JS Bach

[Nick Armstrong]

I rather think the "Anita Brookner" was one of yours, M. Vints, if memory serves.....

Well we know wor Vinny is the Fons et Origo of so much....

[Gordon]

After all the reaction to Ms Hewitt what did people think of Ms McGregor playing Bach on the piano last weekend? Having met her once she's far from prim - and an excellent Goldberg to boot including a pre-performance description of the piece!!

Just noticed this is my 500th post what is BWV 500 I wondered, an organ work probably, but NO! a sacred song: So gehst du nun, mein Jesu, hin!!

[BBMmk2]

Talking of organ music, I have Ton Koopman's recording of JSB's Trio Sonatas. I am not sure of other recordings of these works?

The Director of Music at my school, has done a recording on the organ of the Goldberg Variations!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Talking of organ music, I have Ton Koopman's recording of JSB's Trio Sonatas. I am not sure of other recordings of these works?

I have John Butt on Harmonia Mundi - my favourites of all the Bach Organ works, he does them proud, albeit a couple of smudges in his footwork.

[BBMmk2]

Ferney, never heard of this organist?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Ferney, never heard of this organist?

You might know him better as the Music Director of the Dunedin Consort, Bbm (their recent recording of the St John Passion (complete with the "trimmings" - including a suitable Lutheran sermon in German, should you wish!) was highly praised on Seedy Review last week. He was also "highly placed" as the Harpsichordist in the BaL on the Violin Sonatas in the same programme (with Eilsabeth Blumenstock).

He's also a widely-respected academic (senior lecturer at Berkeley, Cambridge and Professor of Music at Glasgow) and has written widely on Bach: the Cambridge Music Handbook on the B minor Mass is excellent (for amateur enthusiasts, scholars and performers alike).

This is a reissue of the CD I have (mine has a better cover):

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bach-Organ-Music-Sonatas-525-530/dp/B00005MNIV/ref=sr_1_13?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1365328792&sr=1-13&keywords=john+butt

... "Flawless" is the Gramophone blurb on the front cover, here: it isn't that, but it is a source of unending joy!

[BBMmk2]

You might know him better as the Music Director of the Dunedin Consort, Bbm (their recent recording of the St John Passion (complete with the "trimmings" - including a suitable Lutheran sermon in German, should you wish!) was highly praised on Seedy Review last week. He was also "highly placed" as the Harpsichordist in the BaL on the Violin Sonatas in the same programme (with Eilsabeth Blumenstock).

He's also a widely-respected academic (senior lecturer at Berkeley, Cambridge and Professor of Music at Glasgow) and has written widely on Bach: the Cambridge Music Handbook on the B minor Mass is excellent (for amateur enthusiasts, scholars and performers alike).

This is a reissue of the CD I have (mine has a better cover):

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bach-Organ-Music-Sonatas-525-530/dp/B00005MNIV/ref=sr_1_13?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1365328792&sr=1-13&keywords=john+butt

... "Flawless" is the Gramophone blurb on the front cover, here: it isn't that, but it is a source of unending joy!

Thanks for that Ferney, just added that to my amazon wish list

I am not too sure about The Dunedin's recordings of the St Matthew Passion etc?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Thanks for that Ferney, just added that to my amazon wish list

You might find that the Harmonia Mundi on-line shop can offer a better deal, Bbm. (I say "might" because their website is a beggar to get round: type "John Butt, Bach, organ" into their website search and you get the information that there are "3 matches", but no suggestions about how to find them. They do, however, display covers of several of their catalogue that have nothing to do with Bach, Trio Sonatas or John Butt - which I'm sure is very kind, but not exactly helpful!

I am not too sure about The Dunedin's recordings of the St Matthew Passion etc?

I have only heard excerpts last year when it first came out: IIRC, the voices were very close-mic-ed, which rather defeats the whole objective of a OVpP performance! Lovely playing and well-judged speeds (and not as "over-acted" as the McCreesh [whose recording is even more close-mic-ed: the choir sounds as if it's tutting all the way through the first chorus!]). The Dunedin's St John is a very special recording, reproducing the work within the context of a Lutheran Good Friday Service of Bach's time (including, if you wish, the Sermon!) - they'll possibly release an "edited" version without the "extras" at some point?

I wish somebody would record Parrott in the St Matthew: judging by his performance a couple of weeks ago, he gets very close to what I "hear" when I read the score - 'tho' some of his speeds are a little more "fleet" than I imagine. Betterer still, when will someone record OVpP Bach with boys rather than adult women?