J.S. Bach on the Organ

[Jo498]

Patience, I don't think the set has become rare yet.

[vers la flamme]

Patience, I don't think the set has become rare yet.

It's not, I'll find one. I'm just a little miffed that they cancelled my order with no explanation or even communication.

[Mandryka]

I ordered the Koopman set as well. Very excited to receive it.

Edit: Damn, the seller has cancelled my order... and it looks like you all have ordered up all the cheap copies.  Well, back to the drawing board, I guess.

Another one to think about, if you want to dip your toe in, is Leonhardt



Or even

[JBS]

I ordered the Koopman set as well. Very excited to receive it.

Edit: Damn, the seller has cancelled my order... and it looks like you all have ordered up all the cheap copies.  Well, back to the drawing board, I guess.

Remember that beside this Brilliant set, it's available as two sets of 3 CDs each from Novalis. They are not cheap, but the prices don't seem outrageous.

[Mandryka]

Attention everybody, a very fine orgelbuchlein here and easily passed over. Good instrument (Arlesheim) well recorded, serious interpretation, beautifully conceived registrations. Bernhard Klapprott, maybe I should say, the great Bernhard Klapprott, on the organ. CDs 18 and 19 of the big Aeolus box.

The other things ain't half bad either - trio sonata etc, concerto etc.

[Harry]

Attention everybody, a very fine orgelbuchlein here and easily passed over. Good instrument (Arlesheim) well recorded, serious interpretation, beautifully conceived registrations. Bernhard Klapprott, maybe I should say, the great Bernhard Klapprott, on the organ. CDs 18 and 19 of the big Aeolus box.

The other things ain't half bad either - trio sonata etc, concerto etc.

I have that box, obviously for the playing by Ewald, first 8 CD'S if memory serves me correct, but I am not that positive about Klapprott. Good instrument, yes, well recorded, yes, serious, well yes, but not always, good registrations, also yes, but I simply miss the last ounce of excellence which would convince me, that it is truly a magnificent interpretation.
The other things ain't half bad either, puzzles me excessively!

[Gurn Blanston]

Any thoughts on this disk? I freely admit to not knowing Kee at all, thought the project sounded interesting though...

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[dissily Mordentroge]

Any thoughts on this disk? I freely admit to not knowing Kee at all, thought the project sounded interesting though...

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Not familiar with his Bach but I've always been impressed with his improvisations one of which I heard live at St Patrick's Cathedral. Melbourne on an admittedly blunderbuss of an instrument. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNRpAm6yi4w

[Gurn Blanston]

Not familiar with his Bach but I've always been impressed with his improvisations one of which I heard live at St Patrick's Cathedral. Melbourne on an admittedly blunderbuss of an instrument. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNRpAm6yi4w

Nice! Apparently, the organ he is playing is one he was curator of, so to speak, for a considerable period. Couple that with his superbly skilful playing and the result is very acceptable. I should probably go to Chandos' website...

[Marc]

Any thoughts on this disk? I freely admit to not knowing Kee at all, thought the project sounded interesting though...

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https://en.wikipedia.owww.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Kee-Piet.htm
http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Kee-Piet.htm

[Mandryka]

I have that box, obviously for the playing by Ewald, first 8 CD'S if memory serves me correct, but I am not that positive about Klapprott. Good instrument, yes, well recorded, yes, serious, well yes, but not always, good registrations, also yes, but I simply miss the last ounce of excellence which would convince me, that it is truly a magnificent interpretation.
The other things ain't half bad either, puzzles me excessively!

Ain't half bad = rather good. I'm not sure if it's just a British way of speaking, or whether Americans use it too.

(Thanks for listening carefully to it, by the way!)

[prémont]

Any thoughts on this disk? I freely admit to not knowing Kee at all, thought the project sounded interesting though...

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In my opinion Piet Kee was very variable in recordings. Sometimes he was rather pedestrian, and if my memory serves me well (it may be about 5 years since I last listened to this one), this is one of his more earthbound recordings. The organ is of course a big monster, but others have shown, that it is perfectly possible to make it "take off".

[Gurn Blanston]

In my opinion Piet Kee was very variable in recordings. Sometimes he was rather pedestrian, and if my memory serves me well (it may be about 5 years since I last listened to this one), this is one of his more earthbound recordings. The organ is of course a big monster, but others have shown, that it is perfectly possible to make it "take off".

https://en.wikipedia.owww.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Kee-Piet.htm
http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Kee-Piet.htm

Not familiar with his Bach but I've always been impressed with his improvisations one of which I heard live at St Patrick's Cathedral. Melbourne on an admittedly blunderbuss of an instrument. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNRpAm6yi4w

Thank you all. I see 4 disks on Chandos where he does Bach exclusively, one other shared with Buxtehude, and a couple of others also shared. I may go ahead a grab a couple to see. Maybe I'll get lucky!

[prémont]

Thank you all. I see 4 disks on Chandos where he does Bach exclusively, one other shared with Buxtehude, and a couple of others also shared. I may go ahead a grab a couple to see. Maybe I'll get lucky!

Of these I would prefer:

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7932350--bach-organ-music-volume-4

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7934467--bach-organ-music-volume-2

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7934474--piet-kee-plays-bach-buxtehude

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7934380--piet-kee-plays-bruhns-buxtehude

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7934471--piet-kee-plays-buxtehude-sweelinck

[Gurn Blanston]

Of these I would prefer:

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7932350--bach-organ-music-volume-4

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7934467--bach-organ-music-volume-2

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7934474--piet-kee-plays-bach-buxtehude

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7934380--piet-kee-plays-bruhns-buxtehude

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7934471--piet-kee-plays-buxtehude-sweelinck

Excellent, thanks for curating my list.

[Marc]

Excellent, thanks for curating my list.

Here you can listen to volume 1 and find out whether you like it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDs0nP9dvQI

Playing Bach on the Dutch telly in the late 1980s/early 1990s (I think):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CThxncnO8eU

[Harry]

Here you can listen to volume 1 and find out whether you like it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDs0nP9dvQI

Playing Bach on the Dutch telly in the late 1980s/early 1990s (I think):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CThxncnO8eU

Uhmmm you have to have a strong stomach for this. I get nauseous listening to it. No, really!

[Marc]

Uhmmm you have to have a strong stomach for this. I get nauseous listening to it. No, really!

Yes, my stomach is very strong.

[milk]

Have people been listening to Masaaki Suzuki's ongoing project? He's on the Silbermann at Freiberg? That means Bach played it? What do people think of Suzuki and these recordings? These recordings are being presented in "HD" on Amazon's new streaming option. I'm not a technical person but sound should be a selling point. Perhaps. How is his style different from someone like Klapprott or the musicians who show up on the Berlin Classics series.

[dissily Mordentroge]

Have people been listening to Masaaki Suzuki's ongoing project? He's on the Silbermann at Freiberg? That means Bach played it? What do people think of Suzuki and these recordings? These recordings are being presented in "HD" on Amazon's new streaming option. I'm not a technical person but sound should be a selling point. Perhaps. How is his style different from someone like Klapprott or the musicians who show up on the Berlin Classics series.

His approach is far too idiosyncratic and at times amateurish for me to want to explore his complete organ recordings.
His registration is often downright wrong, his rhythm and timing are all over the place with inexplicable breaks as if he's lost his place reading the sheet music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLEag-NJUWA