Rich and Colourful
Organ music by
J S Bach and Pachelbel -
recommended by
GERALD FENECH'... Barbara Harbach gives a towering performance ...'
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This double CD set focuses on, maybe, the greatest composer of all time, and one of the greatest to precede him. J S Bach (1685-1750) was mainly interested in the sacred and organ genres, but his instrumental and orchestral pieces were among the most inventive works of the baroque period, and their daring language paved the way for future composers to elaborate and bring out the potential sound of the orchestra. The Art of Fugue is the composer's swansong, and remains to this day both a compositional and historical enigma...
Copyright © 23 February 2016
Gerald Fenech,
Gzira, Malta
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