-Bach programme. Bach played Silbermann's instruments, so this world of sound—with its silvery mixtures, blazing reeds and characterful flutes—is authentic as well as utterly compelling in a cavernous acoustic. Goode is perky in the Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C, delightfully serene in Schmücke dich, and thunderously inexorable in the Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor. An exemplary introduction to some of Bach's greatest organ works' (The Times)

The Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV564, clearly a mature work (with the fugue as its least concentrated part), reveals a masterly synthesis of German and Italian styles—the section after the introductory dialogue for manuals and pedals juxtaposing thematic material clearly derived from Reincken and concerto principles, for example.

from notes by Robin Langley © 1990

Das BWV564 —Toccata, Adagio und Fuge—welches als ein deutlich ausgereifteres Werk gilt (wiederum mit der Fuge als dem am wenigsten konzentrierten Teil), offenbart eine meisterhafte Synthese der deutschen und italienischen Stile—die Passage nach dem einleitenden Dialog zwischen den Manualen und Pedalen, der thematisches Material dicht nebeneinander stellt, ist zum Beispiel eindeutig von Reincken und von konzertanten Grundsätzen hergeleitet.

aus dem Begleittext von Robin Langley © 1990
Deutsch: Hans Jürgen Wienkamp

Other albums featuring this work

Bach: The Complete Organ Works
Christopher Herrick (organ)
CDS44121/3616CDs Boxed set (at a special price) — Download only
Bach: The Complete Organ Works, Vol. 11
David Goode (organ)
Studio Master: SIGCD811Download onlyStudio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available
Bach: Toccatas and Fugues
Christopher Herrick (organ)
CDA66434

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