Johann Sebastian Bach: The Complete Organ Works, Vol. 6 (Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge)

Featuring

David Goode
Johann Sebastian Bach

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Bach's music, particularly his sacred works, was intended to move the believer's affections towards God and strengthen their faith, aligning with Martin Luther's views on music's role.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Bach's organ works often reflect a theological rationale, maximizing thematic coherence, harmonic richness, and contrapuntal complexity to express God's beauty as unity-in-diversity.

Composer Biography

Johann Sebastian Bach's career as a professional musician was founded on his prodigious talent as an organist, which he cultivated from childhood.

Instruments

The Trinity College Chapel organ is considered one of the finest instruments in the United Kingdom, known for its meticulous craftsmanship, durability, rich resonance, and balance.

Album & Artwork

This album specifically gathers Bach's organ pieces that implicitly or explicitly relate to Christmas, including chorales, the 'Pastorella', and the 'Canonic Variations on Vom Himmel Hoch'.

Performer Biography

David Goode, the organist on this album, is the Organist at Eton College and has performed extensively across Europe, the US, Australia, and the Far East.

Instruments

The organ used for this recording, in Trinity College Chapel, was built in 1976 by Metzler Söhne and incorporates pipework from two earlier organs by 'Father' Bernard Smith from 1694 and 1708.