Bach: The Gamut from A to G / Plutz

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Label
Affetto Records
Release Date
June 16, 2023
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      Johann Sebastian Bach
    • PERFORMER
      Eric Plutz
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 16, 2023
    • UPC
      195269186081
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      AF2304
    • LABEL
      Affetto Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Eric Plutz

    2. Fugue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Eric Plutz

    3. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Eric Plutz

    4. Fugue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Eric Plutz

    5. Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Eric Plutz

    6. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Eric Plutz

    7. Fugue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Eric Plutz

    8. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Eric Plutz

    9. Fugue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Eric Plutz

    10. Toccata

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Eric Plutz

    11. Fugue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Eric Plutz

    12. Fantasia

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Eric Plutz

    13. Fugue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Eric Plutz

    14. Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir, BWV 29: Sinfonia in D Major (arr. M. Dupré for organ)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Eric Plutz


J. S. Bach’s Preludes / Toccatas / Fantasias & Fugues for organ are among the peak artistic achievements of the human race. The combination of harmonic and melodic beauty, visceral force, and intellectual ingenuity is unparalleled by any other solo instrument’s repertoire. Organist Eric Plutz realized that a compelling single program of these masterpieces could be formed by performing them in diatonic order – one for each key: A, B, C etc. In Western music that sequence is known as ‘The Gamut,’ a term that came to mean a "complete range.’ This program, therefore, aligns with Bach’s own deep sense for order while traversing the complete range of Bach’s vision, from tenderest melancholy to the depths of despair, from bold challenge to ecstatic victory. These peaks and valleys are nobly served by the dazzling colors of the Princeton University organ as well as the full historic and acoustic resonance of the Princeton University Chapel itself (the third largest college chapel in the world).