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BACH, J.S.: Great Organ Works
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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Toccata
and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
Fugue in G minor, BWV 578
Prelude and Fugue in E flat major, BWV 552 "St Anne"
Jesu bleibet meine Freude, BWV 147 (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring)
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV 564
Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
Fugue in G minor, BWV 578
Prelude and Fugue in E flat major, BWV 552 "St Anne"
Jesu bleibet meine Freude, BWV 147 (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring)
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV 564
Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
Johann Sebastian Bach was a member of a
family that had for generations been occupied in music. His sons were to
continue the tradition, providing the foundation of a new style of music that
prevailed in the later part of the eighteenth century. Johann Sebastian Bach
himself represented the end of an age, the culmination of the Baroque in a
magnificent synthesis of Italian melodic invention, French rhythmic dance forms
and German contrapuntal mastery.
Born in Eisenach in 1685, Bach was
educated largely by his eldest brother, after the early death of his parents.
At the age of eighteen he embarked on his career as a musician, serving first as a court musician at Weimar, before appointment as organist at Arnstadt. Four years later he moved to Mühlhausen as organist and the following year became organist and chamber musician to Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Weimar. Securing his release with difficulty, in 1717 he was appointed Kapellmeister to Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cothen and remained at Cothen until l723, when he moved to Leipzig as Cantor at the School of St. Thomas, with responsibility for the music of the five principal city churches. Bach was to remain in Leipzig until his death in 1750.
At the age of eighteen he embarked on his career as a musician, serving first as a court musician at Weimar, before appointment as organist at Arnstadt. Four years later he moved to Mühlhausen as organist and the following year became organist and chamber musician to Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Weimar. Securing his release with difficulty, in 1717 he was appointed Kapellmeister to Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cothen and remained at Cothen until l723, when he moved to Leipzig as Cantor at the School of St. Thomas, with responsibility for the music of the five principal city churches. Bach was to remain in Leipzig until his death in 1750.
As a craftsman obliged to fulfil the
terms of his employment, Bach provided music suited to his various
appointments. It was natural that his earlier work as an organist and something
of an expert on the construction of organs, should result in music for that
instrument. At Cothen, where the Pietist leanings of the court made church
music unnecessary, he provided a quantity of instrumental music for the court
orchestra and its players. In Leipzig he began by composing series of cantatas
for the church year, later turning his attention to instrumental music for the Collegium
musicum of the University, and to the collection and ordering of his own
compositions.
Leipzig Clavierübung, of which the third
volume appeared in 1739, opens with an impressive and majestic Prelude in E
flat, and the whole collection ends with a fugue in the same key, known to
the English as the St. Anne Fugue because of the similarity of the
subject to a well-known Anglican hymn-tune of that name.
The famous D minor Toccata and Fugue is
an early work, probably written while Bach was organist at Arnstadt or at
Mühlhausen, that is in 1706 or 1707, before he moved to Weimar. The Fugue in
G minor, BWV 578, is thought to have been written before 1707. Its
five-bar subject is stated first by the soprano, followed by the other three
voices in descending order. Sequential episodes lead to partial and complete
entries of the subject, as the fugue goes forward. A cantata provides the
movement Jesu bleibet meine Freude known in English as Jesu, joy of
Man's Desiring.
The C major Toccata, Adagio and Fugue,
striking not least in the distinctive nature of the three sections into
which it falls, is in form the counterpart of the three movement Italian
concerto of the period. The work opens with a brilliant improvisatory prelude,
display on the manuals followed by a passage for pedal solo, before more
elaborate counterpoint involving manuals and pedals. There follows an Adagio
aria, slowing in a concluding recitative, before a capricious fugue
subject, interrupted by abrupt rests, a characteristic that naturally recurs,
as the four parts enter, in descending order.
Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (I
call on you, Lord Jesus Christ) accompanies the chorale of the title with a
pedal part of repeated quavers and a middle part of running semiquavers.
The Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor,
BWV 582, a monumental work, is thought to belong to the period before
Weimar. The fugue is preceded by a passacaglia, a major example of the Baroque
dance-variation form. The passacaglia theme, perhaps borrowed from a Mass by
Andre Raison, is heard first on the pedals, to be followed by twenty
variations.
Wolfgang Rübsam
A native of Germany, Wolfgang Rübsam received his musical training in Europe from Erich Ackermann, Helmut Walcha and Marie-Claire Alain and in the United States from Robert T. Anderson. Living today in the Chicago area, he has held a professorship at Northwestern University since 1974, and since 1981 has served as University Organist at the University of Chicago. International recognition was established in 1973 when he won the Grand Prix de Chartres, Interpretation, and has grown through his recording career, with over eighty recordings, many of which have received awards. Wolfgang Rübsam performs frequently in major international festivals and concert halls, including the Los Angeles Bach Festival; Wiener Festwochen, Vienna; Lahti International Organ Festival, Finland; Royal Festival Hall, London; Alice Tully Hall, New York, and conducts master classes both in interpretation of early and romantic organ repertoire, and in interpreting the keyboard music of Johann Sebastian Bach on the modern piano.
A native of Germany, Wolfgang Rübsam received his musical training in Europe from Erich Ackermann, Helmut Walcha and Marie-Claire Alain and in the United States from Robert T. Anderson. Living today in the Chicago area, he has held a professorship at Northwestern University since 1974, and since 1981 has served as University Organist at the University of Chicago. International recognition was established in 1973 when he won the Grand Prix de Chartres, Interpretation, and has grown through his recording career, with over eighty recordings, many of which have received awards. Wolfgang Rübsam performs frequently in major international festivals and concert halls, including the Los Angeles Bach Festival; Wiener Festwochen, Vienna; Lahti International Organ Festival, Finland; Royal Festival Hall, London; Alice Tully Hall, New York, and conducts master classes both in interpretation of early and romantic organ repertoire, and in interpreting the keyboard music of Johann Sebastian Bach on the modern piano.
Bertalan Hock
The Hungarian organist Bertalan Hock was born in Budapest in 1953 and studied at the Liszt Academy in Budapest and subsequently at the Liszt Academy of Music in Weimar. Since 1976 he has served as organist of the Matthias Church in Buda, where he supervised the reconstruction of the organ. Bertalan Hock has a repertoire ranging from Bach to the contemporary and has given concerts abroad in addition to his concert appearances and recordings in Hungary. These last include a number of discs for Hungaroton, including recitals on the Matthias Church Rieger organ.
The Hungarian organist Bertalan Hock was born in Budapest in 1953 and studied at the Liszt Academy in Budapest and subsequently at the Liszt Academy of Music in Weimar. Since 1976 he has served as organist of the Matthias Church in Buda, where he supervised the reconstruction of the organ. Bertalan Hock has a repertoire ranging from Bach to the contemporary and has given concerts abroad in addition to his concert appearances and recordings in Hungary. These last include a number of discs for Hungaroton, including recitals on the Matthias Church Rieger organ.
Disc 1
- Toccata - 02:51
- II. Fugue - 07:14
- Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 - 04:20
- I. Prelude - 10:52
- II. Fugue - 08:21
- Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (arr. for organ) - 03:47
- I. Toccata - 06:49
- II. Adagio - 04:45
- III. Fugue - 05:19
- Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 - 02:37
- I. Passacaglia - 11:10
- II. Fugue - 08:19
Toccata and Fugue, D minor, BWV 565 (more info)
Wolfgang Rubsam,
Recording date: 8/1988, 12/1992, 6/1993, 1/1994, 4/1995
Produced by: Geest, Teije van
Recording date: 8/1988, 12/1992, 6/1993, 1/1994, 4/1995
Produced by: Geest, Teije van
Fugue, G minor, BWV 578 (more info)
Wolfgang Rubsam,
Recording date: 8/1988, 12/1992, 6/1993, 1/1994, 4/1995
Produced by: Geest, Teije van
Recording date: 8/1988, 12/1992, 6/1993, 1/1994, 4/1995
Produced by: Geest, Teije van
Prelude and Fugue, E flat major, BWV 552 (more info)
Wolfgang Rubsam,
Recording date: 8/1988, 12/1992, 6/1993, 1/1994, 4/1995
Produced by: RMC Classical Music, USA
Recording date: 8/1988, 12/1992, 6/1993, 1/1994, 4/1995
Produced by: RMC Classical Music, USA
Jesu bleibet meine Freude (more info)
Bertalan Hock, organ
Recording date: 8/1988, 12/1992, 6/1993, 1/1994, 4/1995
Produced by: Geest, Teije van
Recording date: 8/1988, 12/1992, 6/1993, 1/1994, 4/1995
Produced by: Geest, Teije van
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue, C major, BWV 564 (more info)
Wolfgang Rubsam,
Recording date: 8/1988, 12/1992, 6/1993, 1/1994, 4/1995
Produced by: Geest, Teije van
Recording date: 8/1988, 12/1992, 6/1993, 1/1994, 4/1995
Produced by: Geest, Teije van
Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 (more info)
Passacaglia and Fugue, C minor, BWV 582 (more info)
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Artist(s):
Hock, Bertalan; Rubsam, Wolfgang
Label: Naxos Classics
UPC: 730099485920
Item Number: 8553859
Release Date: Jan 1, 2000
Hock, Bertalan; Rubsam, Wolfgang
Label: Naxos Classics
UPC: 730099485920
Item Number: 8553859
Release Date: Jan 1, 2000
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