Masaaki Suzuki - J.S. Bach: Organ Works, Vol. 4 (2023) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

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.

TRACKLIST

1. Masaaki Suzuki - Prelude & Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543: I. Prelude
2. Masaaki Suzuki - Prelude & Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543: II. Fugue
3. Masaaki Suzuki - Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland, BWV 599
4. Masaaki Suzuki - Gott, durch deine Güte, BWV 600
5. Masaaki Suzuki - Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn, BWV 601
6. Masaaki Suzuki - Lob sei dem allmächtigen Gott, BWV 602
7. Masaaki Suzuki - Puer natus in Bethlehem, BWV 603
8. Masaaki Suzuki - Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 604
9. Masaaki Suzuki - Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich, BWV 605
10. Masaaki Suzuki - Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her, BWV 606
11. Masaaki Suzuki - Vom Himmel kam der Engel Schaar, BWV 607
12. Masaaki Suzuki - In dulci jubilo, BWV 608
13. Masaaki Suzuki - Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich, BWV 609
14. Masaaki Suzuki - Prelude & Fugue in C Minor, BWV 549: I. Prelude
15. Masaaki Suzuki - Prelude & Fugue in C Minor, BWV 549: II. Fugue
16. Masaaki Suzuki - Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 610
17. Masaaki Suzuki - Christum wir sollen loben schon, BWV 611
18. Masaaki Suzuki - Wir Christenleut, BWV 612
19. Masaaki Suzuki - Helft mir Gottes Güte preisen, BWV 613
20. Masaaki Suzuki - Das alte Jahr vergangen ist, BWV 614
21. Masaaki Suzuki - In dir ist Freude, BWV 615
22. Masaaki Suzuki - Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 616
23. Masaaki Suzuki - Herr Gott, nun schleuß den Himmel auf, BWV 617
24. Masaaki Suzuki - O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig, BWV 618
25. Masaaki Suzuki - Christe, du Lamm Gottes, BWV 619
26. Masaaki Suzuki - Christus, der uns selig macht, BWV 620
27. Masaaki Suzuki - Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund, BWV 621
28. Masaaki Suzuki - O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß, BWV 622
29. Masaaki Suzuki - Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 623
30. Masaaki Suzuki - Hilf Gott, daß mir's gelinge, BWV 624



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