Description
Several years after his appointment in 1723 as cantor of the St Thomaskirche, Johann Sebastian Bach started work on a major collection of keyboard works under the collective name of ‘Clavier-Übung’. This collection was already published in several instalments during the 18th century, and it would ultimately grow into a standard work for every keyboard player, one which contains the essence of Bach’s keyboard artistry. In the extensive third section of the Clavier-Übung, the organ is of central importance. In addition to an imposing prelude and fugue, Bach composed 21 so- called chorale preludes for organ for this collection. Every one of them is a masterpiece, in which Bach makes use of complex polyphony, invertible counterpoint, and canonic techniques. Bach also employs a very wide range of musical styles. The chorales which Bach used were common musical property in his day, recognizable, so to speak, for any listener. Today, since this is no longer the case, the Netherlands Bach Foundation is of the opinion that it is advisable to make them available as an addition to a complete recording of the so called ‘organ mass’. The choir of the Netherlands Bach Society, conducted by Jos van Veldhoven, performs the chorales in harmonizations composed by Bach himself, but also by his predecessors including Praetorius, Hassler, Schein, and Scheidt.
Additional information
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Editing | Jared Sacks |
Mastering equiment | Sadie Audio system |
Mastering engineer | Jared Sacks |
Mixing console | Rens Heijnis Custom made |
Microphones | Bruel & Kjaer, Schoeps |
Analog to digital converter | Prism 24 bit / Genex Recorder |
Recording date | October 1998 |
Recording location | St. Walburgiskerk, Zutphen |
Recording engineer | jared Sacks |
Composers | 13e eeuw/Erfurt, 15 eeuw/ Wittenberg, 15e Eeuw/Martin Luther, Hans Leo Hassler, Heinrich Schütz, Johann Herman Schein, Johann Sebastian Bach, Leipzig 1539, Martin Luther, Michael Praetorius, Samuel Scheidt, Vroegkerkelijk/Nikolaus Decius, Vroekgerkeilijk/Naumburg |
Producer | Jared Sacks, Jos van Veldhoven, Leo van Doeselaar |
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Digital to analog converter | Sony |
Press reviews
Volkskrant
(…) vernuftige combinatie van bloemlezing en Bach-compilatie maakt dat de muziek beter tot haar recht komt dan ze ooit in een van beide afzonderlijk zou kunnen doen.(…)
Gelderland Pers
(…) van Doeselaar houdt de muziek op een briljante manier transparant (…)
Limburgs Dagblad
(…) van Doeselaar voert deze veeleisende en afwisselende compositie op grandioze wijze uit (…) (…) het koor van de Bachvereniging zorgt voor een interessant en welluidend reliëf door de koralen waarop de orgelbewerkingen zijn gebaseerd, voorafgaande aan de orgelsolo’s te presenteren. Interessant en genietbaar.
Klassieke Zaken
(…) Muzikaal en evenwichtig (…) (…) Uitvoering en van grote klasse.
Luister
(…) Ideale combinatie: elk deel uit het Ordinarium en de Catechismus wordt voorafgegaan door de eenstemmig gezongen melodie en een meerstemmige zetting (…) Een uitmuntend liturgisch geheel (…)
Fanfare
(…) the chorus sings accurately and enthousiastically, and maintains clean contrapuntal lines. (…) (…) Excellent sound (…) (…) Recommended alike to those who enjoy out-of-the-way Baroque choral music or who want to hear some of Bach’s chorale preludes in an apposite contrext.
Trouw
(…) Leo van Doeselaar is an exceptionally player and eminently well suited to the challenge of lending just stature to this music. (…) (…) The Netherlands Bach Society provide a genuine rhetorical sensibility under Jos van Veldhoven, who embraces the 17th century vocal concertos with rare humility and intimacy. (…) (…) Strongly recommended. (…) Een kunstwerk (…) (…) Door de combinatie met het prachtig zingende koor wordt de relatie tussen oorspronkelijke melodie en orgelbewerking voortreffenlijk uitgewerkt.
American Record Guide
(…) the organ performances are masterly in beautiful sound (…)
Gramophone
(…) Leo van Doeselaar is an exceptionally accomplished player and eminently well suited to the challenge of lending just stature to this music. (…) (…) The Netherlands Bach Society Choir provide a genuine rhetorical sensibility under Jos van Veldhoven who embraces the 17th century vocal concertos with rare humility and intimacy (…) (…) This project deserves recognition well beyond the organ fraternity. Strongly recommended.
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