Bach's organ works are characterized by a multiplicity of genres and stylistic influences, including German, French, and Italian traditions.
Instruments
Regarded as one of the finest instruments in the UK, the Trinity College Chapel organ has three manuals and forty-two ranks, with seven original ranks from the 17th and 18th centuries.
Composer's Artistic Vision
For Bach, music was intrinsically of eternal value, a belief rooted in his Lutheran faith.
Performer Biography
David Goode, the organist on this album, was Organist-in-Residence at First Congregational Church in Los Angeles, home to the world's largest church organ.
Composer Biography
Johann Sebastian Bach's career as a professional musician was built on his prodigious talent as an organist from childhood.
Instruments
The organ of Trinity College Chapel, built by Metzler Söhne in 1976, incorporates surviving pipework from two earlier organs by 'Father' Bernard Smith from 1694 and 1708.
Composition History
The 'Neumeister' chorales are a collection of chorale preludes attributed to J.S. Bach, discovered at Yale University in the 1980s and published for the Bach tercentenary.
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