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Some of Bach's Best

A. Craig | Grand Junction,CO | 11/06/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is Volume Seven in Kevin Bowyers Bach Organ Works series of



recordings for Nimbus Records. It is a complete performance of



Bach's "Orgelbuchlein" or Little Organ Book. This recording



features not only Bowyers excellent performances of the chorale



preludes , but the Det Fynske Kammerkor under Alice Joensen sing



the chorales brilliantly too. The Orgelbuchlein was an unfinished



project of Bachs he was going to compose chorale preludes for the



entire liturgical church year. Unfortunatly he only made it from



Advent to Easter. At Fourty-Five chorale preludes it is still



quite an accomplishment. Mr Bowyer always uses good taste in his



choices for organ registers and the programs of his Bach



recordings are always well thought out. As I said this is Volume



Seven of the series I think there will be total of Seventeen



Volumes with a total of 29 CDs which looks to be one of the most



complete sets of Bach organ works on the market. Each one of the



volumes in the set can easily be recommended. The Nimbus sound is



up to their usual standards, always very good. One of the best



parts of The Orgelbuchlein is that you can a lot of good Bach in



a little package."

Some of Bach's Best

W. L. Mavis | Fayetteville, GA United States | 03/20/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"These two CD's are a must-have if you relish J.S.Bach. Bowyer's playing is absolutely first-rate, but what I really enjoyed was having the Det Fynske Kammerkor sing the preludes as they were meant to be. These pieces were chorale preludes and they were first sung, then the organist would play the prelude. The singing is a capella, and the Kammerkor's singing is truly exquisite; the balance between the four parts is excellent. I have the entire Bowyer collection, and this voume is my favorite.

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