Music from manuscripts found in the Duchess Anna Amalia Library in Weimer including two of the earliest documents in Bach's own hand (works by Buxtehude and Reincken); the works by Pachelbel, including two previously unknown chorale settings, are probably in the hand of Johann Martin Schubart, Bach's pupil. Cf. insert, page 7. Jean-Claude Zehnder, playing the Schnitger organ, St. Jacob's Church, Hamburg. Recorded Aug. 27-29, 2006. "Coproduction by Carus-Verlag, Stuttgart und Bach-Archiv, Leipzig". Compact disc. Program notes in German, English and French, including organ specifications in German (15 pages : illustrations) included.
Contents:
"Nun freut euch, lieben Christen" : Choralfantasie, BuxWV 210 / Dieterich Buxtehude (14:14) -- Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit (3:21) ; An Wasserflüssen Babylon (4:58) ; Fuge in h, P. 141 (3:01) / Johann Pachelbel -- "An Wasserflüssen Babylon" : Choralfantasie / Johann Adam Reincken (19:16) -- Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern. Choralbearbeitung, BWV 731 [i.e., 764] (fragment) (1:32) ; Choralbearbeitung, BWV 764 [i.e., 739] / Johann Sebastian Bach.
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