George J
Herefordshire member
This is one of those real baroque preludes and fugues that Bach made that more than nod back to Buxterhude.
The Bach tradition lives on in good health!
My favourite commercial recording is from Cappel Parish Church from Helmut Walcha from about 1952 on a period organ that was built for a church in Hamburg.
The tempi are the same and the modern Bridgewater Hall is no less fine than the Schnitke organ that Walcka chose to make his recording on. Both concentrate on clarity rather than sheer roaring power!
I could not find a YT of Walcha, so without the DG Arkiv CD it will not be easy to make a direct comparison.
Best wishes from George
The Bach tradition lives on in good health!
My favourite commercial recording is from Cappel Parish Church from Helmut Walcha from about 1952 on a period organ that was built for a church in Hamburg.
The tempi are the same and the modern Bridgewater Hall is no less fine than the Schnitke organ that Walcka chose to make his recording on. Both concentrate on clarity rather than sheer roaring power!
I could not find a YT of Walcha, so without the DG Arkiv CD it will not be easy to make a direct comparison.
Best wishes from George