Bach, J S - Chorale Prelude BWV617 'Herr Gott, nun schleuß den Himmel auf'
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Instrumental » Organ Solos
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Throughout, the playing is thoughtful and full of poetry, recorded in intimate sound. There’s an elusive quality to this multifaceted programme, for sure, but on balance it repays attentive... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Instrumentalist of the Year
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Johann Sebastian Bach: The Complete Works For Keyboard, Vol. 7
Orgelbüchlein, Bwv 599-644 (with Choir)
Benjamin Alard (early keyboard instruments), Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris, Ensemble Vocal Bergamasque, Émilie Fleury, Marine Fribourg
This set of Bach’s Orgelbüchlein is not only first-rate in every way in terms of Alard’s idiomatic and thoughtful playing, the excellent recorded sound…every one of these chorales is followed... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Instrumental
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The performance by both the vocal and instrumental groups is, as one might expect, excellent. Soprano Maria Keohane has a bright voice and fine diction, while tenor Julian Prégarien can be powerful... —
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Record Review, 16th January 2021, Record of the Week
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The organ chorales are wonderfully varied in technique and careful listening offers rewards, some hard won...Suzuki discovers a wealth of expressive nuance and the effectively recorded sound... —
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His performances capture the smouldering long lines and Gothic grandeur inherent in Busoni’s textural transformations —
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Special offer. Bach To The Future
RecommendedOlivier Latry plays the Cavaillé-Coll organ of Notre-Dame de Paris
Olivier Latry (organ)
Bach played with no hang-ups, using the full resources of a magnificent organ… happily discarding any ideas of authenticity and completely shorn of that kind of hallowed reserve with which so... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2019, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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The chain of musical events always seems to follow some sort of purpose, be it for contrast or for continuity, the catchy opening solo, which ends on pizzicato harmonics, stopping short before... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2006, Editor's Choice
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…even more impressive is the extraordinarily powerful version of the great C minor Passacaglia and Fugue, here given a thrilling, thrusting performance. The orchestra respond superbly to Serebrier's... —
