Bach in Montecassino
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J. S. BACH
Bach in Montecassino
Luca Guglielmi (organ in the Chiesa di San Nicolao, Alice Castello)
[ Vivat / CD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 20 May 2015
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In a church in a quiet northern Italian town, Alice Castello, survives a hidden jewel: an organ dating from 1749, perfect for Bach's organ music.
The latest release on the acclaimed VIVAT label, performed by renowned Italian organist Luca Guglielmi, presents a remarkable programme of some of Bach's finest keyboard works, performed on the organ in the Chiesa di San Nicolao, Alice Castello.
Guglielmi's striking Bach programme is compiled from works collected by two eighteenth century scholars, Padre Martini and Friedrich Wilhelm Rust, that would surely have been heard in the famous Abbey of Montecassino, a magnet for musical travellers on 'The Grand Tour'. Martini and Rust played a major role in the creation of the first collected edition of Bach's works.
The vivid sound of the unique surviving eighteenth century Italian organ in San Nicolao, Alice Castello, and the equally stunning acoustic of the church, is brilliantly captured in this new VIVAT release.
Extensive presentation includes 44 page booklet with authoritative liner note in four languages (English, Italian, French & German), together with illustrations and session photographs, as well as comprehensive details of this unique eighteenth century organ.
"This is no ordinary greatest hits disc of Bach's organ music. The organ used here is a fascinatingly sweet-toned baroque instrument by Michele Ramasco of 1749 (added to by Bruna in 1802 and in remarkable condition)." (The Observer)
"Acoustically and tonally the San Nicolao organ possesses a lovely bloom and a dynamic spectrum that suits this music ideally. Moreover, Guglielmi is a dexterous and sensitive exponent, as compelling in the quieter, more reflective realms of the repertoire as he is in those of dramatic flourish." (The Daily Telegraph)
"Gugliemi captures the imagination throughout while also celebrating those unheralded cognoscenti in the years immediately after Bach's death, and before post-Mendelssohn venerating. A finely chiselled and innovative project, warmly recommended." (Baroque Instrumental nomination Gramophone Awards 2016)
Tracks:
Chromatic Fantasia in D minor, BWV903a
Fuga sopra il Magnificat 'Meine Seele erhebt den Herren', BWV733
Duets Nos. 1-4, BWV802-805
Fantasia & Fugue in C minor, BWV537
Chorale Prelude BWV753 'Jesu, meine Freude' (unfinished)
Fantasia super 'Jesu, meine Freude', BWV713
Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein, BWV668a
Prelude & Fugue Book 2 No. 1 in C major, BWV870: Prelude
Kyrie Drei Sätze BWV 672-674
Chorale Prelude BWV675 'Allein Gott in der Hoh sei Ehr'
Fughetta super 'Wir glauben all an einen Gott', BWV681
Chorale Prelude BWV683 'Vater unser im Himmelreich'
Chorale Prelude BWV687 'Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir'
Prelude & Fugue Book 1 No. 1 in C major, BWV846: Fugue
Fantasia & Fugue in A minor, BWV904
