Bach: Trio Sonatas for Organ

Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), John Butt (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: John Butt
• Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
• Audio CD (October 12, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
• ASIN: B000026D3C
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #867,213 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Son No.1 in E flat, BWV 525: Allegro Moderato

2. Son No.1 in E flat, BWV 525: Adagio

3. Son No.1 in E flat, BWV 525: Allegro

4. Son No.2 in c, BWV 526: Vivace

5. Son No.2 in c, BWV 526: Largo

6. Son No.2 in c, BWV 526: Allegro

7. Son No.3 in d, BWV 527: Andante

8. Son No.3 in d, BWV 527: Adagio E Dolce

9. Son No.3 in d, BWV 527: Vivace

10. Son No.4 in e, BWV 528: Adagio/Vivace

11. Son No.4 in e, BWV 528: Andante

12. Son No.4 in e, BWV 528: Un Poco Allegro

13. Son No.5 in C, BWV 529: Allegro

14. Son No.5 in C, BWV 529: Largo

15. Son No.5 in C, BWV 529: Allegro

16. Son No.6 in G, BWV 530: Vivace

17. Son No.6 in G, BWV 530: Lento

18. Son No.6 in G, BWV 530: Allegro

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just Beautiful, October 23, 2001

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M. Donahue (Elk Grove, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bach: Trio Sonatas for Organ (Audio CD)

This is one among the best renditions of the Trio Sonatas I have ever heard; many other renditions seem pale and dull in comparison. These are wonderful, charming works, and the performer John Butt has delivered Bach's most-subtle nuances in a perfectly flowing way; both the organ and the CD recording are really beautiful.

This one hits all the notes just right. Even those folks who are initially put off by the church-ish solemnity in some of the movements will eventually realize these are just one of many expressions among Bach's splendid and endless spectrum of emotions.

This is a perfect Bach-for-driving CD. Can't exactly say why, but it works great in that environment ! It just may be the first ever Baroque space-music.

So why not slip into a mood of antique peace, and let yourself ponder the age-old Reckoning with Life along with J.S. Bach, even while you are stuck like a bug in the day's traffic-molasses ? Who cares about traffic ? Let it flow as it does. Bach is saying something celestial to us, so just listen close and let it open up.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great interpretation, August 10, 2000

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Xavier Brunet - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bach: Trio Sonatas for Organ (Audio CD)

This is the first CD I bought from Harmonia Mundi, and I am not disappointed, by far, by the quality of the interpretation. It may seem sometimes not to be the right tempo (a little slow), but the overall quality is very good. I will just regret that the quality of the sound capture is not as good as it could have been.

A great CD.