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Bach: Concertos for Organ and Strings
Ramee

Bach: Concertos for Organ and Strings

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Details

Composer
BACH, J.S.
Artist
Les Muffatti, Jacobs
Format
CD
Label
Ramee
Released
Mar 08, 2019
Catalog #
RAM1804
UPC
4250128518048

About

Although we know of at least five concertos J.S. Bach wrote for solo organ we have no surviving Bach organ concertos with orchestral accompaniment. Contrast this with the 200+ cantatas: of these, 18 feature organ obbligato, which Bach uses as a solo instrument in arias, choral sections and sinfonias. The most obviously conspicuous date to 1726. In May to November of that year, Bach composed six cantatas which assign a prominent solo role to the organ. Most of these are reworkings of movements of lost violin and oboe concertos written in Bach's time at Weimar and Köthen. Why Bach wrote such a number of obbligato organ cantatas in such a short period remains unknown. One possible explanation may lie in Dresden, where Bach had given a concert on the new Silbermann organ in the Sophienkirche in 1725. Some scholars think that, in addition to other organ works, he also performed organ concertos, or at least a few earlier versions of the sinfonias, with obbligato organ and strings in order to show off the organ. From the cantatas mentioned above, along with the related violin and harpsichord concertos, it is perfectly possible to reconstruct a number of three-movement organ concertos of this type. By using this method, we hope to bring some of the music which Bach may have performed in Dresden in 1725 back to life on this release.

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 I. (Allegro) 07:53
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. (Allegro)
    Duration
    07:53
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Bart Jacobs
    Ensemble
    Les Muffatti
  2. 2 II. Siciliano 05:04
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Siciliano
    Duration
    05:04
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Bart Jacobs
    Ensemble
    Les Muffatti
  3. 3 III. Allegro 06:30
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    06:30
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Bart Jacobs
    Ensemble
    Les Muffatti
  4. 4 I. (Allegro) 07:49
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. (Allegro)
    Duration
    07:49
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Bart Jacobs
    Ensemble
    Les Muffatti
  5. 5 II. Adagio 06:14
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    06:14
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Bart Jacobs
    Ensemble
    Les Muffatti
  6. 6 III. Allegro 08:07
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    08:07
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Bart Jacobs
    Ensemble
    Les Muffatti
  7. 7 Sinfonia in G Major (after BWV 156) (reconstructed by B. Jacobs) 02:40
    Track
    7
    Title
    Sinfonia in G Major (after BWV 156) (reconstructed by B. Jacobs)
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Bart Jacobs
    Ensemble
    Les Muffatti
  8. 8 Sinfonia in G Major (after BWV 75) (reconstructed by B. Jacobs) 02:26
    Track
    8
    Title
    Sinfonia in G Major (after BWV 75) (reconstructed by B. Jacobs)
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Bart Jacobs
    Ensemble
    Les Muffatti
  9. 9 Sinfonia in D Major (after BWV 120a and BWV 29) (reconstructed by B. Jacobs) 03:41
    Track
    9
    Title
    Sinfonia in D Major (after BWV 120a and BWV 29) (reconstructed by B. Jacobs)
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Bart Jacobs
    Ensemble
    Les Muffatti
  10. 10 I. Allegro 05:51
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    05:51
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Bart Jacobs
    Ensemble
    Les Muffatti
  11. 11 II. Larghetto 05:42
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Larghetto
    Duration
    05:42
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Bart Jacobs
    Ensemble
    Les Muffatti
  12. 12 III. Presto 03:44
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Presto
    Duration
    03:44
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Bart Jacobs
    Ensemble
    Les Muffatti
  13. 13 I. Allegro 03:56
    Track
    13
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    03:56
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Bart Jacobs
    Ensemble
    Les Muffatti
  14. 14 II. Andante 06:33
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    06:33
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Bart Jacobs
    Ensemble
    Les Muffatti
  15. 15 III. Allegro assai 03:45
    Track
    15
    Title
    III. Allegro assai
    Duration
    03:45
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Bart Jacobs
    Ensemble
    Les Muffatti