Bach, J.S.: Sonata in F Major, Bwv 525, Sonata in D Minor, Bwv 527, Sonata in G Minor, Bwv 1030

Featuring

Ingo Goritzki
Hans-Joachim Erhard
Johann Sebastian Bach

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Performer Biography

Hans-Joachim Erhard, the harpsichordist on this recording, was a teacher at the Frankfurt School of Music and a member of the faculty at the J.S. Bach Summer Academy and the Bach Academy in Krakow, Tokyo, and Sendai.

Composer's Artistic Vision

J.S. Bach composed the Organ Trio Sonatas for his 13-year-old son, Wilhelm Friedemann, as a preparatory work for him to become a great organist, yet they are also considered a masterpiece.

Performer Biography

Ingo Goritzki, the oboist on this recording, was a principal oboist in the Basel Symphony Orchestra and for Radio Frankfurt before becoming a professor at the State College of Music and Theatre in Hannover and later in Stuttgart.

Composition History

J.S. Bach's Organ Trio Sonatas, though appearing as a unified work, were compiled from existing pieces, with only 7 out of 18 movements newly composed for the collection.

Interpretation

The idea to arrange and play these pieces for oboe and obligato harpsichord came from oboist Ingo Goritzki's teacher, Helmut Winschermann, who suggested the first Organ Trio Sonata contained an oboe sonata.

Cultural Impact

The movements from J.S. Bach's Organ Trio Sonatas were later used by other composers, including Bach himself in his Triple Concerto, and W.A. Mozart in his 'Adagios and Fugues' K.V. 404.

Recording & Production

The recording of the six sonatas for Radio Bremen was interrupted by the illness and death of harpsichordist Hans-Joachim Erhard in summer 1990, after the first and third sonatas had been recorded.