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Bach: Leipzig Chorales
Johann Sebastian Bach, Kevin Bowyer
Bach: Leipzig Chorales
Genre: Classical
 
  •  Track Listings (11) - Disc #1
  •  Track Listings (15) - Disc #2

Anyone undertaking to perform, much less record, the complete organ works of J.S. Bach deserves credit for stamina and strength of will. Here, Kevin Bowyer gives us the 18 Chorale Preludes from the Leipzig autograph, volum...  more »

     
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All Artists: Johann Sebastian Bach, Kevin Bowyer
Title: Bach: Leipzig Chorales
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Label: Nimbus Records
Release Date: 10/20/1998
Genre: Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Forms & Genres, Concertos, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750), Classical (c.1770-1830), Instruments, Keyboard
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 710357557323

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Anyone undertaking to perform, much less record, the complete organ works of J.S. Bach deserves credit for stamina and strength of will. Here, Kevin Bowyer gives us the 18 Chorale Preludes from the Leipzig autograph, volume 10 in his Bach organ works series. These are classic works, recorded on an outstanding instrument--the Marcussen Organ from the Sct.-Hans-Kirke in Odense, Denmark--and the acoustics are superb. Interpretively, however, the recording is hindered by Bowyer's sense of musical timing. For this listener, it was irksome to hear him slow down and otherwise lose intensity at inoipportune moments: before bar lines, trills and significant points of arrival. Whether this is a technical limitation on Bowyer's part or just an affectation of some kind is hard to discern. In any case, it's regrettable. --Gwendolyn Freed

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Bowyer does it again!
09/28/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)

"The great "Leipzig Chorales" comprise disc 1 and half of disc 2. (Need I say more?!) Okay; most of the chorales are mellow, introspective; no "Toccata & Fugue in d" here! That's fine with me. (N.B.: Disc 2, track 7 is the last piece of music Bach ever wrote.) The rest of the package is fleshed out with the great Fugue in A, four bonbons, and the Concerto in C (after Vivaldi) (in which Bowyer brings out the colors inherent in the organ's sound which you rarely hear. I can say that because I've been listening to Bach organ music for many years and I've never heard such tone as I have here.) Essential."