Bach: Organ Works, Vol 2 - Schubler and Leipzig Chorales (BWV 645-668) /Koopman * Amsterdam Baroque Choir

Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Ton Koopman (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Ton Koopman
• Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
• Audio CD (October 3, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: WEA / Teldec
• ASIN: B000000SMU
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #529,005 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Chorale: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme

2. Orgel: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme

3. Chorale: Gloria sei dir gesungen

4. Chorale: Wo soll ich fliehen hin

5. Orgel: Wo soll ich fliehen hin

6. Chorale: F hr auch mein Herz und Sinn

7. Chorale: Wer nur den lieben Gott l t walten

8. Orgel: Wer ur den lieben Gott l t walten

9. Chorale: Sing, bet und geh auf Gottes Wegen

10. Chorale: Meine Seele erhebet den Herren

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Disc: 2

1. Orgel: O LAmm Gottes unschuldig

2. Chorale: O Lamm Gottes unschuldig

3. Orgel: Nun danket alle Gott

4. Chorale: Nun danket alle Gott

5. Orgel: Von Gott will ich nicht lassen

6. Chorale: Von Gott will ich nicht lassen

7. Orgel: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland

8. Chorale: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland

9. Orgel: Trio super: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland

10. Chorale: Die Kripp gl nzt hell und klar

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Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful and utterly convincing. An absolute must!, May 1, 1999

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Warren P. Reier "Programmer extraordinaire" (Berkeley, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bach: Organ Works, Vol 2 - Schubler and Leipzig Chorales (BWV 645-668) /Koopman * Amsterdam Baroque Choir (Audio CD)

This is one of the finest recordings of Bach organ music I've ever heard. Choral preludes performed on a period instrument alternate with four-part settings sung by the Amsterdam Baroque Choir. These two discs are brilliant in conception, flawless in execution, and endlessly interesting. The performances are heartfelt and deeply moving, but always up to the highest standards of musicianship. Listening to these disks is what it must have been like to sit in the Thomaskirche, and what could be better?

5.0 out of 5 stars Heavenly Chorales, December 28, 2010

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Bill Staley (Santa Monica, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Bach: Organ Works, Vol 2 - Schubler and Leipzig Chorales (BWV 645-668) /Koopman * Amsterdam Baroque Choir (Audio CD)

The Chorales are superb! Worth the price of this somewhat rare set. I originally bought because I was into the Schubler and Leipzig organ pieces (the "Great 18"). I wanted to hear the chorales that inspired the Preludes. Now I play the chorales far more than the organ preludes. For me these are very good not great versions of the organ preludes. (This comes from a very new and humble student of Herr Bach's organ works, who respects that Ton Koopman knows more about Bach's music than few ever will and is as devoted to it as any human ever was.) However, I recommend the set for the stunning chorales and the "endlessly interesting" (in the apt phrase of another reviewer) combination and sequencing of the pieces.