Bach: Organ Works, Vol. 4 / Masaaki Suzuki

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BIS
Release Date
August 4, 2023
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Johann Sebastian Bach
    • PERFORMER
      Masaaki Suzuki
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 04, 2023
    • UPC
      7318599925417
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-2541
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Solo Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Masaaki Suzuki

    2. Fuga

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Masaaki Suzuki

    3. Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 599

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Masaaki Suzuki

    4. Gottes Sohn ist kommen, BWV 600

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Masaaki Suzuki

    5. Herr Christ, der ein'ge Gottessohn, BWV 601

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Masaaki Suzuki

    6. Lob sei dem allmächtigen Gott, BWV 602

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Masaaki Suzuki

    7. Puer natus in Bethlehem, BWV 603

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Masaaki Suzuki

    8. Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 604

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Masaaki Suzuki

    9. Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich, BWV 605

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Masaaki Suzuki

    10. Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her, BWV 606

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Masaaki Suzuki

    11. Vom Himmel kam der Engel Schar, BWV 607

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Masaaki Suzuki

    12. In dulci jubilo, BWV 608

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Masaaki Suzuki

    13. Lobt Gott, ihr Christen allzugleich, BWV 609

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Masaaki Suzuki

    14. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Masaaki Suzuki

    15. Fugue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Masaaki Suzuki

    16. Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 610

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Masaaki Suzuki

    17. Christum wir sollen loben schon, BWV 611

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Masaaki Suzuki

    18. Wir Christenleut, BWV 612

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Masaaki Suzuki

    19. Helft mir Gotts Güte preisen, BWV 613

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Masaaki Suzuki

    20. Das alte Jahr vergangen ist, BWV 614

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Masaaki Suzuki

    21. In dir ist Freude, BWV 615

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Masaaki Suzuki

    22. Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 616

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Masaaki Suzuki

    23. Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel auf, BWV 617

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Masaaki Suzuki

    24. O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig, BWV 618

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Masaaki Suzuki

    25. Christe du Lamm Gottes, BWV 619

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Masaaki Suzuki

    26. Christus, der uns selig macht, BWV 620

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Masaaki Suzuki

    27. Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund, BWV 621

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Masaaki Suzuki

    28. O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross, BWV 622

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Masaaki Suzuki

    29. Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 623

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Masaaki Suzuki

    30. Hilf Gott, dass mir's gelinge, BWV 624

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Masaaki Suzuki


This album was released in the summer of 2023; it may not have been intended as a Christmas album, but it would make a wonderful purchase at that time.

The fourth volume of Masaaki Suzuki’s Bach works for organ series features one of the most important surviving instruments of Bach’s time, made by the German organ builder Christoph Treutmann the Elder. Widely known for its extraordinary tonal quality, the instrument was built between 1734 and 1737. A recent general restoration preserved all essential structural elements or renewed them, remaining faithful to the originals, making it an ideal instrument for Bach interpreters who wish to come close to the sound ideas of the Leipzig Thomaskantor.

Suzuki now takes up the Orgel-Büchlein (literally, ‘little organ book’), a collection of 45 short chorale preludes on melodies from the Lutheran hymn book, a project that came into being in connection with Bach’s appointment as organist and chamber musician at the Duke’s court in Weimar in 1708. Presenting chorales for different periods of the church year, this collection serves as a general guide to text-based composition focusing on specific word-sound relationships and content-specific musical expression. Two Preludes and Fugues complete the first volume dedicated to the Orgel-Büchlein, illustrating the principle of variety and structure historically practised by concert organists in order to demonstrate the tone colours and expressive possibilities of their instrument.

REVIEW:

The great Masaaki Suzuki’s traversal of Bach’s keyboard music is well underway, and several attractions have become clear. In general, he is a bit less concerned with a pearly surface and a bit more with direct expression. In works for organ, he has shown a willingness to delve into period instruments, and the one here is a real find. Suzuki is willing to take a bit of time to bring out its colors; there is nothing too radical, but there are subtle adjustments to the tempo throughout that define the profile of each little ornamented chorale, and all the performances are vivid. This album was released in the summer of 2023; it may not have been intended as a Christmas album, but it would make a wonderful purchase at that time.

-- AllMusic.com (James Manheim)