J.S. Bach: Complete Organ Music, Vol. 2

The second instalment of Stefano Molardi’s superb survey of the complete organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach offers an intelligently put together programme (not by genre or BWV number, but rather conceptually around the mood and emotional impact of the works, either by similarity or contrast) , which centres around one of the greatest cycles of the master, the Dritter Clavierübung, a set of chorale preludes structured as an “organ mass”.

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Artist: Stefano Molardi (organ)

🎵 Purchase or streaming: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/Bac...
💎 More Information: https://www.brilliantclassics.com/art...

🎬🎮 These tracks are available for sync licensing: https://www.brilliantclassicslicensin...

With the second volume of this complete survey of the greatest organ music ever written, we reach the summit of Bach’s output for his own instrument, the Clavierübung, a set of intricate chorale preludes structured as an ‘organ mass’ and bookended by his grandest prelude and fugue, BWV552, with its magnificent French Overturestyle prelude and inexorably pressing fugue known as the ‘St Anne’ to Anglophone listeners on account of the melody’s superficial (and coincidental) similarity to a hymn-tune of the same name.

But Molardi offers much more on this generous selection, which does not slavishly group works according to genre but offers satisfying juxtapositions of style and mood while concentrating on the mature Leipzig period from which derives Clavierübung III, and including more preludes and fugues of proto-Romantic weight of expression, climaxing in the tragic energy of the B minor pair, BWV544, which is fully worthy of its counterpart that ends the first part of the Well-Tempered Clavier. In between come more chorale preludes, mostly withdrawn and reflective in tone.

Molardi plays two instruments of a size and colour that would have been well-known to Bach himself, including a splendid Dresden instrument by the non-pareil of contemporary organ-builders, Gottfried Silbermann. With its modern recording techniques, imaginative programming and virtuosic playing, this cycle promises to be a definitive set of Bach organ works for our times.

Tracklist:
Clavierübung, Pt. 3:
0:00:00 I. Prelude, BWV 552 No. 1
0:09:29 II. Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit, BWV 669
0:13:25 III. Christe, aller Welt Trost, BWV 670
0:18:38 IV. Kyrie, Gott Heiliger Geist, BWV 671
0:23:56 V. Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit, BWV 672
0:25:42 VI. Christe, aller Welt Trost, BWV 673
0:27:06 VII. Kyrie, Gott Heiliger Geist, BWV 674
0:28:46 VIII. Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 675
0:32:02 IX. Trio super. Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 676
0:38:13 X. Fughetta super. Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 677
0:39:35 XI. Dies sind die heiligen zehen Gebot, BWV 678
0:44:41 XII. Fughetta super. Dies sind die heiligen zehen Gebot, BWV 679
0:47:00 XIII. Wir gläuben all an einen Gott, BWV 680
0:50:01 XIV. Fughetta super. Wir gläuben all an einen Gott, BWV 681
0:51:29 XV. Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 682
0:59:19 XVI. Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 683
1:00:53 XVII. Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam, BWV 684
1:05:05 XVIII. Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam, BWV 685
1:06:55 XIX. Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, BWV 686
1:13:45 XX. Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, BWV 687
1:17:22 XXI. Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der von uns, BWV 688
1:21:09 XXII. Fuga super. Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BWV 689

4 Duettos, Op. 3:
1:26:11 Duetto No. 1, BWV 802
1:28:22 Duetto No. 2, BWV 803
1:32:17 Duetto No. 3, BWV 804
1:35:52 Duetto No. 4, BWV 805

1:38:55 Fugue à 5, BWV 552 No. 2
1:46:53 Fantasia in C Minor, BWV 1121
1:51:02 Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 718
1:56:59 Fantasia super. Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 695

Fantasia and Fugue in G Minor, BWV 542:
2:00:49 I. Fantasia
2:06:09 II. Fugue

Prelude and Fugue in A Major, BWV 536:
2:13:01 I. Prelude
2:15:13 II. Fugue

18 Chorale Preludes, BWV 651 – 668:
2:20:49 I. Fantasia super. Komm, Heiliger Geist, BWV 651
2:27:04 II. Komm, Heiliger Geist, BWV 652
2:38:45 III. An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 653
2:44:54 IV. Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 654
2:53:59 V. Trio super. Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend, BWV 655
2:58:05 VI. O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig, BWV 656
3:07:29 VII. Nun danket alle Gott, BWV 657
3:11:46 VIII. Von Gott will ich nicht lassen, BWV 658

3:15:12 The complete tracklist can be found in the pinned comment below!

👉 Social media links:
Instagram: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/Ins...
Facebook: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/Fac...
TikTok: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/Tik...
Spotify: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/Spo...

Thank you for watching this video, we hope you enjoyed it. Don’t forget to like and share it and subscribe to our channel!

#JSBach #OrganMusic #Vol2 #Complete #OrganWorks #Bach #Baroque #ClassicalMusic #BrilliantClassics