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DOR-90151

THE ORGAN WORKS OF
J.S. BACH
VOLUME 4.

JEAN GUILLOU, ORGAN
Recorded at the Kleuker-Steinmeyer organ
of the Tonhalle, Zürich.

DOR-90151 Cover - 19229 Bytes Toccata and Fugue in F Major, BWV 540
One of the more famous of the major prgan works of Sebastian Bach, the Toccata and Fugue in F Major, BWV 540, is both a contrapuntal and virtuoso tour de force.   The 438 measure Toccata is the longest of any of the free preludes for organ.
Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 548
This astonishing masterpiece, arguably the greatest of all of Bach's Preludes and Fugues, is the ne plus ultra of the Northern German compositional style.   One cannot help but wonder what Buxtehude or Bruns would have thought had they lived to hear this incredible composition.   The "Great" E Minor Prelude and Fugue has come down to us in a fair copy written out by Bach and his pupil Johann Peter Kellner, who took over after the first twenty measures of the Fugue.
- Teri Noel Towe

      Toccata and Fugue in F Major, BWV 540
[1] Toccata
[2] Fugue

      Chorale Preludes from Leipzig Chorales:
[3] "Nun danket alle Gott", BWV 657
[4] "Von Gott will ich nicht lassen", BWV 658a

      Chorale Preludes from Kirnberger's Collection:
[5] "Lob sei dem Allmächtigen Gott", BWV 704
[6] "Durch Adam's Fall ist ganz verderbt", BWV 705

[7] Fantasia in C Minor, BWV 562

      Chorale Preludes from Kirnberger's Collection:
[8] "Wir Christenleut habn jetzund Freud", BWV 710
[9] "Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr", BWV 711
[10] "In dich hab ich gehoffet, Herr", BWV 712

      Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 549
[11] Prelude
[12] Fugue

      Chorale Preludes from Kirnberger's Collection:
[13] "Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier", BWV 706
[14] "Ich hab' nein' Sach' Gott heimgestellt", BWV 708
[15] "Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend", BWV 709
[16] Fantasie on "Jesu, meine Freude", BWV 713

      Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 548
[17] Prelude
[18] Fugue



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