Release Date: 01 April 1996
Label: Hyperion Records Ltd
Packaging Type: Fat Double (a 2.5cm thick jewel case, fits several CDs)
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 034571170718
Description
The Schübler Chorales, one of only two sets of organ works published during Bach's lifetime, owe their name to the student who collected them into one volume. The cycle charts the liturgical year, beginning with the famous 'Wachet auf!' ('Sleepers Wake!').
The Leipzig Chorales (The '18') were composed during Bach's Weimar period but were revised in Leipzig some years later. The pieces display a wealth of imagination in their setting of the themes, yet the fundamental principles of organ writingâinherited from Buxtehude and Pachelbelâremain at the heart of these chorales.
Johann Kirnberger became a student of Bach towards the end of the master's life. He grew to idolize his teacher and devoted much of his later life to collecting Bach's works. The set of chorales which bear his name were presumably never intended by Bach for publication as a 'set', but do nonetheless follow something of a liturgical cycle along the lines of that in the Schübler set.
All of the music on this album is also available as part of the specially priced box set Bach: The Complete Organ Works: âLet me say without hesitation that Herrickâs performances are models of clarity, accuracy, precision and musicality ⦠this is a complete Bach that has plenty of character and verve and which would bear repeated listeningâ (Choir & Organ).
Tracklisting
Marc-Andre Hamelin, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Litton
Gothic Voices / Christopher Page
Alina Ibragimova, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Vladimir Jurowski
Mahan Esfahani
The Binchois Consort / Andrew Kirkman
Mishka Rushdie Momen
The Gesualdo Six / Owain Park
Takacs Quartet
Choir Of Westminster Abbey, Simon Preston
Paul Barritt, Richard Lester, Christopher Herrick
Christopher Herrick
Christopher Herrick
Christopher Herrick
Christopher Herrick
Christopher Herrick
Christopher Herrick
