Johann Sebastian Bach

1714 Silbermann Organ of Freiberg Cathedral

David Goode

Label: Signum Classics
Format: CD
Barcode: 0635212026120

Catalog number: SIGCD 261
Releasedate: 01-12-11

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David Goode performs a grand selection of some of Bach’s best organ works – including the famed Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor – providing modern listeners with a unique chance to hear Bach’s music as congregations of that period may have done. The Gottfried Silbermann organ of Freiberg cathedral is one of a handful of such 18th-century instruments (built during Bach’s lifetime) to have remained largely unmodified to this day. Bach’s work as an organ inspector shows that he tested and inaugurated a number of Silbermann’s organs in Germany and, although there is no record that he played this instrument, its sound is undoubtedly one that Bach would have recognised and composed for.

"Bach played Silbermann's instruments, so this world of sound – with its silvery mixtures, blazing reeds and characterful flutes – is authentic as well as utterly compelling in a cavernous acoustic … An exemplary introduction to some of Bach's greatest organ works." - The Times

Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV 564:

Toccata

06:10

Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV 564:

Adagio

04:07

Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV 564:

Fugue

04:28

Concerto in A minor (after Antonio Vivaldi), BWV 593: - See more at: http://signumrecords.com/catalogue/organ/j.s.bach:-1714-silbermann-organ-of-freib

I. Allegro

03:59