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1714 Silbermann Organ of Freiberg Cathedral
Johann Sebastian Bach

David Goode

1714 Silbermann Organ of Freiberg Cathedral

Price: € 19.95
Format: CD
Label: Signum Classics
UPC: 0635212026120
Catnr: SIGCD 261
Release date: 01 December 2011
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Signum Classics
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0635212026120
Catalogue number
SIGCD 261
Release date
01 December 2011
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About the album

David Goode performs a grand selection of some of Bach’s best organ works – including the famed Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor – providing modern listeners with a unique chance to hear Bach’s music as congregations of that period may have done. The Gottfried Silbermann organ of Freiberg cathedral is one of a handful of such 18th-century instruments (built during Bach’s lifetime) to have remained largely unmodified to this day. Bach’s work as an organ inspector shows that he tested and inaugurated a number of Silbermann’s organs in Germany and, although there is no record that he played this instrument, its sound is undoubtedly one that Bach would have recognised and composed for.

"Bach played Silbermann's instruments, so this world of sound – with its silvery mixtures, blazing reeds and characterful flutes – is authentic as well as utterly compelling in a cavernous acoustic … An exemplary introduction to some of Bach's greatest organ works." - The Times
Een voortreffelijke introductie tot de orgelwerken van Bach
Deze opname pleit voor de orgelwerken van Johann Sebastian Bach, met acht van zijn voortreffelijkste werken uitgevoerd op het beste overgeleverde 18e-eeuwse Duitse orgel. David Goode voert een prachtige selectie van de beste orgelwerken van Bach uit, waaronder de beroemde Passacaglia en Fuga in c klein, die moderne luisteraars de unieke kans biedt om Bachs muziek te horen zoals de mensen uit zijn tijd hem hoorden.

Het Gottfried Silbermann orgel uit de kathedraal van Freiberg behoort tot het handjevol 18e-eeuwse instrumenten (gemaakt tijdens Bachs leven) die tot op de dag van vandaag onaangepast zijn gebleven. Bachs werk als orgelinspecteur toont aan dat hij een aantal orgels van Silbermann in Duitsland heeft getest en ingewijd. Ook al is er geen bewijs dat hij op het instrument in de kathedraal van Freiberg gespeeld heeft, de klank van het orgel is ongetwijfeld een die Bach herkend zou hebben, en waarvoor hij gecomponeerd zou hebben.

The Times schreef over dit album: “Bach played Silbermann's instruments, so this world of sound – with its silvery mixtures, blazing reeds and characterful flutes – is authentic as well as utterly compelling in a cavernous acoustic … An exemplary introduction to some of Bach's greatest organ works.”

Artist(s)

David Goode (organ)

David Goode is Organist at Eton College, combining this post with a flourishing performing career. A music scholar at Eton, and then organ scholar at King’s College, Cambridge, he studied organ with David Sanger and in Amsterdam with Jacques van Oortmerssen. From 1996- 2001 he was Sub-Organist at Christ Church, Oxford; following prizes at the 1997 St. Alban’s Competition, and the 1998 Calgary Competition, he concentrated on a freelance career between 2001 and 2003. In 2003 he moved for 2 years to Los Angeles as Organist-in- Residence at First Congregational Church, home to the world’s largest church organ. In 1999 he made the first of numerous appearances at the Proms, and in 2002 he made his recital debuts at the RFH and...
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David Goode is Organist at Eton College, combining this post with a flourishing performing career.
A music scholar at Eton, and then organ scholar at King’s College, Cambridge, he studied organ with David Sanger and in Amsterdam with Jacques van Oortmerssen. From 1996- 2001 he was Sub-Organist at Christ Church, Oxford; following prizes at the 1997 St. Alban’s Competition, and the 1998 Calgary Competition, he concentrated on a freelance career between 2001 and 2003. In 2003 he moved for 2 years to Los Angeles as Organist-in- Residence at First Congregational Church, home to the world’s largest church organ.
In 1999 he made the first of numerous appearances at the Proms, and in 2002 he made his recital debuts at the RFH and at Symphony Hall, Birmingham, subsequently playing all over Europe, the US, Australia and the Far East. He also has an established partnership with the trumpeter Alison Balsom: in March 2014 they played for the reopening concert of the Royal Festival Hall organ. He played at the AGO National Convention in June 2016 Of his Bach for Signum in 2013 The Times said: ‘One of Britain’s finest organists puts the 1714 organ in Freiberg Cathedral through its paces .... An exemplary introduction’. 7 volumes of a complete survey of Reger’s organ music have now also appeared, to warm reviews. He has forged a strong relationship over the years on Radio 3 with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the BBC Singers, and has played numerous contemporary works, including Francis Pott’s Christus (‘a stupendous achievement’ The Times), and Peter Maxwell Davies’ Solstice of Light.
He has also developed a profile as a composer: a set of anthems has been published, together with recordings by the choir of King’s College, Cambridge; and his Blitz Requiem was performed in September 2013 by the Bach Choir at St Paul’s Cathedral, and broadcast on Classic FM. He was also a juror at the 2017 St. Alban’s International Competition.

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Composer(s)

Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He enriched established German styles through his skill in counterpoint, harmonic and motivic organisation, and the adaptation of rhythms, forms, and textures from abroad, particularly from Italy and France. Bach's compositions include the Brandenburg Concertos, the Goldberg Variations, the Mass in B minor, two Passions, and hundreds of cantatas. His music is revered for its technical command, artistic beauty, and intellectual depth.  Bach's abilities as an organist were highly respected during his lifetime, although he was not widely recognised as a great composer until a revival of interest in and performances of his music in the first half of the 19th century. He is now generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time.  
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Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He enriched established German styles through his skill in counterpoint, harmonic and motivic organisation, and the adaptation of rhythms, forms, and textures from abroad, particularly from Italy and France. Bach's compositions include the Brandenburg Concertos, the Goldberg Variations, the Mass in B minor, two Passions, and hundreds of cantatas. His music is revered for its technical command, artistic beauty, and intellectual depth.

Bach's abilities as an organist were highly respected during his lifetime, although he was not widely recognised as a great composer until a revival of interest in and performances of his music in the first half of the 19th century. He is now generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time.


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01.
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV 564:: Toccata
06:10
(Johann Sebastian Bach ) David Goode
02.
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV 564:: Adagio
04:07
(Johann Sebastian Bach ) David Goode
03.
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV 564:: Fugue
04:28
(Johann Sebastian Bach ) David Goode
04.
Concerto in A minor (after Antonio Vivaldi), BWV 593: - See more at: http://signumrecords.com/catalogue/organ/j.s.bach:-1714-silbermann-organ-of-freib: I. Allegro
03:59
(Johann Sebastian Bach ) David Goode
05.
Concerto in A minor (after Antonio Vivaldi), BWV 593: - See more at: http://signumrecords.com/catalogue/organ/j.s.bach:-1714-silbermann-organ-of-freib: II. Adagio
04:08
(Johann Sebastian Bach ) David Goode
06.
Concerto in A minor (after Antonio Vivaldi), BWV 593: - See more at: http://signumrecords.com/catalogue/organ/j.s.bach:-1714-silbermann-organ-of-freib: III. Allegro
04:02
(Johann Sebastian Bach ) David Goode
07.
Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 654
06:24
(Johann Sebastian Bach ) David Goode
08.
Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 544:: Prelude
06:57
(Johann Sebastian Bach ) David Goode
09.
Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 544:: Fugue
06:42
(Johann Sebastian Bach ) David Goode
10.
Vater unser in Himmelreich, BWV 682
06:46
(Johann Sebastian Bach ) David Goode
11.
Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV 541:: Prelude (Vivace)
03:08
(Johann Sebastian Bach ) David Goode
12.
Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV 541:: Fugue
04:51
(Johann Sebastian Bach ) David Goode
13.
O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sünde groß, BWV 622
05:31
(Johann Sebastian Bach ) David Goode
14.
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582:: Passacaglia
07:24
(Johann Sebastian Bach ) David Goode
15.
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582:: Fugue
05:46
(Johann Sebastian Bach ) David Goode
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