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Thread #5 on my recommendations of Classical music.
Five Organ Sonata movements by J.S. Bach chosen for their deep transcendental lyricism:
Bach:Trio Sonata for organ No. 4 in E minor, Andante
Five Organ Sonata movements by J.S. Bach chosen for their deep transcendental lyricism:
Bach:Trio Sonata for organ No. 4 in E minor, Andante
If you want a musical balm for your soul listen to these Bach Organ Sonatas movements, which are not as known as his other masterpieces.
Recommended recording:
Bach: The Organ Works by the wonderful English organist Simon Preston.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0033KR5XY/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_apa_i_BJ2OEbA4Y6SF0
Recommended recording:
Bach: The Organ Works by the wonderful English organist Simon Preston.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0033KR5XY/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_apa_i_BJ2OEbA4Y6SF0
Trio Sonata for organ No. 1 in E flat major, Adagio:
Recommended recording:
Bach: Organ Works by the great German conductor & organist, Karl Richter. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006ZFQMQ/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_apa_i_FW2OEbB3GW60N
Bach: Organ Works by the great German conductor & organist, Karl Richter. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006ZFQMQ/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_apa_i_FW2OEbB3GW60N
Bach: Trio Sonata for organ No. 5 in C major, Largo
Above photo is the marvelous 6,804-pipe organ at Nikolaikirche—(St. Nicholas Church) in Leipzig, Germany where Bach was master organist of the choir from 1723 to 1750 composing many of his sublime organ works. [1]
Bach: Trio Sonata for organ No. 2 in C minor, Largo
Bach: Trio Sonata for organ No. 4 in E minor, Adagio-Vivace.
Above photo shows The St. Nicholas Church, Nikolaikirche, Leipzig, Germany where Bach was the Kapellmeister (music director) from 1723–50 [1]
According to Bach's biographer Johann Nikolaus Forkel: "the six organ sonatas or trios for two keyboards with obbligato pedal. Bach composed them for his eldest son, Willhelm Friedemann, who,by practising them, prepared himself to be the great organisthe later became." [2]
"The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul."
-J.S. Bach
-Bach's autograph manuscript of Trio Sonata for organ No. 4 in E minor, Leipzig, 1730.
-J.S. Bach
-Bach's autograph manuscript of Trio Sonata for organ No. 4 in E minor, Leipzig, 1730.
