Bach In Montecassini / Luca Guglielmi
Label: VIVAT Catalog: VVT-CD-108 Format: CD Luca Guglielmi (organ in the Chiesa di San Nicolao, Alice Castello)Bach, J S: 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 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. Price: $27.98 |