Masaaki Suzuki – J.S. Bach: Organ Works, Vol. 6 (2024) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Masaaki Suzuki - J.S. Bach: Organ Works, Vol. 6 (2024) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz] Download

This sixth instalment of Masaaki Suzuki’s critically acclaimed complete organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach presents the first eleven pieces from a manuscript since referred to as the Leipzig Chorales. Conceived around 1739, this collection is unusual in that it contains no new compositions, but rather ‘reworkings’ of organ chorales dating from the years 1708-17, when Bach was in Weimar. The chorale arrangements are based on established Lutheran melodies that particularly appealed to Bach. They were not intended as preludes for congregational singing, but rather as music to accompany the communion service or as concert music. Bach took great care with this project, selecting the best of his organ music from earlier in his career, and saw it as his legacy for the future. Together with the Orgel-Buchlein, the Schubler Chorales and the third book of the Clavier-ubung, the Leipzig Chorales represent the pinnacle of Bach’s sacred organ music. On this recording, Masaaki Suzuki plays the Arp Schnitger organ of the Martinikerk in Groningen, the Netherlands, one of the largest and most famous baroque organs in Northern Europe. Arp Schnitger was the most famous organ builder in northern Germany in the seventeenth century, and his admirers included Buxtehude, Handel and Bach himself.

Tracklist:

1. Masaaki Suzuki – Bach: Fantasia super Komm, heiliger Geist, BWV 651 (06:22)
2. Masaaki Suzuki – Bach: Komm, heiliger Geist, BWV 652 (09:22)
3. Masaaki Suzuki – Bach: An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 653 (05:34)
4. Masaaki Suzuki – Bach: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 654 (07:24)
5. Masaaki Suzuki – Bach: Trio super Herr Jesu Christ dich zu uns wend, BWV 655 (03:49)
6. Masaaki Suzuki – Bach: O Lamm Gottes unschuldig, BWV 656 (08:11)
7. Masaaki Suzuki – Bach: Nun danket alle Gott, BWV 657 (04:59)
8. Masaaki Suzuki – Bach: Von Gott will ich nicht lassen, BWV 658 (03:06)
9. Masaaki Suzuki – Bach: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 (04:35)
10. Masaaki Suzuki – Bach: Trio super Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV 660 (03:18)
11. Masaaki Suzuki – Bach: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV 661 (03:06)