Bach: Organ works - Organ Chorales from the Neumeister Collection (Edition Bachakademie Vol 86) /Johannsen

Johann Sebastian Bach (Artist), Johann David Heinichen (Artist), Kay Johannsen (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 27, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Hanssler Classics
• ASIN: B00004TKEC
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #493,181 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich (II), chorale prelude for organ, BWV 719 (BC K34)

2. Wir Christenleut' (II), chorale prelude for organ (Neumeister Chorale No. 1), BWV 1090 (BC K161)

3. Das alte Jahr vergangen ist (II), chorale prelude for organ (Neumeister Chorale No. 2), BWV 1091 (BC K162)

4. Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel auf (II), chorale prelude for organ (Neumeister Chorale No. 3), BWV 1092 (BC K163)

5. Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen (I), chorale prelude for organ (Neumeister Chorale No. 4), BWV 1093 (BC K164)

6. O Jesu, wie ist dein Gestalt, chorale prelude for organ (Neumeister Chorale No. 5), BWV 1094 (BC K165)

7. O Lamm Gottes unschuldig (V), chorale prelude for organ (Neumeister Chorale No. 6), BWV 1095 (BC K166)

8. Ehre sei dir, Christe, der du leidest Not, chorale prelude for organ (Neumesiter Chorale No. 8), BWV 1097 (BC K168)

9. Wir glauben all an einen Gott (III), chorale prelude for organ (Neumeister Chorale No. 9), BWV 1098 (BC K169)

10. Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (III), chorale prelude for organ (Neumeister Chorale No. 10), BWV 1099 (BC K170)

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Disc: 2

1. Gott ist mein Heil, mein Hilf und Trost, chorale prelude for organ (Neumeister Chorale No. 17), BWV 1106 (BC K179)

2. Jesu, meines Lebens Leben (I), chorale prelude for organ (Neumeister Chorales No. 18), BWV 1107 (BC K180)

3. Als Jesus Christus in der Nacht, chorale prelude for organ (Neumeister Chorale No. 19), BWV 1108 (BC K181)

4. Ach Gott, tu dich erbarmen, chorale prelude for organ (Neumeister Chorale No. 20), BWV 1109 (BC K182)

5. O Herre Gott, dein göttlich's Wort (II), chorale prelude for organ (Neumeister Chorale No. 22), BWV 1110 (BC K183)

6. Nun lasst uns den Leib begraben, chorale prelude for organ (Neumeister Chorale No. 23), BWV 1111 (BC K184)

7. Christus, der ist mein Leben, chorale prelude for organ, BWV 1112 (BC K185)

8. Ich hab mein Sach Gott heimgestellt (IV), chorale prelude for organ (Neumeister Chorale No. 24), BWV 1113 (BC K186)

9. Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut, chorale prelude for organ (Neumeister Chorales No. 26), BWV 1114 (BC K187)

10. Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr, chorale prelude for organ (Neumeister Chorale No. 26), BWV 1115 (BC K188)

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Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Bach In Small Bites, July 3, 2002

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Leonard J. Loomis (Thousand Oaks, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bach: Organ works - Organ Chorales from the Neumeister Collection (Edition Bachakademie Vol 86) /Johannsen (Audio CD)

Nearly a generation has passed since Christoff Wolff (and others) prepared the Barenreiter Edition of organ chorales from the Neumeister Collection at Yale. I'd guess they aren't played much. Some may dismiss them out of hand since they are mainly for manuals and thus, would be the reasoning, are not very difficult to master. Others would not, in this day and age of contemporary liturgies, select them either. Probably not many are possessed of the mental agility to sit for nearly an hour and a half and listen to liturgical music with no overriding theme like one of his passions or cantatas.

The fact is, the Neumeister Chorales are wonderful to listen to...especially if they are taken in relatively small bites. And, they are not especially easy to play. There is a special clarity of sound, both in the recording and in the execution, on these disks. There is no setting of ultra fast tempos just because the artist can get his fingers over superfast 32nd note cadenzas. Kay Johannsen is lucid, relaxed and imaginative. He is playing a magnificent instrument in a space that is not overly reverberant. The registrations and articulation are certainly baroque but Johannsen's embelishments are not overdone. A student can listen and say: "Ah, that's exactly how I'd like to play it" ... and not be far off the right track. At its price, this set is a welcome addition to a library.

5.0 out of 5 stars Contents list is for a different CD set., March 11, 2010

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Mike Simonsen (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bach: Organ works - Organ Chorales from the Neumeister Collection (Edition Bachakademie Vol 86) /Johannsen (Audio CD)

You will notice that the track list and contents list for this set are entirely different. Even the organists are variously credited as Kay Johannesen and Brina Bryndorf. Amazon should straighten this out.