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| Bach at Palmer NEW! Kevin Clarke plays the organ at Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church in Houston, Texas. It was designed and built by C. B. Fisk, Inc., of Gloucester, Massachusetts. Opus 99 of the Fisk firm – a three-manual instrument – has 46 stops totaling 2,976 pipes, housed in a polychromed case. The late Charles Fisk, in consultation with Rice University's Professor of Organ Clyde Holloway, designed the preliminary specification in 1981. The stoplist reflects the many roles a modern American church organ must play: leading hymn singing, accompanying choral music and playing 400 years of organ repertoire with authority. The contract for the organ was signed in 1984 shortly after Charles's death, affirming the church's faith in his successors. $17.98 | |
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| Handel Gloria New From the OHS Vault! This recording proposes a veritable garland of festive works by the three greatest Baroque composers, all to the glory of God and his blessings--both celestial and terrestrial. Among these works is featured a gem which until recently had long been concealed to the appreciation of fervent music lovers: The newly rediscovered Gloria attributed to Handel, for Soprano solo, and instrumental ensemble. $19.98 | |
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| Andrew Sampson plays Bach on the Mander Organ at St. Matthew's New From the OHS Vault! This program has been selected to demonstrate the beauty of Bach's music and the particular qualities of the organ at St. Matthew's Westminster. Most of the program comprises of works based on Lutheran Hymns or chorales which form the musical mainstay of the Lutheran liturgy, and which demonstrate this instrument's strengths and character. This program is based on an evolving sense of the liturgical year. $19.98 | |
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| The Bach Masses Volume 1 FIRST AMERICAN CD RECORDING! The success of Bach's B-minor Mass has obscured a number of his shorter masterpieces of the same genre. Written in the 1730s, these masses could be performed in both Catholic and Lutheran liturgies. Sometimes misleadingly called "The Lutheran Masses," Bach used them to gain recognition from the Catholic court of Dresden. Later he was to take one of these masses and expand it into the full B-minor Mass so popular today. The Washington Bach Consort, directed by J. Reilly Lewis, is one of America's leading Bach ensembles, having recently performed the entire 5-year cycle of Bach cantatas. In this first volume of the complete Bach masses, they explore some of the B-minor Mass's lesser-known, but equally interesting, companions. Program notes by eminent Bach scholar Christoph Wolff. $15.98 | |
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| Albert Schweitzer: The Organist NEW! The historical recordings of Albert Schweitzer: The Organist, available on six CDs in one spectacular collection. Schweitzer recorded the majority of J. S. Bach's chorale-based and free organ works on English organs and those of Alsace between 1928 and 1952. These tracks have been remastered and are now available for the first time on CD. Schweitzer favored Franck, Mendelssohn, and especially Widor, his teacher. The bonus CD, disc six, includes world premieres by Schweitzer. $49.98 | |
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| Bach and the North German Tradition NEW! Playing on the colorful Ahrend Organ at St. Otto in Herzogenaurach, Martin Neu plays a fascinating program that demonstrates the influences of Georg Böhm and Dietrich Buxtehude on J.S. Bach. Choir & Organ rates the recording at four stars (out of possible five). Recorded in high quality SACD format to play on all CD and SACD players. $18.98 | |
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| J. S. Bach Organ Concert in St. Thomas Church This DVD features organist Ullrich Böhme performing favorite organ works by J. S. Bach on the restored 1889 Sauer organ at St. Thomas Church, Leipzig, Germany. St. Thomas is best known as the church where Bach served as cantor from 1723 until his death in 1750, and is now his final resting place. $17.98 | |
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| J. S. Bach: The Art of Fugue George Ritchie Plays! On two CDs, George Ritchie performs the Art of Fugue on the Richards, Fowkes & Co. organ in Scottsdale, Arizona, and other works on three other organs. A DVD with a feature length film and an interesting lecture is also part of this noteworthy new set. $45.95 | |
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| Domkantor Albrecht Koch: Bach and Mendelssohn NEW! Domkantor Albrecht Koch plays the major organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy on the Silbermann organ of 1714 in Freiberg Cathedral. $18.98 | |
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| Bach et la France Organist Bernard Coudurier ably surveys Bach organ works which demonstrate a strong French influence. Coudurier performs on two extremely well-preserved 18th century instruments in France and Germany! $16.98 | |
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| J. S. Bach Complete Organ Works: Bernard Foccroulle plays 14 Organs 14 Organs, 17 Discs and all of Bach's organ works $79.98 | |
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| Bach at Amorbach: Nicholas Kynaston Nicolas Kynaston plays a recital of J. S. Bach on the Stumm organ at Amorbach finished in 1782 and later modified; finally to gain another manual and twenty more stops. $13.98 | |
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| J.S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier: Desenclos at Four Organs Frédéric Desenclos, student of Litaize and Isoir and assistant organist at the Chapelle Royale in Versailles, performs the Well-Tempered Clavier on four organs in France and the Netherlands. $52.98 | |
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| Simon Preston plays Bach: The Organ Works NEW! Simon Preston plays the works of J.S. Bach on 14 CDs $69.99 | |
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| Bach in the Back Bay Bálint Karosi plays Richard, Fowkes & Co. Opus 10 built in 2000 for First Lutheran Church, Boston, Massachusetts. $11.98 | |
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| Johannes Geffert at Sint Pauluskerk, Antwerp At 350 years old, the magnificent organ in Antwerp’s Sint Pauluskerk is replete with freshness, power and balanced brilliance. Johannes Geffert plays fine works perceptively. This recording received 5 Stars (out of 5) in the May/June 2010 issue of Choir and Organ. $13.98 | |
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| The Organs of Klosterneuburg Helmut Lerperger plays the Freundt organ of 1642 built for Klosterneuburg's Stiftskirche and a smaller choir organ begun in 1780 by Anton Pfliegler and restored by Kuhn. $15.98 | |
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| J. S. Bach Organ Music for the Christmas Season: Matthew Dirst at Stanford Matthew Dirst offers fresh and lively insights in this program of Bach works mostly related to the seasons of Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany played on the Stanford Fisk. $16.98 | |
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| Cleveland in Columbus Paul Fritts & Co. Opus 25 in St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Columbus, Ohio is host to Douglas Cleveland on this recording of works well suited to the organ’s massive and intimate timbres. $14.98 | |
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| J. S. Bach Organ Works Complete SPECIAL PRICE George Ritchie's acclaimed recordings of the Bach organ works on nine American-built pipe organs on 11 CDs! Extensive notes document the organs, the registrations, and George Stauffer writes extensively on the works. Organs include the magna opera of organbuilders Paul Fritts, Taylor & Boody, John Brombaugh, Martin Pasi, and C. B. Fisk, and other large organs by Fritts-Richards, Munetaka Yokota, and Noack, all built in tonal and mechanical styles known to J. S. Bach. Click the headline for more description and to order and to see each volume in this set, also available separately. | |
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| Bach at Bryn Mawr David Higgs plays the 4-98 Rieger at Bryn Mawr (Penn.) Presbyterian Church. Writes Mark Bighley in The Diapason: “David Higgs' breathtaking performance of the G minor Fantasia and Fugue by itself is worth the price of this recording — it is hair-raising, dramatic and intense with an exquisite sense of phrasing.” $14.98 | |
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| Robert Noehren Plays Bach Famed organist, teacher, organ theorist, builder, and writer Robert Noehren plays works of J. S. Bach on the Rieger organ at Pacific Union College Church, Angwin, California. $14.98 | |
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| Bach Organ Works: Margaret Phillips at Waltershausen Margaret Phillips plays the largest organ by Heinrich Gottfried Trost which he built from 1724 to 1730 for the Stadtkirche in Waltershausen. $15.98 | |
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| Schmeding plays the Goldbergs on the Silbermann in Dresden’s Hofkirche Playing pipes once played by Mozart, Martin Schmeding interprets the Goldberg Variations at Dresden's Hofkirche. $19.98 | |
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| Bach Trio Sonatas: Alard at Saint-Louis en l’Île, Paris Benjamin Alard offers brilliant renditions of the Bach Trio Sonatas on the Aubertin organ in Saint-Louis en l'Île, Paris. "This recording comes highly recommended" from Matthew Power in Choir and Organ. $17.98 | |
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| 1723 Hildebrandt at Störmthal: William Porter Plays At Störmthal, William Porter thoroughly demonstrates Zacharias Hildebrandt's first organ. $15.98 | |
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| Frédéric Desenclos Plays Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier, Book 2 $31.98 | |
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| Florence Mustric Plays: Volume 2, The Thrill of the Chase NEW! Florence Mustric plays Bach on the Beckerath in Cleveland Regular price: $16.98 Sale price: $12.98 | |
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| Trio Sonatas of J. S. Bach: Christa Rakich Christa Rakich employs organs, harpsichord, flute, violin, ‘cello, and viola da gamba to perform the Bach Trio Sonatas. $30.00 | |
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| Clavierbüchlein vor Anna Magdalena Bachin Mezzo soprano Alexandra Röseler and soloists of the Thomanerchores Leipzig, the choir of the famous Thomaskirche, (under the direction of Thomaskantor Georg Christoph Biller) perform selections from both the 1722 and 1725 editions of the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach. Both Biller and Röseler play the organ and sing on this recording; Even the boys of the Thomanerchor perform on the piano, demonstrating not only that Bach works were to be used for teaching, but also the quality musicianship still being taught at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig. The recording was made at the Bethanienkirche in Leipzig. The organ was built in 1994 by the Klop firm. Carola Christoph, lute, and Harmut Becker, Cello/ Viola da gamba, join on several tracks. $14.98 | |
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| Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg-Variationen J. S. Bach's Goldberg Variations are performed by Winfried Bönig, who teaches organ at the Musikhochschule in Cologne and holds a doctorate from Augsburg University. Bach's "Aria with Variations for Two-Manual Harpsichord" (as the variations were originally dubbed) make a formidable showing on the historically designed 19-rank Hendrik Ahrend organ (2003) at the Ursulinenkirche in Cologne, Germany. Total playing time: 64:15 This Super Audio CD will play on all SACD and CD players. $16.98 | |
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| Bach in Naumburg Bach organ restored! Organist Jean Claude Zehnder plays works from throughout Bach's life to demonstrate the newly restored Hildebrandt organ (which Bach had a hand in building) at the Wenzelkirche in Naumburg, Germany. Hear the largest and one of the most important "Bach" organs as it may have sounded in Bach's lifetime. $14.98 | |
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| Die Gottfried Silbermann-Orgeln und die Glocken des Freiberger Domes Organist, Choir Director and Church Music Director Dietrich Wagler performs works of J.S. Bach on the two Gottfried Silbermann organs (whose work Bach highly regarded) at the Cathedral of St. Mary in Freiberg, Germany. $14.98 | |
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| Die Bachsche Schule Organist Jan van de Laar performs works by Johann Sebastian Bach and five of Bach's students, including his two eldest sons, Wilhelm Friedemann and Carl Philipp Emanuel. Van de Laar plays the 1798 Holzhey organ at the Abbey Church in Neresheim, Germany. $14.98 | |
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| J. S. Bach's Earliest Autographs: The Weimar Tablature Jean-Claude Zehnder plays works drawn from this fascinating document on the Schnitger organ known to Bach in St. Jacob’s Church, Hamburg. $25.98 | |
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| Bach at the Zenith 2-CD SET Dritter Teil der Clavier-Übung Harold Chaney expertly plays Bach’s monumental work on the 1966 Casavant 3-45 in the Church of St. Ignatius of Antioch, New York. The American Organist calls the 2-CD set “…most satisfying performances of one of the great milestones of keyboard literature.” $12.98 | |
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| Johann Sebastian Bach: Orgelwerke - Hamm Organist Heinrich Hamm plays works of J.S. Bach on an historical wonder, the 1750 Gabler organ at the Basilika Weingarten in Southern Germany. $15.98 | |
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| Bach and the Italian Influence OHS Member Kimberly Marshall not only plays works of J. S. Bach specifically influenced by Italians, but also plays works of Frescobaldi, whom Bach studied. Marshall plays the 1984 Fisk Organ (Opus 85) at Stanford University's Stanford Memorial Church in Palo Alto, California. The four manual organ can be played in equal-temperament or in one-fifth comma meantone.  $14.98 | |
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| Pascale Rouet, orgue - Charleville-Mézières J.S. Bach · F. Mendelssohn Œuvres pour orgue Organist Pascale Rouet plays works of Bach and Mendelssohn on the 1997 Yves Kœnig organ at the Basilica Notre-Dame d'Espérance de Charleville-Mézières in Northeastern France. This disc earned a rating of 5 from France's Diapason magazine. $17.98 | |
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| Robert Clark plays Bach at Springfield John Brombaugh’s Opus 35 of 3 manuals, 49 stops and 70 ranks at Springfield, Illinois' First Presbyterian Church hosts an all-Bach program. $29.98 | |
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| Christa Rakich Plays Leipzig Chorales Christa Rakich plays the Leipzig Chorales “Great 18” BWV 651-668 of J. S. Bach on two organs: the Fisk at Old West Church, Boston, and the Paul Fritts magnum opus at Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington. Notes on the music, the organs, and full registrations are included. $18.98 | |
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| Albert Schweitzer Plays Bach Albert Schweitzer, the great humanitarian, physician, organist and catalyst for organ reform, recorded Bach works in the parish church of his hometown, Gunsbach, in Alsace 1937-1942. Some of these have never before been released in any form. | |
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| Words of Albert Schweitzer and the Music of Bach Thurston Moore created this “musical dramatization” using the philosophical writings of Albert Schweitzer (organ theorist, organist, physician, philosopher, editor of Bach’s organ works, 1952 Nobel Peace Prize laureate) interspersed with Bach organ works and 276 images viewed by the audience. On this CD, Robert Thurman speaks the text and Gail Archer performs the seven organ works. The CD is both an enjoyable and moving program as well as a “preview” of the entire production. Churches, AGO chapters, etc., can use this CD to help their consideration of whether to present the full program for an audience. $12.98 | |
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| Schweitzer plays Bach, Vol. 3 Schweitzer plays chorale preludes and other works in Gunsbach. $11.98 | |
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| Joan Lippincott Plays Clavierübung III & Schübler Chorales Joan Lippincott plays the beautiful organ built by Paul Fritts at Princeton Theological Seminary. $19.98 | |
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| The Magic of Bach: Hans Fagius Plays Hans Fagius plays nine great works of J. S. Bach selected from the recordings of the complete works, above: Prelude & Fugue in e BWV 548 Fugue in G BWV 577; Fugue in g BWV 578; Prelude & Fugue in a BWV 543; Concerto in G BWV 592; Trio Sonata in d BWV 527; Toccata & Fugue in d BWV 565; An Wasserflüssen Babylon BWV 653b; Meine Seele erhebet den Herren BWV 733 $12.98 | |
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| Bach in New Brunswick: Aart Bergwerff Plays 2001 Richards, Fowkes Organ Dutch organist Aart Bergwerff of the Rotterdam Conservatory and widely active musician, plays the 2001 Richards, Fowkes & Co. organ at Christ Church, New Brunswick, NJ, in its first recording. The organ was featured during the OHS American Organ Archives Symposium in May, 2005. BACH: Concerto in d BWV 596 2 settings of Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV 663 & BWV664 Prelude & Fugue in D BWV 532 Trio Sonata 5 in C BWV 529 Wir glauben all’ an einen Gott BWV 740 Sei gegrüsset BWV 768 $14.98 | |
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| Great Chorales of the Clavierübung Special Price! $9.99 Murray Forbes Somerville plays the famous Flentrop at Busch Hall, Harvard University, in the major works from Clavierübung Part III. Regular price: $14.98 Sale price: $9.99 | |
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| J. S. Bach: Orgelbuchlein - Murray Forbes Somerville Plays The famous Flentrop at Busch Hall, Harvard University. Writes David Mulbury in The American Record Guide, May 2001, "[this CD] ranks very high among the best recent recordings...In fact, it deserves first place..." $3.99 | |
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| Bach: Art of Fugue, Completed 2-CDs for the Price of One! Michael Ferguson, whose completion of Contrapunctus 14 (which Bach left unfinished) is published and highly regarded, plays the entire work on the 56-rank Schantz in the receptive acoustic of the Church of St. Leo the Great, St. Paul, Minnesota. $14.98 | |
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| Bach at St. Thomas, Leipzig: Great 18 Leipzig Chorales -- Gillian Weir Plays Gillian Weir plays the 18 Leipzig Chorales, BWV 651-668, on the “Bach” organ at St. Thomas Church, Leipzig, where Bach was music director. Completed in 2000, the organ replicates one built in Eisenach, J. S. Bach’s hometown, where he knew the organ and the designing done for the 4-61 by his uncle, who was organist at the church. Also included are Fantasia in G, BWV 572; Trio No. 4 in e, BWV 528; Prelude & Fugue in b, BWV 544; and Toccata & Fugue in F, BWV 540. $29.98 | |
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| Bach at St. Thomas, Leipzig: Great 18 Leipzig Chorales -- Almut Roßler Plays Almut Roßler plays the 18 Leipzig Chorales, BWV 651-668, on the newly constructed “Bach” organ at St. Thomas Church, Leipzig, where Bach is buried and was music director. The organ, completed in 2000, replicates one built by Stertzing for St. George’s Church in Eisenach, J. S. Bach’s hometown where he knew the organ and the designing done for it by his uncle, who was organist at St. George’s. Long gone, the organ was of monumental size for its date and location, with 4m and 61 registers. $29.98 | |
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| Bach Organ Works, Ton Koopman Plays 6 organs on 6 CDs SPECIAL PRICE $29.95 for 6 CDs Ton Koopman plays six great landmark organs in Germany and The Netherlands on this 6-CD set. Click picture for list of works and organs $29.95 | |
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| Helmut Walcha Plays J. S. Bach, Complete Organ Works The famous recordings by Helmut Walcha of the complete organ works of Bach are reissued in a 12-CD set. The recordings were made 1959-1971 on the Schnitger organ of St. Laurenskerk in Alkmaar, The Netherlands, and on the Silbermann organ in the Church of St. Pierre, Strasbourg. Click for further description and to order $95.00 | |
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| Taylor & Boody in Yokohama, Japan The first large American tracker organ in Japan is Taylor & Boody op. 17 located at Ferris University in Yokohama. It is played by Tomoko Akatsu Miyamoto, the organ professor at Ferris and a graduate of Juilliard, New England Conservatory, and the Sweelinck Conservatory, Amsterdam. BACH: Fugue in g, BWV 578; 3 Leipzig Chorales, BWV 659-61; Pièce d’Orgue, BWV 572; 6 Schübler Chorales; Partita Sei gegrüßet Click to order $14.98 | |
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| Bach Goldberg Variations, the Schnitger at Weener The difficult Goldberg Variations belong to that select group of works which remain convincing, whatever the instrument. The organ offers a technical means for dividing various voices and for choosing a registration which matches the character of the variation. The Schnitger-Ahrend organ in Georgeskirche, Weener, offers fine acoustics and many chamber-music registration possibilities. Abram Bezuijen is the organist. Click on the headline to order. $17.98 | |
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| Bach: Art of Fugue Bach’s Art of Fugue functions in many ways as an instrumental counterpoint to the B-minor Mass, his last vocal work of the late 1740s. It has aesthetically nothing in common with contrapuntal and fugal treatises, and it doesn’t want to be a theory textbook. It represents a very personal statement concerning the art of composition, a deliberate synthesis of theory and practice in Bach’s very own language. Ullrich Böhme, organist of the Thomaskirche in Leipzig, plays the autograph version on the historic Riepp organ in Ottobeuren. $14.98 | |
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| J. S. Bach: Art of Fugue on 1714 Konig Organ in Original Tuning and Temperament The Art of Fugue is played by Gerd Zacher on the 1714 Balthasar König organ at the former monastery church in Niederehe, Germany. The organ was thoroughly restored in 1998 by the shop of Hubert Fasen. It is the only König organ to be heard with the original tuning and temperament from the era it was built. $17.98 | |
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| Bach Masterworks on 101 Ranks, Franz Hauk Plays Franz Hauk plays selected masterpieces of the Great Bach on the 4-101 Klais built at Liebfrauenmünster, Ingolstadt, in 1977. Toccata & Fugue in d, BWV 565; Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C, BWV 564; Fantasy & Fugue in g, BWV 542; Toccata & Fugue in F, BWV 540; Prelude & Fugue in D, BWV 532; An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 653b; Vom Himmel kam der Engel Schar, BWV 607; Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich, BWV 605; In dulci jucilo, BWV 608; Erschienen ist der herrliche Tag, BWV 629; Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 $15.98 | |
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| Gillian Weir's Clavierübung and Schübler Chorales on Phelps Organs Gillian Weir plays organs built by her late husband Lawrence Phelps: the Casavant of the Deer Park United Church in Toronto and the Phelps organ of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Fort Collins, Colorado. Schübler Chorales; Clavierübung III; Chorale Partita O Gott, du frommer Gott; Pastorale in F $29.98 | |
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| Ezequiel Menendez Live! at Holy Cross Chapel, Worcester, Massachusetts, home of the Taylor & Boody magnum opus, was recorded during a live performance on February 16, 2002. In a program that includes Lubeck, Scheidt, Buxtehude, and Sweelinck, works of J. S. Bach complete the concert: Prelude & Fugue in E-flat BWV 552 and Nun komm, der Heiden heiland BWV 659. Click for details $9.98 | |
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| Bach and the French Connection Kimberly Marshall plays some of Bach’s popular pieces juxtaposed with works by French composers which Bach studied. The organ is the Fisk at Stanford University, which was inspired by organs that Bach would have played. The Fisk is also unique in that it incorporates two different tuning temperaments, both of which are heard on this recording. Click Picture for Details & to Order $14.98 | |
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| Bach & Luther: Soli Deo Gloria The texts of Martin Luther with settings by Bach are brought together in a structure which follows the Lutheran service, containing also congregational singing, which was very important to Luther. St. George’s Church in Eisenach has connections with both Luther and Bach, both having visited there. Felix Friedrich plays the 1982 Schuke organ. Click on the headline for more information and to order. $14.98 | |
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| Bach: The Musician-Poet “Bach concerts” started by Albert Schweitzer at the Thomaskirche in Strasbourg in 1909 inspire the program on this CD. Schweitzer played chorales of which the text formed a theme for meditation. François Menissier is the titulaire at the Thomaskirche which houses the famous and very beautiful Andreas Silbermann of 1741 with additions by Kern in 1979. Click on the headline for more information and to order. $14.98 | |
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| Bach Leipzig Chorales from St. Maximin Pierre Bardon, titulaire for more than 40 years at St. Maximin, Aix-en-Provence, and its important 1774 Isnard organ, brings maturity and spiritual depth to the “Great 18" Bach chorales. Click on the headline to order. $29.95 | |
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| Bach Organ Miniatures: Christopher Herrick Plays Click on the headline for more information and to order. Christopher Herrick, in this collection of “miniatures,” has gathered together many of Bach’s apprentice works to provide a fascinating portrait of a composer learning his craft. Recorded on the Metzler organ (1992) in the Stadtkirche, Rheinfelden, Switzerland. Click on the headline for more information and to order. $35.98 | |
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| Bach at Regensburg Cathedral In the magnificent acoustics of Regensburg Cathedral,the 3-75 Mathis organ from Switzerland sounds perfect with cathedral organist Franz Josef Stoiber playing it. The cathedral choir briefly sings each chorale before Stoiber plays Bach’s organ setting. Click on the headline for more information and to order. $14.98 | |
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| Bach vs. Scarlatti vs. Handel: THE GREAT CONTEST What if the greatest keyboard players of the first half of the 18th century — Bach, Scarlatti, and Handel — all born in 1650, had met in a contest of technical brillance and quickness of invention? This recording imagines these remarkable musicians thus competing. David Yearsley plays the large Fisk organ at Stanford Memorial Church, Stanford University. Click on the headline for more information and to order. $14.98 | |
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| Chaisemartin Plays Bach Renowned organist Suzanne Chaisemartin plays Bach on the fine organ at Notre-Dame des Victoires in Paris, including Prelude & Fugue in c, S. 546; Toccata & Fugue in F, S. 540; Trio in c, S. 585, Piece d'Orgue, seven chorales, and a Partita. Click ikon for repertoire $17.98 | |
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| Remembering Biggs, Bach, and The Busch John Ayer plays the famous Flentrop with which E. Power Biggs is forever associated for both his radio program and his advocacy of its tonal qualities. If these CDs are played in a computer, many pictures of the organ and Biggs are displayed as the music plays. Also accessible from the CD is an Adobe Acrobat file containing Barbara Owen’s account of the organ’s creation for Busch Hall at Harvard. Click picture for repertoire $14.98 | |
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| Joan Lippincott Plays Bach Preludes & Fugues on the large organ by Paul Fritts at Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington. Pièce d’Orgue, BWV 572; Prelude & Fugues in G BWV 541, b BWV 544, c BWV 546, e BWV 548; Canonic Variations 1-5 Vom Himmel hoch BWV 769 $14.98 | |
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| George Ritchie Plays Bach, Vol. 1 $14.98 | |
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| George Ritchie Plays Bach, Vol. 2 $14.98 | |
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| George Ritchie Plays Bach, Vol. 3 $14.98 | |
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| George Ritchie Plays Bach, Vol. 4 $14.98 | |
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| Bach Orgelbüchlein & More, George Ritchie Plays Fritts Magnum Opus The Orgelbüchlein as well as five more pieces are played by George Ritchie on the magnificent 83-rank magnum opus of Paul Fritts at Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington. This 2-CD set (at the price of one CD) is Volume 5 in George Ritchie’s series of all of the organ works by Bach. Click on the picture for more information $14.98 | |
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| George Ritchie Plays J. S. Bach, Volume 6 NEW! Youthful Brilliance The first CD recording on the fabulous new Martin Pasi organ at St. Cecilia Cathedral, Omaha, Nebraska. This 2-CD set (at the price of one CD) is also recorded on the magnum opus of C. B. Fisk at House of Hope Presbyterian Church, St. Paul, Minnesota. Click to see the repertoire and to order $14.98 | |
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| Robert Noehren Plays Bach At last, released for the first time in any format, these elegant performances are played by the famed teacher and organist on organs that he, himself, built. Works include Fantasia & Fugue in g; Fugue in G “Gigue;” Preludes & Fugues in d & a; Sei gegrüßet; O Gott, du frommer Gott, BWV 767; Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein; Wo soll ich fliehen hin Click picture for more information $12.98 | |
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| The Naumburg Hildebrandt This CD was made to document the wonderful sound of the organ before its restoration, now completed. Jean-Claude Zehnder plays magnificently. $14.98 | |
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| The New Bach Organ in St. Thomas Church, Leipzig The new Bach organ at Thomaskirche in Leipzig, where J. S. Bach was active for 27 years, replicates the one of 60 ranks that Bach knew as a youngster in his hometown of Eisenach. Because it must have had strongly formative influences on J. S. B., the replication of this long-extinct organ has drawn much interest. Among its many features is tuning to the “choir pitch” of Bach’s time, A=465 Hz., as well as a device which lowers the pitch of the entire organ two semitones to baroque chamber pitch, A=415 Hz, for performance with instruments. The player is Ullrich Böhme, the current organist at Thomaskirche. Works are by the Bachs: J. S., J. C., and C. P. E. Click ikon for repertoire $14.98 | |
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| Bach Transcribed on a 1927 Austrian Romantic Organ Johannes Geffert plays works of Bach for instruments or voice and which have been transcribed for organ. The organ was built in 1927 by Josef Behmann of Vorarlburg for St. Martin’s in Dornbirn, Austria, and restored with no changes in 1986 by the Swiss firm Kuhn. Wolfgang Rehn of the Kuhn firm wrote about this famous restoration in Acta Organologica XXII, “The insight that each style of music is best . . . played on the original instruments of the period should certainly not be limited to ancient music . . .” The transcriptions are by Guilmant, Widor, Landmann, Karg-Elert, E. Power Biggs, and W. T. Best Click picture for repertoire $15.98 | |
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| Bach at Fulda Cathedral Out of print from manufacturer. The cathedral at Fulda, with its large 1877 Sauer organ rebuilt and enlarged in 1995 by Christoph Glatter-Götz of Rieger, provides vibrant acoustics for the music of Bach, including the Toccata, Adagio & Fugue, Sei gegrüsset, Prelude & Fugue in g, Trio IV, Schmücke dich. Hans-Jürgen Kaiser plays. Click picture for repertoire $14.98 | |
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| Fenner Douglass Plays the Duke Flentrop The influential teacher and organ historian plays the Flentrop organ in Duke Chapel. These recordings were first issued on LP when the 1976 Flentrop magnum opus was newly installed. Click picture for wide-ranging repertoire including much by Bach $9.98 | |
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| Bach Goes to Princeton, Joan Lippincott Plays the Fritts Organ Playing the gorgeous 62-rank Fritts organ at Princeton Theological Seminary, Joan Lippincott is joined by an excellent instrumental ensemble in the unusual organ obbligato movements of seven of J. S. Bach's Cantatas which they play in appropriate fast-slow-fast sequences to produce three concertos, using Bach’s own arrangements for large organ and ensemble. $14.98 | |
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| Silbermann Organs in Vogtland: Mylau & Reichenbach The distinguished organist and teacher Felix Freidrich, leader of the Thüringian Organ Academy since 1991, organist of the Trost organ in Altenburg, and an officer of the Gottfried Silbermann Society, plays two Silbermanns: the 2-26 built at Mylau in 1731 and the 2-37 built at Reichenbach in 1725. Click ikon for repertoire $14.98 | |
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| The Amsterdam Bach Schübler Chorales + more at St. Michael's, NYC Nicholas White, organist of St. Michael's Episcopal Church in New York City, plays the Six Schübler Chorales, BWV 645-650, of J. S. Bach on the beautiful and justly famous 3-55 organ built by Rudolph von Beckerath in 1967. Also, Prelude & Fugue in B minor, BWV 544; "Come now, the holiest of Holies," BWV 659, and Prelude & Fugue in A minor, BWV 543 $14.98 | |
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| Robert Clark Plays Organ Works "From the Land of Bach" Robert Clark plays the Fritts organ at Arizona State University. Works by Bach, Scheidt, Kittel, Schumann, Mendelssohn Click ikon for repertoire $14.98 | |
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| Bach: Great 18 Leipzig Chorales in Waltershausen On the restored Trost organ in Waltershausen, which Harald Vogel has called "the ideal Bach organ," Christina Garcia Banegas plays the Great 18 chorales by J. S. Bach, BWV 651- 668. $29.98 | |
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| Bach at Berlin Cathedral on 136 Ranks of 1905 Sauer Organ Michael Pohl plays the completely restored-as-built 1905 Sauer 4-136 in the Berlin Cathedral, the largest Wilhelm Sauer organ ever built and representing the ultimate development of the orchestral organ in the high Romantic period. Works: 2 Preludes & Fugues in D; Passacaglia in c; Chorales Wachet auf, Schmücke dich, Nun danket, and Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit Click ikon for further description $14.98 | |
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| The 1721 Silbermann at Rotha The Gottfried Silbermann at Rotha, Germany, built 1718-21 at St. George’s Church, comprises 30 ranks on two manuals and pedal. The fine organist Johannes Unger plays Bach, Mozart, and Mendelssohn. Click for repertoire $14.98 | |
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| Wegscheider Copies Silbermann The Dresden organbuilder Kristian Wegscheider is likely to have a large part of the project of making a new Silbermann for the Frauenkirche such as this “new” Silbermann of 20 registers at the church in Loschwitz. $17.98 | |
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| Joan Lippincott Plays Bach: Trio Sonatas Nos. 1-6 Joan Lippincott Plays Bach: Trio Sonatas Nos. 1-6 on the 1995 Taylor & Boody op. 27 at St. Thomas Church, New York City. $14.98 | |
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| Keyboard Instruments of the Bach House, Eisenach in Germany, where J. S. Bach was born. The handsome, tall, booklet describes with color photos and English text three instruments: a Silbermann spinet, a ca. 1715 German harpsichord, and a 3-rank house organ, all located in the Bach House. The instruments are well played and recorded on the CD in works by J. S. B. $16.98 | |
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| Bach: Clavierübung III James Kibbie performs on the 1990 Létourneau organs (3-55 and 1-4) in the Cathedral of St. Catherine of Alexandria in St. Catherines, Ontario. $22.50 | |
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| Bach Trios on Two Silbermanns Hubert Meister plays Trio Sonatas Nos. 1-6 BWV 525-520, on the Gottfried Silbermann organs in Grosshartmannsdorf and Forcheim. $14.98 | |
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| New Bach Twenty-one Organ Chorales (and not the Neumeister Chorales discovered at Yale a few years ago) attributed to J. S. Bach, including his only known work for trumpet and organ, are recorded here for the very first time ever! $14.98 | |
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| J. S. Bach: Orgelbüchlein with Choir Vincent Warnier plays Orgelbuchlein with virtuosic flair and musicality on the very beautiful 1975 Alfred Kern 4-62 at St. Martin’s Church in a village in Alsace, France. The superb and stylish Ensemble Vocal Jean Sourisse sings each chorale. Highly recommended. $29.95 | |
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| Bach’s Orgelbüchlein & More Organists Robert Clark and John David Peterson, editors of the Concordia edition of the Orgelbüchlein, play the Paul Fritts organ at Arizona State University. $14.98 | |
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| Bach 8 Little Preludes & Fugues Pascale Rouet performs on the 1725 Moucherel restored as a 4-44 to Dom Bedos’ specifications. $17.98 | |
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| J. S. Bach: Leipzig Chorales Peter Sykes, Organist Peter Sykes, well known for his transcription and recording of The Planets by Gustav Holst as well as a great Reger CD, early music CDs, and a "tour" of historic organs on Nantucket Island, here plays a brand new organ built by Fritz Noack in Iceland, completed in 1999 in splendid acoustics. A 2-CD set for the price of One CD $14.98 | |
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| Joan Lippincott, Organist plays: J. S. Bach: Leipzig Chorales On the Flentrop Organ of Duke Chapel. $14.98 | |
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| Bach on the Fritts Jonathan Biggers plays the 1992 Paul Fritts organ, Arizona State University. Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C; Partita Sei Gegrusset, Jesu gütig; Preludes & Fugues in A & a; Passacaglia in c; Chorale Preludes Schmücke dich & Wenn wir in höchsten $14.98 | |
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| Robert Clark: Bach & Friends This respected teacher and recitalist recorded this fine CD in May, 1996, on the 1992 Paul Fritts at Arizona State University, where Clark has taught since 1981 $14.98 | |
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| Joan Lippincott Plays Bach's Toccatas & Fugues at Duke University on the Flentrop magnum opus. Included are Bach’s four great Toccatas and Fugues plus the Prelude and Fugue in C and the Passacaglia. $14.98 | |
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| Porter at the Fritts Organ, Pacific Lutheran University Works by J. S. Bach Heard to spectacular acclaim at the AGO National Convention in Seattle, the new Paul Fritts magnum opus of 80 ranks at Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington, including two 32’ stops, is recorded here for the first time by William Porter. $14.98 | |
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| Harald Vogel: The Bach Circle in Three Volumes Choose from three volumes of Harald Vogel playing works of J. S. Bach and of his contemporaries, predecessors, and successors on significant instruments from the time of Bach and new organs built in the styles of Bach’s era. Booklet notes are thorough and are in English and other languages. Registrations and stoplists are included. | |
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| Bach at National Cathedral Douglas Major’s performances of masterworks by Bach take advantage of the excellent acoustics of Washington National Cathedral. Toccata & Fugue in d Dorian; Toccata in F, Passacaglia & Fugue in c; Pastorale in F; Prelude & Fugue in e Cathedral; Prelude & Fugue in E-flat St. Anne; Fantasia on Komm, heiliger Geist $14.98 | |
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| Bach Clavierübung III Organist Carl Staplin exploits the grand sound of the 3-35 Dobson tracker built in 1993 at Faith Lutheran Church, Des Moines, Iowa. This unique production precedes each of ten large chorale preludes with a choral performance of the tune sung in English. $14.98 | |
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| The Italian Connection: Bach’s Transcriptions of Corelli, Legrenzi, and Vivaldi Christopher Herrick plays the beautiful 1978 Metzler at Villmergen, Switzerland. after VIVALDI: Concerti in C, a, d; after CORELLI: Fugue on a Theme of Corelli in b; after ERNST: Concerti in G; C (movement); after LEGRENZI: Fugue on a theme of Legrenzi in c $17.98 | |
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| Bach: The Art of the Fugue Lynn Zeigler plays the Brombaugh Op. 29 at Iowa State University in this 2-CD set. $14.98 | |
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| Bach in New Clothing This CD gathers famous Bach works in settings by later composers to record with period material the grand 1904 Wilhelm Sauer 3-49 at the Evangelical Church in Dormund-Dorstfeld, Germany. Tomasz Adam Nowak plays musically with energy and commitment. $14.98 | |
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| Helmut Walcha Plays Bach’s Art of Fugue This newly re-mastered CD of recordings made in 1956 at St. Laurenskerk, Alkmaar was the first stereo recording released by Archiv in its pioneering series on early music. $27.98 | |
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| Walter Kraft Plays Bach Complete 20 organs in Germany, France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark are heard in more than 14 hours of music. $47.95 | |
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| Bach on the 1929 Midmer-Losh Pipe Organ: Anthony Burke, Organist NEW! BACH a la VIRGIL FOX: Anthony Burke plays the restored 1928 Midmer-Losh The World’s largest pipe organ, built 1929-1932 for the 17,000-seat Atlantic City Convention Hall by the Midmer-Losh firm and now silent, awaits restoration of more than 32,000 pipes and mechanism as the biggest and loudest musical instrument ever constructed. Also built in 1929 by Midmer-Losh is the organ now restored and heard on this CD, played by Anthony Burke in the symphonic style of the leading 20th-century organists who were predominated by Virgil Fox. $14.98 | |
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| The Bach Circle Vol. 1 Performing on a pedal clavichord, Harald Vogel performs works often performed on an organ. $14.98 | |
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