Essential Classics this week is featuring Simon Preston as artist of the week. Splendid/magisterial performance of the Bach A minor Prelude & Fugue this morning, recorded in Tonbridge School Chapel.
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He was featured on another programme very recently playing the Pastorale in F on a Klais in Bonn. Nice neat playing...no fuss or silly rubato. -
I heard that, and was most impressed. It was a wonderfully 'clean' performance, which I decided must result from a happy conjunction of player, instrument, and space. It's good to read that a real organist was similarly taken by it!Originally posted by Roger Judd View Post
I also enjoyed Wabbey's rendering of Palestrina's Tu es Petrus under SP's direction. Presumably there's more to come in this vein over the next four days.Comment
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Simon Preston's complete Bach organ works on DG is well worth acquiring, nice clean sound and registrations on a variety of instruments. In a crowded field it's up there with the best. Not many "historic" organs though. For one of those I still like Rogg's 1970 set all made on the Arlesheim Silbermann organ.Originally posted by decantor View PostComment
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Agreed, although I could do without the patronising "My artist of the week, is..."Comment
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I still find Peter Hurford one of the most accomplished all-round Bach players.Comment
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It's a little frustrating that Hurford's magnificent set seems to be currently unavailable new on CD (I have it on LP, and was able to listen to some of the recording sessions from outside New College Chapel!). OTOH, Preston's very fine complete set is just over £2 per disc, as is that by Michel Chapuis, one of the most thrilling in the Preludes, Toccatas and Fugues. Of current Bach organists, I look forward to Robert Quinney adding to his superlative recordings on Coro.Comment
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