Label: Lawo Classics
Format: SACD
Barcode: 7090020180991
Catalog number: LWC 1087
Releasedate: 11-12-15
Format: SACD
Barcode: 7090020180991
Releasedate: 11-12-15
Johann Sebastian Bach, organ works, Kåre Nordstoga, Trio Sonatas, Arp Schnitger organ, Hauptkirche St. Jacobi, Hamburg.
"Bach - Sonatas" is the fourth recording in Kåre Nordstoga's series of Bach's complete organ works. The main works on this double-CD are the six "Trio Sonatas".
As a definitive collection of etudes, the trio sonatas are for classical organists what Czerny’s studies are for pianists. Playing the organ requires the ability to manoeuvre independent lines in both hands and the pedals, and this is perfected playing Bach’s sonatas. In the words of Bach connoisseur Albert Schweitzer:
To this very day they are the Gradus ad Parnassum for every organist. Whoever has studied them thoroughly will thereafter encounter scarcely a single difficulty. The slightest unevenness in touch is heard with appalling clearness in this complicated trio playing.
The sonatas are a book of study not only for performers, but for composers as well. Bach’s private lessons for gifted students required a repertoire for the study of the noble art of polyphony.
At the same time, this is concert music and art in its full complexity, where the art of polyphony is cultivated alongside the most moving melodie.
As a definitive collection of etudes, the trio sonatas are for classical organists what Czerny’s studies are for pianists. Playing the organ requires the ability to manoeuvre independent lines in both hands and the pedals, and this is perfected playing Bach’s sonatas. In the words of Bach connoisseur Albert Schweitzer:
To this very day they are the Gradus ad Parnassum for every organist. Whoever has studied them thoroughly will thereafter encounter scarcely a single difficulty. The slightest unevenness in touch is heard with appalling clearness in this complicated trio playing.
The sonatas are a book of study not only for performers, but for composers as well. Bach’s private lessons for gifted students required a repertoire for the study of the noble art of polyphony.
At the same time, this is concert music and art in its full complexity, where the art of polyphony is cultivated alongside the most moving melodie.
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1Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 538:I. Toccata05:32
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1Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV 564:I. Toccata05:55
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2Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 538:II. Fugue07:50
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2Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV 564:II. Adagio04:34
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3Trio Sonata No. 1 in E flat major, BWV 525:I. (Allegro)03:07
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3Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV 564:III. Fugue05:03
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4Trio Sonata No. 1 in E flat major, BWV 525:II. Adagio07:50
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4Organ Sonata No.4 in E minor, BWV 528:I. Adagio - Vivace03:10
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5Trio Sonata No. 1 in E flat major, BWV 525:III. Allegro04:02
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5Organ Sonata No.4 in E minor, BWV 528:II. Andante05:48
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6Trio Sonata No. 2 in C minor, BWV 526:I. Vivace03:57
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6Organ Sonata No.4 in E minor, BWV 528:III. Un poco Allegro02:45
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7Trio Sonata No. 2 in C minor, BWV 526:II. Largo03:52
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7Organ Sonata No.5 in C major, BWV 529:I. Allegro05:14
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8Trio Sonata No. 2 in C minor, BWV 526:III. Allegro04:30
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8Organ Sonata No.5 in C major, BWV 529:II. Largo06:04
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9Trio Sonata No. 3 in D minor, BWV 527:I. Andante06:11
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9Organ Sonata No.5 in C major, BWV 529:III. Allegro04:04
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10Trio Sonata No. 3 in D minor, BWV 527:II. Adagio e dolce06:29
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10Organ Sonata No.6 in G major, BWV 530:I. Vivace04:11
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11Trio Sonata No. 3 in D minor, BWV 527:III. Vivace04:01
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11Organ Sonata No.6 in G major, BWV 530:II. Lente08:15
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12Trio in D minor, BWV 58305:29
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12Organ Sonata No.6 in G major, BWV 530:III. Allegro03:52
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13Canzona in D minor, BWV 58807:12