Bach: Toccatas, Preludes & Fugues / Nordstoga

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Label
LAWO Classics
Release Date
August 24, 2018
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BACH, J.S.
    • PERFORMER
      Kare Nordstoga
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 24, 2018
    • UPC
      7090020181752
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      LWC1153
    • LABEL
      LAWO Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Kåre Nordstoga

    2. Fugue in G Minor, BWV 578

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Kåre Nordstoga

    3. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Kåre Nordstoga

    4. Fugue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Kåre Nordstoga

    5. Partita I

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Kåre Nordstoga

    6. Partita II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Kåre Nordstoga

    7. Partita III

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Kåre Nordstoga

    8. Partita IV

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Kåre Nordstoga

    9. Partita V

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Kåre Nordstoga

    10. Partita VI

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Kåre Nordstoga

    11. Partita VII

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Kåre Nordstoga

    12. Partita VIII

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Kåre Nordstoga

    13. Partita IX

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Kåre Nordstoga

    14. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Kåre Nordstoga

    15. Fugue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Kåre Nordstoga

    16. Prelude and Fugue in G Major, BWV 550

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Kåre Nordstoga

    17. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Kåre Nordstoga

    18. Fugue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Kåre Nordstoga

    19. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Kåre Nordstoga

    20. Fugue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Kåre Nordstoga

    21. Fugue in B Minor on a theme by Corelli, BWV 579

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Kåre Nordstoga

    22. Toccata

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Kåre Nordstoga

    23. Fugue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Kåre Nordstoga

    24. Partita 1

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Kåre Nordstoga

    25. Partita 2

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Kåre Nordstoga

    26. Partita 3

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Kåre Nordstoga

    27. Partita 4

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Kåre Nordstoga

    28. Partita 5

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Kåre Nordstoga

    29. Partita 6

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Kåre Nordstoga

    30. Partita 7

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Kåre Nordstoga

    31. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Kåre Nordstoga

    32. Fugue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Kåre Nordstoga

    33. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Kåre Nordstoga

    34. Fugue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Kåre Nordstoga

    35. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Kåre Nordstoga

    36. Fugue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Kåre Nordstoga


In his ninth and tenth of a total of fourteen releases of Bach’s collected organ works, Kare Nordstoga pulls together much of what was not collected from the composer’s side- preludes and fugues. The double form prelude (or toccata) and fugue has been an established form of composition since the 1600s. The North Germans Dietrich Buxtehude and Georg Bohm made a powerful contribution to this contrastive style in which the freer first part and the more rigorous second part are united in a dynamic whole. The young Johann Sebastian harvested significant impressions from these two composers during his time in Lubeck and Luneburg, and this album was recorded in Luneburg. Kare Nordstoga (b. 1954) studied at the Norwegian Academy of Music. Following his debut in 1978, he continued his studies in London and he was for a time organist at Ullern Church, before coming to Oslo Cathedral in 1984. He has also been associated with the Norwegian Academy of Music, where he was appointed professor in 1994.

REVIEW:

Nordstoga displays a fine architectural grasp of the works and builds them with convincing inevitability. Integrity is the hallmark of all his playing: He is careful but not cautious; deliberate and determined but not dragging and dour; sure-handed and solid but not showy or superficial. The only thing I do not find here is the uniquely electrifying excitement that Ton Koopman brings to his complete cycle. But if, unlike me, your taste in Bach organ performances runs more towards the older tradition of stately grandeur, then definitely consider investing in Nordstoga.

– Fanfare