{"product_id":"bach-j-s-complete-organ-music-ton-koopman-16-cds","title":"Bach: Complete Organ Music - Ton Koopman (16 CDs)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/about_this_recording_transparent_black_shadow_2_2117ea39-fb9c-4383-b2cf-5101698d9e3f_480x480.png?v=1641839543\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKoopman’s seminal recordings, collected on 16 CDs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt was delightful to be able to choose the organs myself, including two instruments upon which Bach played: the Silbermann organ in the Dom at Freiberg and the Schnitger Instrument in the Jacobi-Kirche in Hamburg. Other historic instruments in Germany and the Netherlands were chosen for particular parts of the project. It was a joy to renew their acquaintance.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eTon Koopman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese quotes are all from Gramophone reviews about the discs in this set when first released individually:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"sensitive, authoritative and perfectly gauged performances, imaginatively registered and stunningly recorded … These are distinguished performances indeed\".\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Here is Koopman on top form: here is Bach playing distinguished by its freshness, vitality and magnetism.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Koopman has that something special. So special, in fact, that comparisons are inappropriate.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Which brings us to the matter of comparisons. Recently I asked one famous organist whether he had any plans to join that vast throng in recording the complete Bach. His response was that something special was needed in a performer before committing Bach to disc. Koopman has that something special. So special, in fact, that comparisons are inappropriate. Marie Claire Alain (Erato) might surpass in her use of organ colour, while in terms of musicianship the towering timelessness of Helmut Walcha (on Archiv) is matchless; but while Alain’s registrations so often seem to have been deliberately contrived to achieve variety, Koopman’s serve simply to underline the essence of each Prelude (brilliantly in BWV660), and while Walcha gives each little piece ‘stature’, Koopman’s no-nonsense approach is utterly compelling.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTon Koopman (at the organs of the Grote Kerk, Maassluis; Grote Kerk, Leeuwarden; St. Jacobi-Kirche, Hamburg; Dom St. Marien, Freiberg; Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam; Basilika St. Alexander und Theodor, Benediktinerabtei Ottobeuren; St.Walburgiskerk, Zutphen; Martinikerk, Groningena)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/WORKS_WITH_GLOBE_1_7927fcc1-9689-41eb-ba92-129813efac37_480x480.png?v=1595264456\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCONTENTS:\u003cbr\u003eToccatas, Fantasias, Preludes, Fugues, BWV 531–551, 561–566, 568, 570–572, 574–579, 1121\u003cbr\u003ePassacaglia, BWV 582 L Trio, BWV 583 L Canzona, BWV 588 L Allabreve, BWV 589\u003cbr\u003ePastorella, BWV 590 L Pedal-Exercitium, BWV 598\u003cbr\u003eSix Sonatas, BWV 525–530\u003cbr\u003eEight Short Preludes and Fugues, BWV 553–560\u003cbr\u003eKleines harmonisches Labyrinth, BWV 591\u003cbr\u003eSix Concertos, BWV 592–597\u003cbr\u003eOrgel-Büchlein, BWV 599–644\u003cbr\u003eSchübler Chorale Preludes, BWV 645–650\u003cbr\u003e“The Eighteen” Chorale Preludes BWV 651–668\u003cbr\u003eClavier-Übung III, BWV 552, 669–689, 802–805\u003cbr\u003eChorale Partitas, BWV 766–768, 770\u003cbr\u003eCanonic Variations on Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her, BWV 769a\u003cbr\u003eBreitkopf (Kirnberger) Chorale Preludes, BWV 690, 691, 694–709, 711–713\u003cbr\u003eNeumeister Chorale Preludes, BWV 714, 719, 737, 742, 957, 1090–1120\u003cbr\u003eChorale Preludes, BWV 715–718, 720–722, 724–736, 738–741, 743, 747, 749,\u003cbr\u003e750, 754–758, 763, 765, 1085, BWV Anh. II 49, 50, 58, 74 \u0026amp; BWV deest\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WARNER CLASSICS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31679637749847,"sku":"825646928170","price":47.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/products\/919uNTVRUeL._SL1500.jpg?v=1585692855","url":"https:\/\/classicselectworld.com\/de-de\/products\/bach-j-s-complete-organ-music-ton-koopman-16-cds","provider":"ClassicSelect World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}