Johannes Lang – Thomasorganist Johannes Lang: In the Spirit of Bach (Woehl-Orgel Und Sauer-Orgel Der Thomaskirche Zu Leipzig) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:16:17 minutes | 1,31 GB | Genre: Classical
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“In the Spirit of BACH” is the title of Johannes Lang’s debut album as St. Thomas organist in Leipzig. He was inducted into the prestigious church music post in January 2022. At the two organs of St. Thomas Church, the romantic Sauer organ and the baroque Bach organ, he has recorded a multifaceted program inspired by Johann Sebastian Bach’s work. The great tonal differences between the two instruments, especially in the transcriptions of some cantata movements, are what make the program so appealing. Thus, Bach’s music can sound in the most different light: monumental and dynamically finely graded on the Sauer organ, grave, brilliant and poetic on the Bach organ.
In addition to his own improvisation, Lang will perform Bach’s Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582, Max Reger’s Phantasy and Fugue on B-A-C-H, op. 46, and the Rückläufige Passacaglia by Tilo Medek (1940-2006).
Tracklist:
1-1. Johannes Lang – Rückläufige Passacaglia (12:55)
1-2. Johannes Lang – Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 676 (05:18)
1-3. Johannes Lang – Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21 (Transcription for Organ) (06:07)
1-4. Johannes Lang – Sonate C-Moll für Violine und obligates Cembalo, BWV 1017: Adagio (Transcription for Organ) (04:01)
1-5. Johannes Lang – Phantasie und Fuge über B-A-C-H, Op. 46: I. Fantasie (09:06)
1-6. Johannes Lang – Phantasie und Fuge über B-A-C-H, Op. 46: II. Fuge (11:06)
1-7. Johannes Lang – Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen, BWV 65 (Transcription for Organ) (04:17)
1-8. Johannes Lang – Praeludium und Doppelfuge über “In allen meinen Taten”: I. Präludium (Improvisation) (02:32)
1-9. Johannes Lang – Praeludium und Doppelfuge über “In allen meinen Taten”: II. Doppelfuge (Improvisation) (05:58)
1-10. Johannes Lang – Passacaglia in C-Moll, BWV 582 (14:57)
