Joseph Kelemen - J.S. Bach: Famous Organ Works (2018)

Tracklist
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01. Prelude & Fugue in C Minor, BWV 546: Prelude
02. Prelude & Fugue in C Minor, BWV 546: Fugue
03. Chorale Preludes: No. 4, Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 717
04. Fantasia & Fugue in C Minor, BWV 562: Fantasia
05. Organ Concerto No. 4 in C Major, BWV 595 (After Johann Ernst Prinz von Sachsen-Weimar)
06. Prelude and Fugue in F Minor, BWV 534: Prelude
07. Prelude and Fugue in F Minor, BWV 534: Fugue
08. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus I
09. Chorale Preludes: No. 25, Valet will ich dir geben, BWV 736
10. 18 Chorales "Leipziger Choräle": Trio super Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 664
11. Fugue in C Minor, BWV 575
12. Passacaglia & Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582: Passacaglia
13. Passacaglia & Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582: Fugue


The present recording especially concentrates on works by Johann Sebastian Bach in minor keys; these are contrasted by four works in major keys. The general perception is that minor-key works frequently emanate a certain sadness as their fundamental emotion. Bach, on the other hand, repeatedly develops in his minor-key compositions – particularly in the organ works - an unsurpassed elegance out of the melancholy depths, as Joseph Kelemen impressively proves at the Treutmann Organ of the Grauhof Monastery Church.

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