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Masaaki Suzuki Plays Bach Organ Works, Vol. 3 - On The Great Silbermann Organ Of Freiberg Cathedral

Masaaki Suzuki

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Cat No: BIS2421

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Release Date:  01 September 2019

Label:  Bis / BIS Records

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  7318599924212

Genres:  Classical  Baroque  

Composer/Series:  Masaaki Suzuki plays Bach Organ Works, Vol. 3 - on the Great Silbermann Organ of Freiberg Cathedral

  • Description

    Born within a couple of years of each other, Gottfried Silbermann and Johann Sebastian Bach were acquainted, and we know that Silbermann in 1736 invited the composer to inaugurate the new organ that he had built in Dresden’s Frauenkirche. That instrument was destroyed during the bombing of Dresden in 1945, but some thirty of Silbermann’s organs are still extant. From robust pedal stops providing a sturdy bass fundament to silvery flute stops, his instruments were famous for their distinctive sound and contemporary sources often made use of a play on the name of their maker as they praised their ‘Silberklang’. Silbermann was based in Freiberg with his workshop only a stone’s throw away from the cathedral, where he built his first great organ in 1714. One of the finest and best preserved examples of his art, this is the instrument which Masaaki Suzuki has chosen for the third instalment in his traversal of Bach’s organ music, following acclaimed recitals recorded in Groningen (the Netherlands) and Kobe (Japan).