J Bach S SuzukiMasaaki- Organ Works 1 (CD)

The recipient of the 2012 City of Leipzig Bach Medal, Masaaki Suzuki has earned an enviable reputation as an interpreter of the music of J. S. Bach – as a reviewer in Int’l Record Guide has put it: ‘With Suzuki you can hear Bach’s heart beat’. To a wide audience he is known as the director of Bach Collegium Japan, and the moving force behind the ensemble’s acclaimed recordings of Bach’s complete sacred cantatas. Perhaps less well known is that he began his career – at the age of 12! – playing the organ at church services in Kobe, where he was born. Suzuki has remained true to the organ throughout his life, and for BIS he has previously recorded Bach’s German Organ Mass, as well as programs of Buxtehude and Sweelinck. He here appears on a disc combining some of Bach’s best-loved works for the instrument, including the D minor Toccata and Fugue, the Partitas on ‘O Gott, du frommer Gott’, BWV 767, the Canonic Variations, BWV?769, and the celebrated Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV?548. The recording was made in Groningen’s Martinikerk, with Suzuki performing on one of the Netherlands’ most important and impressive organs.

Tracklist:

1. Toccata & Fugue In D Minor, Bwv 565: Toccata
2. Toccata & Fugue In D Minor, Bwv 565: Fugue
3. Pastorale In F Major, Bwv 590: I. Prelude
4. Pastorale In F Major, Bwv 590: II. Allemande
5. Pastorale In F Major, Bwv 590: III. Aria
6. Pastorale In F Major, Bwv 590: IV. Gigue
7. O Gott, Du Frommer Gott, Bwv 767: Partita I
8. O Gott, Du Frommer Gott, Bwv 767: Partita II
9. O Gott, Du Frommer Gott, Bwv 767: Partita III
10. O Gott, Du Frommer Gott, Bwv 767: Partita IV
11. O Gott, Du Frommer Gott, Bwv 767: Partita V
12. O Gott, Du Frommer Gott, Bwv 767: Partita VI
13. O Gott, Du Frommer Gott, Bwv 767: Partita VII
14. O Gott, Du Frommer Gott, Bwv 767: Partita VIII
15. O Gott, Du Frommer Gott, Bwv 767: Partita IX
16. Fantasia In G Major, Bwv 572 “Pice D’orgue”: Piece D’orgue In G Major, Bwv 572, “Fantasia In G Ma
17. Prelude And Fugue In G Minor, Bwv 535: Prelude
18. Prelude And Fugue In G Minor, Bwv 535: Fugue
19. Von Himmel Hoch, Da Komm Ich Her, Op. 7, Bwv 769: Variation 1: Canon All’ Ottava
20. Von Himmel Hoch, Da Komm Ich Her, Op. 7, Bwv 769: Variation 2: Alio Modo In Canone Alla Quinta
21. Von Himmel Hoch, Da Komm Ich Her, Op. 7, Bwv 769: Variation 3: Canon Alla Settima
22. Von Himmel Hoch, Da Komm Ich Her, Op. 7, Bwv 769: Variation 4: Canon All’ Ottava Per Augmentationem
23. Von Himmel Hoch, Da Komm Ich Her, Op. 7, Bwv 769: Variation 5: L’altra Sorte Del Canone All’ Rovescio
24. Prelude And Fugue In E Minor, Bwv 548 “Wedge”: Prelude
25. Prelude And Fugue In E Minor, Bwv 548 “Wedge”: Fugue