1714 Silbermann Organ of Freiberg Cathedral by David Goode

Johann Sebastian Bach

David Goode

1714 Silbermann Organ of Freiberg Cathedral

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Format: CD
Label: Signum Classics
UPC: 0635212026120
Catnr: SIGCD 261
Release date: 01 December 2011
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Signum Classics

UPC
0635212026120

Catalogue number
SIGCD 261

Release date
01 December 2011

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David Goode performs a grand selection of some of Bach’s best organ works – including the famed Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor – providing modern listeners with a unique chance to hear Bach’s music as congregations of that period may have done. The Gottfried Silbermann organ of Freiberg cathedral is one of a handful of such 18th-century instruments (built during Bach’s lifetime) to have remained largely unmodified to this day. Bach’s work as an organ inspector shows that he tested and inaugurated a number of Silbermann’s organs in Germany and, although there is no record that he played this instrument, its sound is undoubtedly one that Bach would have recognised and composed for.

"Bach played Silbermann's instruments, so this world of sound – with its silvery mixtures, blazing reeds and characterful flutes – is authentic as well as utterly compelling in a cavernous acoustic … An exemplary introduction to some of Bach's greatest organ works." - The Times

Een voortreffelijke introductie tot de orgelwerken van Bach
Deze opname pleit voor de orgelwerken van Johann Sebastian Bach, met acht van zijn voortreffelijkste werken uitgevoerd op het beste overgeleverde 18e-eeuwse Duitse orgel. David Goode voert een prachtige selectie van de beste orgelwerken van Bach uit, waaronder de beroemde Passacaglia en Fuga in c klein, die moderne luisteraars de unieke kans biedt om Bachs muziek te horen zoals de mensen uit zijn tijd hem hoorden.

Het Gottfried Silbermann orgel uit de kathedraal van Freiberg behoort tot het handjevol 18e-eeuwse instrumenten (gemaakt tijdens Bachs leven) die tot op de dag van vandaag onaangepast zijn gebleven. Bachs werk als orgelinspecteur toont aan dat hij een aantal orgels van Silbermann in Duitsland heeft getest en ingewijd. Ook al is er geen bewijs dat hij op het instrument in de kathedraal van Freiberg gespeeld heeft, de klank van het orgel is ongetwijfeld een die Bach herkend zou hebben, en waarvoor hij gecomponeerd zou hebben.

The Times schreef over dit album: “Bach played Silbermann's instruments, so this world of sound – with its silvery mixtures, blazing reeds and characterful flutes – is authentic as well as utterly compelling in a cavernous acoustic … An exemplary introduction to some of Bach's greatest organ works.”

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David Goode

David Goode is one of the UK’s leading organists. He was organ scholar at King’s College, Cambridge and Sub-Organist at Christ Church, Oxford, and was for 17 years Organist at Eton College. He is now a busy freelance recitalist, accompanist, continuo player and teacher. He has performed frequently as a soloist at the Proms (including a solo recital in 2006 and being a featured artist in 2011), the Royal Festival Hall (including the re-opening concert in 2014) and Symphony Hall Birmingham, and has toured extensively abroad with concerts throughout Europe, North America, Australia and the Far East. Notable partnerships over the years include the BBCNOW, the BBC Singers and the trumpeter Alison Balsom. His most recent live solo recital for BBC...

He has performed frequently as a soloist at the Proms (including a solo recital in 2006 and being a featured artist in 2011), the Royal Festival Hall (including the re-opening concert in 2014) and Symphony Hall Birmingham, and has toured extensively abroad with concerts throughout Europe, North America, Australia and the Far East. Notable partnerships over the years include the BBCNOW, the BBC Singers and the trumpeter Alison Balsom. His most recent live solo recital for BBC Radio 3 was in 2019.

Amongst many recordings across 30 years, he recently released a much-admired set of the complete organ works of Bach for Signum Records (“This series is notable for the flair, clarity and

spontaneity that Goode brings to this timeless music” Gramophone; ***** 5 Stars BBC Music Magazine). His various Reger recordings have also been warmly received, and more recent projects have included music by John Pickard for BIS (‘magnificently assured and enviably concentrated’, Gramophone) and works by Locklair with the choir of Royal Holloway for Convivium Records.

A distinguished teacher over many years, he was on the jury for the 2017 St Alban’s International Competition. He has composed extensively, with recordings including those by the choir of King’s College, Cambridge; his Blitz Requiem was premiered at St. Paul’s Cathedral in 2013.

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He enriched established German styles through his skill in counterpoint, harmonic and motivic organisation, and the adaptation of rhythms, forms, and textures from abroad, particularly from Italy and France. Bach's compositions include the Brandenburg Concertos, the Goldberg Variations, the Mass in B minor, two Passions, and hundreds of cantatas. His music is revered for its technical command, artistic beauty, and intellectual depth. Bach's abilities as an organist were highly respected during his lifetime, although he was not widely recognised as a great composer until a revival of interest in and performances of his music in the first half of the 19th century. He is now generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time.

Bach's abilities as an organist were highly respected during his lifetime, although he was not widely recognised as a great composer until a revival of interest in and performances of his music in the first half of the 19th century. He is now generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time.

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