Bach: Organ Music David Goode

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
• 1 Toccata 06:10
• 2 Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C Major, BWV 564: Adagio 04:07
• 3 Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C Major, BWV 564: Fugue 04:28
• Organ Concerto in A Minor, BWV 593 (arr. of Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in A Minor, RV 522)
• 4 I. Allegro 03:59
• 5 II. Adagio 04:08
• 6 III. Allegro 04:02
• Johann Sebastian Bach
• 7 18 Chorales, BWV 651-668, "Leipziger Chorale": Schmucke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 654 06:24
• 8 Prelude 06:57
• 9 Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 544: Fugue 06:42
• 10 Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 682 06:46
• 11 Prelude: Vivace 03:08
• 12 Prelude & Fugue in G Major, BWV 541: Fugue 04:51
• 13 Das Orgelbuchlein, BWV 599-644: O Mensch, bewein dein Sunde gross, BWV 622 05:31
• 14 Passacaglia 07:24
• 15 Passacaglia & Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582: Fugue 05:46
• Total Runtime 01:20:23

Info for Bach: Organ Music

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)

"Best of all is the disc's crowning glory: a blazing performance of the Passacaglia, turbo-charged with immediacy and penetrating lucidity. Goode and Silbermann make a formidable team." (BBC Music Magazine)

"This is a very fine recording of the Freiberg Silbermann, with a lovely variety of registrations." (Choir and Organ Magazine)

"a superb Bach recital disc ... this is an excellent release in every way – if you seek just one organ disc for your collection, or to add one which may put others to shame." (MusicWeb International)

David Goode, organ

David Goode
has been Organist and Head of Keyboard at Eton College since 2005. He was a music scholar at Eton, and then organ scholar at King’s College, Cambridge from 1991-4, studying organ with David Sanger and, in Amsterdam, with Jacques van Oortmerssen. From 1996-2001 he was Sub-Organist at Christ Church, Oxford; following prizes at the 1997 St. Alban’s Competition, and the 1998 Calgary Competition, he concentrated on a freelance career between 2001 and 2003. In 2003 he moved for 2 years to Los Angeles as Organist-in-Residence at First Congregational Church, home to the world’s largest church organ. He made his Royal Festival Hall debut in 2002, and played Bach’s Art of Fugue in the QEH in 2009. In 1999 he made the first of numerous appearances at the Proms, inluding a solo recital in 2006; in recent years he has played all over Europe and the US. He has an established duo partnership with the trumpeter Alison Balsom, with recent concerts including the Moscow Arts, Three Choirs, and Passau Festivals. His CD releases since 1994 (from Cambridge, Oxford, Los Angeles, Eton, and most recently Freiberg for Signum Records) have received excellent reviews; he has also forged a strong relationship on Radio 3 with the BBCNOW and the BBC Singers. Volume 1 of his series of the Complete Organ Music of Max Reger was widely praised; he has also played numerous contemporary works, including Francis Pott’s Christus (a performance described by The Times as ‘a stupendous achievement’). He is currently recording the complete organ works of Bach on the organ of Trinity College, Cambridge.

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