Those with more time than money may find this an optimal reference set of Bach's complete organ music. There are organists who have produced more monumental readings of Bach (Helmut Walcha) and livelier ones (Ton Koopman), but those of Belgian organist Bernard Foccroulle are in the main straightforward, clear, and intelligent in terms of long-range structure. The chief attraction here is the scope of the project: Foccroulle made these recordings between 1982 and 1997 (remastering smooths out the sonic developments of the ...
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Those with more time than money may find this an optimal reference set of Bach's complete organ music. There are organists who have produced more monumental readings of Bach (Helmut Walcha) and livelier ones (Ton Koopman), but those of Belgian organist Bernard Foccroulle are in the main straightforward, clear, and intelligent in terms of long-range structure. The chief attraction here is the scope of the project: Foccroulle made these recordings between 1982 and 1997 (remastering smooths out the sonic developments of the period reasonably well) on a variety of organs, many of them in northern Germany. They correspond as closely as possible to what Bach would have known, but Foccroulle also takes into account that Bach liked novel instruments. The 16 CDs of the set are each devoted to individual organs, and while the booklet gives some attention to the instruments Bach knew at various stages in his career, there's no systematic attempt to fit musical and instrumental chronologies together, or to tie...
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Add this copy of Bach: Complete Organ Works-Gesamte Orgelwerke / to cart. $148.00, new condition, Sold by Broad Street Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Branchville, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by Ricecar.
