Stefan Johannes Bleicher
Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor on the Holzhey-Organ in Weißenau
Label:  Arte Nova 
Date:  1996
Length:  58:11
Genre:  Classical
  Category:  classical
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    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (BWV 565)    9:16
      2.  
      		 Chorale "An den Wasserflüssen Babylon" (BWV 653)    5:34
      3.  
      		 Chorale "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland" (BWV 659)    4:19
      4.  
      		 Concerto in G Major (BWV 592) - 1. Tempo giusto    3:44
      5.  
      		 Concerto in G Major (BWV 592) - 2. Grave    2:42
      6.  
      		 Concerto in G Major (BWV 592) - 3. Presto    2:07
      7.  
      		 Sonata III in D Minor (BWV 527) - 1. Andante    6:14
      8.  
      		 Sonata III in D Minor (BWV 527) - 2. Adagio e dolce    4:12
      9.  
      		 Sonata III in D Minor (BWV 527) - 3. Vivace    4:26
      10.  
      		 Chorale Prelude "Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend" (BWV 709)    3:09
      11.  
      		 Prelude, Largo and Fugue in C Major (BWV 545) - 1. Prelude    2:37
      12.  
      		 Prelude, Largo and Fugue in C Major (BWV 545) - 2. Largo    5:36
      13.  
      		 Prelude, Largo and Fugue in C Major (BWV 545) - 3. Fuga    4:14
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      The famous D minor Toccata BWV 565 reveals the young virtuoso and improviser J.S. Bach brimming over with energy and vitality. We can only guess at how he must have fascinated, even shocked, his audiences in Arnstadt or Mühlhausen with this piece. Bach's first biographer, Johann Nikolaus Forkel, described the six Trio Sonatas: "Bach composed them for his oldest son, Wilhelm Friedemann, who was later to become a great organist. Not enough can be said of their beauty." Stefan Johannes Bleicher (b. 1962) is considered one of the leading organ soloists of his generation and has made numerous CD recordings, all of which have been well received. The instrument played here is the historic Holzhey Organ in Weißenau, built in the 1780s and now authentically restored.
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