Question:
Which are your favorite PIPE ORGAN WORKS by Bach?
Zappa Fan
2010-02-14 02:16:18 UTC
These are amazing if you haven't heard them yet. I have an album called 'Great Organ Works' by Bach conducted by Peter Hurford.

Which of Bach's organ works do you like?!
Seven answers:
suhwahaksaeng
2010-02-14 03:15:13 UTC
The Little g minor fugue.

This is one of the simplest of Bach's fugues--no inversions, no augmentations, nothing else fancy.

But he fits a delightful subject with a delightful countersubject.



The d minor toccata and fugue.

This piece has been discredited for its doubtful authenticity.

But who ever did write this piece did a fine job.

The toccata is written in a recitative style, which is atypical of Bach.

But somehow the the composer makes those disparate parts fit together.

The fugue is written with an answer in the fourth instead of fifth, which is also atypical of Bach.

But it is a very moving fugue.



The passacaglia in c minor, with its unvaried theme repeated over and over, is easy listening.



Another melodically pleasant piece is his transcription of the Vivaldi G major cello concerto.
Alberich
2010-02-14 16:27:07 UTC
Should you not be familiar with this great piece for the organ and my favorite of favorites, let me introduce it to you, before listing my Bach organ favorites: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by2PHDfBa1w



I think my favorite of all the Bach organ works is either the "Toccata in F-major BWV 540": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o0sI4IbkzA&feature=related



Or the "Passacaglia and Fugue in C-minor": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlYPLDJ8TOE&feature=PlayList&p=49C162D4774C80C8&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=1



Alberich
Malcolm D
2010-02-14 10:14:07 UTC
I have that album also... I think it has a good selection of Bach's Organ compositions... I particularly like Nun Komm der Heiden Heiland, which is also very effective as a solo piano piece.
2016-12-26 08:13:32 UTC
Ralph Vaughn Williams Maurice Duruflé Jehan Alain (you will in all likelihood in basic terms discover "Litanies") Cesar Franck Louis Vierne Marcel Dupré ... all have been notably proficient at writing for the organ.
sylvester
2010-02-14 22:00:20 UTC
angel vinyl recording of maurice & madleine durufle,cathedral of soissons,france,the record is buried

in my collection,recorded in 70s,,many bach works,,,in one piece,choristers can be heard

humming very far,softly,but audibly,and in perfect pitch,way in the background.

herr bach und alles zwansig kinder would be pleased
TK
2010-02-14 08:41:28 UTC
Here are they, starting with his unbelievable Great Fugue in G minor BWV 542 :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6clTa8_QYQE

Fuge in C major BWV 564

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvU_jxV1gTs

Little Fugue in G minor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhRa3REdozw

Toccata and Fugue in D minor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipzR9bhei_o
?
2010-02-14 08:02:42 UTC
Choral Prelude: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier (BWV 731)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g99O9O3cvOU



Choral Prelude: Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten (BWV 647)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRSQ1YVVFrk



Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten (BWV 642)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdJYCnrSwxE



Choral Prelude: Meine Seele erhebt den Herren (BWV 648)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcSJaQ3GUvg



... and so many more.


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