Buxtehude & JS Bach - December 1705: Organ Music
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Label: Brilliant Classics
Cat No: 95941
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 19th February 2021
Contents
Works
Chorale Fantasia 'Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns halt', BWV1128Chorale Prelude BWV762 'Vater unser im Himmelreich'
Fantasia in G major, BWV571
Fugue in G major, BWV577 'a la gigue'
Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV551
Toccata (Prelude) and Fugue in C major, BWV566a
Fugue in C major, BuxWV174
Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BuxWV188
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BuxWV211
Passacaglia in D minor, BuxWV161
Praeludium in C major, BuxWV137
Toccata in D minor, BuxWV155
Artists
Manuel Tomadin (organ)Works
Chorale Fantasia 'Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns halt', BWV1128Chorale Prelude BWV762 'Vater unser im Himmelreich'
Fantasia in G major, BWV571
Fugue in G major, BWV577 'a la gigue'
Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV551
Toccata (Prelude) and Fugue in C major, BWV566a
Fugue in C major, BuxWV174
Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BuxWV188
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BuxWV211
Passacaglia in D minor, BuxWV161
Praeludium in C major, BuxWV137
Toccata in D minor, BuxWV155
Artists
Manuel Tomadin (organ)About
In October 1705, the 20-year-old Johann Sebastian Bach, organist of the Bonifatiuskirche in Arnstadt, asked his superiors for a four-week-leave to go and listen to Buxtehude: a 400-km-journey on foot to Lübeck, where he attended the Abendmusiken at the Marienkirche. Four weeks became four months, and on his return, Bach was clapped in irons for several days for insubordination. After that, however, the superiors of the Bonifatiuskirche noticed that: ‘After this long journey, he could play astonishing chorale variations and would combine them with unknown harmonies to an extent that confused the faithful.’
Manuel Tomadin’s unique new recital imagines and stages this musical encounter and its ramifications. Some of Buxtehude’s grandest and boldest organ music is featured, including the D minor Passacaglia and the C major Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne, as well as a virtuosic set of chorale variations on Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ. As if in answer, Tomadin plays the brilliant early G major Fantasia with its toccata-like opening, a richly chromatic central Adagio and concluding fugue with a particularly demanding pedal part.
Many are the compositions that could be compared between these two absolute giants of the organ music tradition, just as many as the coloristic combinations possible on the incredible instrument by A. Schnitger (1691) of the Martinikerk in Groningen (the Netherlands), one of the most famous Baroque organs of the world, the specifications of which are included in the booklet.
Organist Manuel Tomadin is one of the foremost Italian organists of today, a scholar and passionate musician, with an impressive discography to his name: Husumer Organ Book, Alberti Complete Keyboard Works, and other North German organ masters.
Praise for Manuel Tomadin’s Brilliant Classics discography:
‘Tomadin performs with equal grace on all three instruments… The phrasing is precise and convincing, and Tomadin has a positive knack for making the simplest of lines and lyrical themes interesting and listenable. He will have done a tremendous service to the world of music in this recording.’ – Fanfare (Alberti, 95161)
‘Stylish and well recorded… Recommended.’ – Fanfare (Das Husumer Orgelbuch, 95328)
‘As always in these Brilliant CDs, lesser-known composers are treated with seriousness and receive scholarly and well-researched performances by impressive artists whose technique is flawless and whose ability to bring minor masterpieces to life is winsome.’ – Early Music Review (Lübeck, 95453)
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