19.7.19

On ClassicsToday: Italian Decca Reissues Peter Hurford's Bright and Glorious Bach

Back in Print: Peter Hurford’s Seminal Bach Survey On Argo/Decca

Review by: Jens F. Laurson
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Peter Hurford’s traversal of Bach’s complete organ works has been out of print for years. As a result, all that I had to go by, for assessing Hurford’s take on that oeuvre—which, outside the cantatas, best shows Bach at his essence—was a well-loved, much-played best-selling Double Decca of “Bach: Great Organ Works”. It was among the earliest Bach organ recordings I owned, next to some splendid Karl Richter, and it made quite an impression. But that was a long time ago and I had moved on, accumulating some two dozen sets in the meantime. Now Italian Decca has re-issued the set and I finally took the chance to check out the rest of Hurford. It turns out, that Twofer really is a very good primer for things to come: Hurford’s Bach is glorious, organistic, and initiation-friendly. [continue reading / insider content]





See also: A Survey of Bach Organ Cycles. Audio samples below:






BWV 651 - Hurford: Fantasia super Komm, heiliger Geist, Herre Gott




BWV 651 - Alain: Fantasia super Komm, heiliger Geist, Herre Gott





BWV 651 - Rogg I: Fantasia super Komm, heiliger Geist, Herre Gott





BWV 651 - Rübsam: Fantasia super Komm, heiliger Geist, Herre Gott





BWV 651 - Vernet: Fantasia super Komm, heiliger Geist, Herre Gott





BWV 651 - Koopman: Fantasia super Komm, heiliger Geist, Herre Gott





BWV 667 - Hurford: Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist





BWV 667 - Alain: Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist





BWV 667 - Rogg: Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist





BWV 667 - Rübsam: Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist





BWV 667 - Vernet: Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist





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BWV 667 - Koopman: Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist

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