Tom Wilkinson - Bach: Trio Sonatas for Organ, BWVV 525-530 (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

The six Sonatas, which are often described as 'Trio Sonatas for Organ,' hold a unique place in Bach's oeuvre. In a sense, 'trio' is the most natural organ texture: right hand, left hand, and feet each takes one line of counterpoint. However, in the six Sonatas, the contrapuntal lines are granted a degree of independence that is unmatched in Bach's surviving organ music. Thus, they are atypical of Bach's output for the instrument, and indeed oforgan music in general. The Sonatas are, in effect, 'ensemble music for one player' indeed, several movements originated as actual ensemble pieces.

To Bach's contemporaries, this transplanting of the secular, instrumental trio sonata genre onto the organ would have seemed rather daring. After all, the organ was, first and foremost, a liturgical instrument, with its own venerable repertoire tradition.

Tom Wilkinson is University Organist and Associate Lecturer at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK. Born in Edinburgh in 1985, he studied at the universities of Oxford (where he held an organ scholarship at The Queen's College), Edinburgh and Glasgow. His formative organ studies were with Matthew Owens. His doctoral research, conducted under the supervision of John Butt, was on the 19th-century Bach revival.

Tracklist:
01. Bach: Organ Sonata No. 1 in E-Flat Major, BWV 525 "Trio": I. —
02. Bach: Organ Sonata No. 1 in E-Flat Major, BWV 525 "Trio": II. Adagio
03. Bach: Organ Sonata No. 1 in E-Flat Major, BWV 525 "Trio": III. Allegro
04. Bach: Organ Sonata No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 526 "Trio": I. Vivace
05. Bach: Organ Sonata No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 526 "Trio": II. Largo
06. Bach: Organ Sonata No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 526 "Trio": III. Allegro
07. Bach: Organ Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, BWV 527 "Trio": I. Andante
08. Bach: Organ Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, BWV 527 "Trio": II. Adagio e dolce
09. Bach: Organ Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, BWV 527 "Trio": III. Vivace
10. Bach: Organ Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, BWV 528 "Trio": I. Adagio
11. Bach: Organ Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, BWV 528 "Trio": II. Andante
12. Bach: Organ Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, BWV 528 "Trio": III. Un poco allegro
13. Bach: Organ Sonata No. 5 in C Major, BWV 529 "Trio": I. Allegro
14. Bach: Organ Sonata No. 5 in C Major, BWV 529 "Trio": II. Largo
15. Bach: Organ Sonata No. 5 in C Major, BWV 529 "Trio": III. Allegro
16. Bach: Organ Sonata No. 6 in G Major, BWV 530 "Trio": I. Vivace
17. Bach: Organ Sonata No. 6 in G Major, BWV 530 "Trio": II. Lento
18. Bach: Organ Sonata No. 6 in G Major, BWV 530 "Trio": III. Allegro


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