Johann Sebastian Bach: Präludien und Fugen (Straube Version) [Straube plays Bach]
6/24/2022, 20 Tracks, 2:10:35
Featuring
Dean Billmeyer
Johann Sebastian Bach
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Performer Biography
Dean Billmeyer, the organist on this album, is the successor to Heinrich Fleischer at the University of Minnesota, who was Karl Straube's most prominent American student.
Compositional Technique
Karl Straube's 1913 edition of Bach's organ works is exceptionally detailed, featuring extensive fingering and pedaling, metronome marks, dynamic shading, and precise phrasing instructions, spanning over 120 pages of music.
Composer Biography
Karl Straube (1873-1950), born in Berlin, became a leading German organist and was appointed organist of St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, J. S. Bach's former workplace, in 1903.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Karl Straube's editing method was not academic; he aimed to make the organ a worthy instrument in secular concert life, believing emotional connection with audiences was more important than 'correctness'.
Composition History
Karl Straube's ambitious plan for a complete edition of J. S. Bach's organ works, intended to be marketed internationally, was never fully realized due to his self-criticism, miscalculation of time, and overcommitment.
Interpretation
This recording of Bach's organ works is based on Karl Straube's 1913 edition and uses Wilhelm Sauer organs, which Straube had in mind for his edition.
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